In Violence Work Micol Seigel offers a new theorization of the quintessential incarnation of
state power: the police. Foregrounding the interdependence of policing, the state, and global …

This article explores the strategic motivations for insurgent violence against civilians. It
argues that violence is a function of insurgent capacity and views violence and security as …

Geographical perspectives and approaches are implemented in some areas of conflict
research, but can benefit many more. While the body of geographically-oriented terrorism …

Abstract In 2017–18, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) changed its domestic security
strategy in Xinjiang, escalating the use of mass detention, ideological re-education, and …

That rebels face a collective action problem is one of the most widely shared assumptions in
the literature on civil wars. The authors argue that the collective action paradigm can be both …

When revolutionaries or insurgents, broadly defined, indiscriminately attack civilians, they
generally attack “complicitous civilians,” ie, those categories of noncombatants which the …

Although violent organizations often use terrorism as a means to achieve political aims,
recent studies suggest the tactic is ineffective because it fails to help groups gain …

What is the relationship between civil war and terrorism? Most current research on these
topics either explicitly or implicitly separates the two, in spite of compelling reasons to …

Does respect for human rights check or promote terrorism? This question is hotly debated
within policy circles. Some hold that restricting human rights is a necessary if unfortunate …

What is the relationship between atrocity denial and emotion in violent ethnic conflict?
Atrocity denial is often anchored in instrumental calculations, as it facilitates implicated …