Event: Sudan after the referendum
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC is hosting a conversation about post-referendum Sudan on Monday, January 10. For details, check…
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Worth your bandwidth
I’ve spent a few days catching up on one of my favorite podcasts, “How We Got Here.” The podcast is the brainchild of Jeb…
Read MoreIs development a (Waltian) “bad idea”?
If you haven’t seen it yet, Stephen Walt’s piece, “Where Do Bad Ideas Come From?”, in the new issue of Foreign Policy demands a…
Read MoreCoda: Making myths about conflict zones
One more thing I want to pull up from the comments on my Cote d’Ivoire post, from Rebecca: On the streets here, especially during…
Read MoreCote d’Ivoire and the linguistic roulette of mass atrocity
My use of the word genocide on Cote d’Ivoire has attracted some interest and a few hearty objections. Thankfully, I think there’s a better…
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Sweet Dreams
As a little tribute to those of you mired in the freezing cold right now, we’re closing the show with that other white icy…
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In Congo, Women Fight Rape With Radios
One courageous young journalist uses her microphone to fight sexual violence — and changes a countryside, village by village. A radio feature commissioned by…
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How Not to Write About Rape
How can we make readers ethically comfortable with our journalism choices but morally uncomfortable with the horrors we have to write about?
Read MoreWhat’s new in my world, and a year-end thanks
I’ve been terrible about posting my new work in the last three or four months; by the time it’s published, I’m buried deep in…
Read MoreWhy we should be worried about genocide in Cote d’Ivoire
Cote d’Ivoire is going through an ugly time, and today was an especially ugly day. The UN thinks the incumbent president is hiding evidence…
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