Decent view from the porch

My article with Stathis Kalyvas on Islamism and Armed Conflict is now Open Access! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

I got to play a part in a recent event on the War in Tigray at the Harvard Center for African Studies: www.youtube.com/live/7Si4S1E...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... New article in @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social

New publication via @politicalgeography.bsky.social 📜 How did the century’s deadliest war become invisible? In this article, I provide a detailed analysis of the tactics & strategies the Ethiopian regime & allies used to commit & conceal #TigrayGenocide. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

They may try to destroy Universities and our programs, but this whole moment shows that knowledge is extremely important, and that social science --among other sciences-- is critical.

Friends have been asking me about European alternatives to US big tech products, so here's an opinionated list of suggestions. 1/10

It was a privilege to chair our panel Displacement Under Duress: Conflict, Climate Disasters, and Civilian Vulnerability at #ISA2025 in Chicago! Looking forward to seeing these papers published at some point! @mhnagh.bsky.social @maxineleis.bsky.social @andrewshaver.bsky.social

This article introduces open-source satellite-gathered fire data as a tool for detecting unreported conflict events & for improving the reliability of pre-existing conflict event data. @mhnagh.bsky.social also demonstrates its potential, e. g. to detect unreported targeted violence involving arson.

Also this one, which is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Article out in @politicalgeography.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...