This article reviews the literature at the intersection of war, armed conflict, and food security,
focusing on intergroup violent conflicts such as interstate conflict, civil war, insurgencies …

Elections are held in nearly all countries in the contemporary world. Yet despite their aim of
allowing for peaceful transfers of power, elections held outside of consolidated democracies …

This article evaluates the effects of violence related to the operations of drug-trafficking
organizations (DTOs) on electoral competition, defined by the number of electoral …

A rapidly-growing research agenda shared by scholars and applied policy analysts is
beginning to explore three questions: when do elections meet standards of electoral …

We construct a theory of persistent civil conflicts, where persistence is driven by the
endogenous dynamics of inter-ethnic trust and trade. In times of peace, agents belonging to …

Recent studies have asked why elites resort to violence, yet many overlook the process and
dynamics of mobilizing violence. How do politicians convince their supporters to fight? This …

Within the literature, there is growing concern about how competitive politics are contributing
to electoral violence in Africa. The focus of scholars has been on large‑scale organized …

We use a policy experiment in Indonesia to show how local political boundaries affect ethnic
tension. Redrawing district borders along group lines reduces conflict. However, the gains in …

In Kibera, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, major development efforts are underway–
namely, the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (Kibera Pilot), the Nairobi Railway …

Today a general mood of pessimism surrounds Western efforts to strengthen elections and
democracy abroad. If elections are often deeply flawed or even broken in many countries …