Could terror attacks lead to a roll-back of recent Democratic strengthening in Sri Lanka? Time will tell. On Easter morning, April 21, the world watched as Sri Lanka fell victim to a series of …
Erdogan Leverages Terrorist Threats to Silence Opposition by Cody Duane-McGlashan @ Brown University
Turkey continues to slide towards chaos as President Tayyip Erdogan escalates attacks against Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country and jails citizens who openly object to the violence. In a …
Trump and the “Foreigner Crisis”: When Believing is not Seeing by Micah Rosen @ Brown University
Crisis is an anti-democratic leader’s best friend. Populists in particular will often use the pretext of crisis—an ongoing and imminent threat to culture, security, or stability—in order to win …
Run, Hide, Fight: The Misunderstandings behind the War on Terror by Jordan Aulfinger @ University of Memphis
Recently I attended a talk hosted by a candidate for local sheriff who, as both a candidate for that office and a veteran law enforcement officer, talked about security on a personal level and local …