March 2016

Robert Bates’s When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa released as a classic During the turmoil in Uganda after the fall of repressive leader Idi Amin Dada, political scientist Robert Bates was in the field. At the time, he was widely...

— Jonathan Mijs and Michèle Lamont Citizens in countries that implemented more rigorous neoliberal policies over the last two decades (1990 to 2010) draw stronger symbolic boundaries between themselves and unwanted others. Based on publicly available data...

Researchers Say International Criminal Court is Flawed, But Essential The International Criminal Court is saving civilian lives in multiple countries, according to research that provides the first quantitative evidence. The study by professors at Harvard...