Hate speech and proffering war online using social media, particularly Facebook has contributed to South Sudan’s return to conflict. As Juba burns, the role of social media, online hate speech and rumor is becoming clear. As leaders call for ceasefire, calm and peace, internet warriors are beating the drums of war, some may even be 
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Law Enforcement and Perverse Effects: The Evolution of the Central American Maras
By: Michael Lawrence | Monday, February 29th, 2016Crime and law enforcement are often entwined in a co-evolutionary process by which the actions of one prompt behavioral changes by the other that demand new strategies from the initial actor. While this dynamic is often recognized and anticipated by both law enforcement and criminal groups, it frequently yields perverse effects – unintended (and generally
Farmer-Herder Clashes Amplify Challenge for Beleaguered Nigerian Security
By: Michael W. Baca | Monday, July 20th, 2015Nigeria’s new president has made the task of finishing off the Boko Haram insurgency an immediate priority for his administration. Since his May 29 inauguration, Muhammadu Buhari has held multiple meetings with neighboring heads of state and relocated his anti-Boko Haram headquarters to the epicenter of the insurgency, in Borno State. Yet, while Nigeria’s security apparatus appears
Paramilitary Violence and Policing in Northern Ireland
By: Branka Marijan and Sean Brennan | Wednesday, May 20th, 2015It has been more than 20 years since the paramilitary ceasefires in Northern Ireland. While much has changed in the polity, recent events show that the issue of paramilitarism has not entirely been resolved. In late April 2015, images of two masked gunmen “patrolling” the streets of a housing estate in Lurgan, a small Northern
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