October 2021, Volume 32, Issue 4
The Rise of Political Violence in the United States
In a deeply polarized United States, ordinary people now consume and espouse once-radical ideas and are primed to commit violence.
Subject: Violence
April 2021, Volume 32, Issue 2
Why Freedom Defeats Terrorism
Far from being a vulnerability in the struggle against terrorism, democratic freedoms are key to empowering moderate voices and depriving terrorists of popular support.
January 2002, Volume 13, Issue 1
Reconstructing Afghanistan
A review of Afghanistan’s Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban by Larry P. Goodson; and Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, by Ahmed Rashid.
April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
High Anxiety in the Andes: Colombia’s Perpetual Quest for Peace
Despite recent progress in the government’s negotiations with rebel groups, Colombia’s problems remain acute: continued violence, growing human rights abuses, severe income inequality, and a depressed economy.
October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4
Nurturing Nationalism
A review of Jack Snyder's From Voting to Violence.
July 1998, Volume 9, Issue 3
Voices from the North Korean Gulag
April 1998, Volume 9, Issue 2
African Ambiguities: Africa, 1990–1997—From Abertura to Closure
January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1
Pakistan’s Enduring Experiment
October 1996, Volume 7, Issue 4
The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict
October 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4
Armed Forces and Democracy: Security and Transition in South Africa
October 1992, Volume 3, Issue 4
Indonesia’s Threefold Crisis
April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Salvaging El Salvador
April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Afghanistan: A New Approach
Summer 1991, Volume 2, Issue 3
Latin America’s Fragile Democracies
Spring 1991, Volume 2, Issue 2
The Korean Experiment
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1
Latin America’s Internal Wars
Winter 1991, Volume 2, Issue 1