During the previous decade, there has been an increased focus on the role of food security
in processes of armed conflict, both in the academic and policy communities. While the …

In this article, we conduct an integrative and rigorous review of theory and research on
education in emergencies programs and interventions as international agencies implement …

Political violence is rising in the United States, with Republicans and Democrats divided
along racial and ethnic lines that spurred massive bloodshed and democratic collapse …

In civil conflicts around the world, unarmed civilians take enormous risks to protect
themselves and confront heavily armed combatants. This is not just counterintuitive-it is …

In sub-Saharan Africa, property relationships around land and access to natural resources
vary across localities, districts and farming regions. These differences produce patterned …

Rape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed
groups perpetrate rape on a massive scale while others never do. In Rape during Civil War …

We study the effect of constraints on chiefs' power on economic outcomes, citizens' attitudes,
and social capital. A paramount chief in Sierra Leone must come from a ruling family …

Waging war has historically been an almost exclusively male endeavor. Yet, over the past
several decades women have joined insurgent armies in significant and surprising numbers …

In Making and Unmaking Nations, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide
takes place—and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may …

Most nations have experienced an internal armed conflict since 1960. Yet while civil war is
central to many nations' development, it has stood at the periphery of economics research …