They might help but they probably won’t be enough.

How can governments prevent rebel groups from seizing control of local communities during transitions to national peace? In a new article in American Political Science Review, Associate Professor Robert Blair and PhD student Manuel Moscoso work with two collaborators to evaluate a UN-sponsored program designed to prevent rebel resurgence by improving the quality of security and justice provision at the local level in Colombia. They show that the program reduced the prevalence of violent intra-communal disputes, increased citizens’ trust in the state, and diminished their trust in, and reliance on, armed groups.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Jeffrey Colgan, director of Brown University's Climate Solutions Lab, about how the United States plans to help Europe diminish its reliance on Russian natural gas.

Senior Lecturer in Political Science Nina Tannenwald offered commentary on nuclear warfare and limited tactical weapons.

Global instability gives India and China all the more reason to ratchet down tensions along their disputed border, said Associate Professor of Political Science Prerna Singh.

My research looks at how Black legislators changed the Democratic Party — and how becoming party insiders changedthem

Vladimir Putin would not detonate a nuclear weapon if he were winning his war in Ukraine. Using nuclear weapons is a loser’s move. It is an act of desperation.

Panelists examine congressional voting legislation, state-level restrictions

Melvin Roger's wide-ranging interests fall primarily within contemporary democratic theory and the history of American and African-American political and ethical philosophy, which is reflected in the courses he teaches, including history of political thought, American and African American political thought and contemporary political theory.

Senior Lecturer in Political Science Nina Tannenwald offered commentary on "limited" tactical nuclear weapons, arguing that Putin is using nuclear deterrence in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Jeff Colgan discuss his new book, ‘Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order’.

Commentary from Jeff Colgan

New Research Alert from Jeff Colgan and Miriam Hinthorn

Though minority rights are enshrined in India’s Constitution, election victories can now be used to create laws, or government policies that begin to attack precisely those rights.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows the limits of nuclear deterrence

Commentary from Jeff Colgan

Commentary from Jeff Colgan

Ashutosh Varshney writes: What we are witnessing today is a full-blown national rebellion against a mighty neighbour bent upon bullying and subjugating

Putin’s personalist rule leaves few domestic checks on his power.

Commentary by Juliet Hooker

Seminar Series on Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization: Can Americans Depolarize? Assessing the Effects of Reciprocal Group Reflection on Partisan Polarization

Announcing new professors in the Political Science Department

New Research Alert from Ross Cheit

Nord Stream 2 is just one example of Europe making itself vulnerable to Russia’s manipulation of energy markets.

‘Like it or not, the Government Needs Greater Power to Fight Pandemics’

Commentary from Ashutosh Varshney

Maid in America: Whiteness as Property

Commentary by Rich Arenberg

Commentary from Rich Arenberg

Commentary from Jim Morone

Juliet Hooker, Wendy Schiller, and Rose McDermott; The insurrectionists couldn’t overturn the election results, but they did make us question basic assumptions about the state of American democracy.

The ideological gulf between the parties has intensified distrust and enmity.

Commentary from Wendy Schiller

The ideological gulf between the parties has intensified