Globalization may cause companies to broaden their customer bases, operate
internationally, and serve more customers. However, it also entails dangers, including …

The vigil of Giulio Regeni in Cairo, from a distance, would have looked like any other protest–
banners and posters fluttering in the wind. Only, that winter morning, in 2016, was muted …

What types of relationships do armed groups have with states? How do different levels of
ties and power relations affect both armed group and government behavior? This article …

Ceasefires have long been considered as a means to halt the violence of armed conflict for
specific periods of time. This article broadens current understandings of ceasefires by …

Why do communities form militias to defend themselves against violence during civil war?
Using original interviews with former combatants and civilians and archival material from …

Pro-government militias are a prominent feature of civil wars. Governments in Ukraine,
Russia, Syria, and Sudan recruit irregular forces in their armed struggle against insurgents …

This article presents version 2.0 of the Pro-Government Militias Database (PGMD). It is
increasingly clear that it is untenable to assume a unified security sector, as states often rely …

This paper examines how ceasefires can influence elements of statehood. It adds to
scholarship that views statehood as being in a continuous process of change by …

Within a year, the Syrian uprising in March 2011 developed into a civil war that gradually
escalated and within 9 years killed over half a million people, displaced half the country's …

This article explores the changing configurations of statehood in the Turkish context through
an exploration of men's engagements with conspiratorial narratives, vigilantism, and …