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Do Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse

Is natural resource wealth a blessing or a curse? Stephen Haber and Victor Menaldo argue that the resource curse may…

May 20, 2011February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzOil, Political Economy, regimes
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Islamic Politics and Women’s Quest for Gender Equality in Iran

Is gender equality possible in an Islamic political system? Homa Hoodfar and Shadi Sadr argue that, at least in the…

May 5, 2011February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzGender, Iran, Reform
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Correspondence: Life Sciences and Islamic Suicide Terrorism

In the winter 2010/2011 issue of International Security, Mia Bloom responds to Bradley Thayer and Valerie Hudson’s article “Sex and…

March 17, 2011February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzGender, Terrorism
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Sex and the Shaheed: Insights from the Life Sciences on Islamic Suicide Terrorism

Can insights from the life sciences contribute to a better understanding of why suicide terrorism is carried out by Islamic…

March 11, 2011February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzGender, Terrorism
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Enough!: Egypt’s Quest for Democracy

What determines when protest movements take off in Egypt and the success of these movements? This question asked so frequently…

February 9, 2011February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzEgypt, protests, Reform, social movement theory
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Political Strategies and Regime Survival in Egypt

Those following the events in Egypt will be interested to read Curtis Ryan’s article on regime survival in Egypt. First…

January 31, 2011February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzAuthoritarianism, Egypt
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Oil and Revolutionary Governments: Fuel for International Conflict

Petrostates are more likely than other states to engage in militarized interstate disputes (MIDs). What explains this correlation? In the…

January 25, 2011February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzOil, Security
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Triggering Nationalist Violence: Competition and Conflict in Uprisings against Colonial Rule

From Algeria to Afghanistan, Sri Lanka to Chechnya, violence by nationalist actors has become increasingly popular. However, many nationalist actors…

January 10, 2011February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzMorocco, Nationalism, Security
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Democratization, Instability, and War: Israel’s 2006 Conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah

Are democratizing states more likely to be war-prone? In a 2010 article in Security Studies, Evan Braden Montgomery and Stacie…

November 8, 2010February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-SchwartzIsrael, Lebanon, regimes, Security, West Bank/Gaza Strip
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The Rules of the Game: Unpacking Patronage Politics in Yemen

Are there political openings in Yemen’s neopatrimonial system? April Longley Alley addresses this question in “The Rules of the Game:…

October 26, 2010February 24, 2012 Chana Solomon-Schwartzinstitutions, regimes, Yemen

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