Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence, Part 2: Where, When, and by Whom is This Tactic Used?
Sexual violence (e.g. rape) is a conscious strategy frequently employed by armed groups to torture…
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Resource-Related Conflict in Africa
Natural resource extraction by mining (including oil, diamonds, copper, and cobalt) has tremendous positive economic…
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Anti-Government Protests and Regime Breakdown: Conflict Dynamics in Transitional States
“Authoritarian regimes…breakdown in systematically different ways, and they also affect post-transition outcomes” Geddes (1999: 6)…
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Ebola and Conflict in West Africa
Ebola spread to Senegal last week, now the fifth country affected in the West Africa…
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