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  • Undermining elections and democracy is a page out of the dictator’s handbook. Literally.

    by Jared O. Bell 919 words When word came down that USAID was being dismantled in Nicaragua, I was sorting through old documents amid the chaos of the mission close-out. On the desk next to mine sat a book abandoned by a colleague: The Dictator’s Handbook, by political scientists Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith,…

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  • Armed Conflict is Surging, Peacemaking is Flagging

    by Mel Gurtov 1065 words  A Record-Setting Pace Wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Israel have drawn attention away from a stark fact: armed conflict is on the rise worldwide in and between states. Two Swedish think tanks with impeccable credentials report the depressing figures: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program and the Stockholm International Peace Research…

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  • When Diplomacy Becomes Part of the War

    by Sophia Gonzalez 718 words On July 10, President Donald Trump announced something that should have stopped Washington in its tracks: The United States would continue negotiations with Iran, but the ceasefire was over. That announcement does not describe a temporary contradiction. It describes an emerging doctrine. For generations, Americans were told that diplomacy and war were…

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