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Violence
January 17th, 2013
New Mexican President may be able to break cycle of drug violence
Op-ed: The San Francisco Chronicle on January 11, 2012CISAC Postdoctoral Fellow Ben Lessing outlines how Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, may differ significantly from his predecessor in dealing with the country's drug war. Lessing argues Peña Nieto's middle path may lay the foundation to break Mexico's cycle of violence. Read more »
August 21st, 2012
Chenoweth wins APSA Woodrow Wilson Award
Visiting scholar Erica Chenoweth and co-author Maria Stephan won the American Political Science Association's 2012 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for their book, "Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict."
October 6th, 2011
Erica Chenoweth: A new book explains why non-violent resistance works
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementIn their new book, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, Visiting Scholar Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan argue that compared to violent insurgency, nonviolent resistance builds longer-lasting and more peaceful democracies. Read more »
October 4th, 2011
A new study looks at the economics of counterinsurgency
CISAC, FSI Stanford AnnouncementA new study finds that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan, which focuses on working with local populations on small, community-based projects like digging wells or paving rural roads, has reduced violence. Researchers found no evidence, however, that larger projects had the same effect. Read more »
September 6th, 2011
Karl Eikenberry joins Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
CISAC, FSI Stanford, CDDRL Press ReleaseThe Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University is pleased to welcome Karl Eikenberry as the 2011 Payne Distinguished Lecturer. Read more »
August 26th, 2011
Examining the violence in Mexico
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsMore than 40,000 people have died in drug-related homicides in Mexico since 2006, and the violence is causing concern throughout the hemisphere. In an attempt to understand and develop potential solutions to these problems, a group of researchers, policy-makers, and military experts from around the world will visit Stanford this October for a private, two-day conference. Read more »
August 1st, 2011
Dara K. Cohen: Why the numbers about sexual violence don't add up
CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-ed: Foreign Affairs on August 1, 2011In Foreign Affairs, Dara K. Cohen and co-authors argue that protecting women in conflict zones from sexual violence requires a better understanding of the extent of the problem. Read more »