This is according to a new policy brief out from the Belfer Center at Harvard, in which Monica Duffy Toft details a study of 137 civil wars fought from 1940-2007..
Amitai Etzioni, a law professor at George Washington University, has followed up the State Department's justification for drone attacks in Pakistan with an argument of his own, published in the.
Not the first time pirates have lost their lives in a hijack attempt or rescue operation in the Gulf of Aden. But the press is making a big deal of.
And by this I assume the report means all wars, not just inter-state wars, considering that the number for the latter is getting so small in historical terms that nearly.
The UNSC-mandated Monitoring Group on Somalia presented its report to the Security Council Tuesday. The part of the report detailing corruption in the distribution of humanitarian aid is getting all.
The DoD's updated rules of engagement in Afghanistan beg the question. These rules - such as holding your fire unless you are certain a target is an actual combatant, withdrawing.
Karl Rove defends mock drowning once again in his new memoir. After all, we do it to our own troops during training to help them learn to withstand torture. Not.
JEM fighters will put down their arms for the opportunity to join the Sudanese army at 500 euros a head. Perhaps this will slow conflict-related violence in the region, perhaps.
