Outline of a globe.

elections
democracy
peacebuilding

Election Violence

Interviews (Select Interviews)

The US Election Result is Already Being Legally Challenged
The New Statesman (podcast). 9 October 2024.

Stealing an Election: Violence or Fraud?
Faculti.net (podcast). 12 June 2024.

Elections Might Make Things Worse for Afghanistan?
Abdullah Elham. The Diplomat. 30 December 2017.

The Shortsighted Presidency: America's Foreign Policy is Now Trending on Twitter
Amy Zegart. Foreign Policy. 2 February 2014.

Commentaries (Select Commentaries)

Elections and Peacebuilding: Why the Timing and Sequencing of Transitional Elections Matter
Annette M. Fath-Lihic and Dawn Brancati
Electoral Integrity Initiative, Policy Brief #4. Geneva: Kofi Annan Foundation, 2017.

Was the Election Fallout in Egypt Predictable?
Dawn Brancati and Jack L. Snyder
St. Louis Dispatch. 20 June 2012.

The Libyan Rebels and Electoral Democracy: Why Rushing to the Polls Could Reignite Civil War
Jack L. Snyder and Dawn Brancati
Foreign Affairs. 2 September 2011.

Democracy

Interviews (Select Interviews)

When to Take to the Streets?
Ben Ansell. What’s Wrong with Democracy? (podcast). 31 July 2024.

Are Israel's Pro-democracy Protests Fruitful or Futile?
Shlomo Maital. Jerusalem Post. 19 May 2023.

Beijing Olympics 2022: The Politics of Boycotts
Charissa Yong. The Straits Times. 9 August 2021.

Global Protest Movements: Can They Lead to Lasting Change?
Bill Wanlund. CQ Reader. 1 May 2020.

Nonviolent Protest Defined the Decade, But Is Civil Resistance Losing Its Impact?
Rupa Shenpy. Public Radio International (The World). 31 December 2019.

Commentaries (Select Commentaries)

Why Authoritarians Love the Olympics: A Boycott of Beijing 2022 Will Do Little to Deter China
Dawn Brancati and William C. Wohlforth
Foreign Affairs. 25 March 2021.

Why the Hong Kong Protests Have Gone Global
Dawn Brancati and Nathan Law
YaleGlobal Online. 14 November 2019.

The U.S. Embargo Didn’t Push Cuba Toward Democracy. Neither Will Its End.
Dawn Brancati and Javier Corrales
The Washington Post. 30 March 2016.

Trump Has Threatened to Rip Up the “Deal” with Cuba. Would That Work?
Dawn Brancati and Javier Corrales
The Washington Post. 29 November 2016.

The 2011 Protests: Were They about Democracy?
Dawn Brancati
The Washington Quarterly . 18 December 2012.

Egypt Banned the Sale of Yellow Vests. Are the French Protests Spreading?
Dawn Brancati and Adrián Lucardi
The Washington Post-Blogs. 8 January 2019.

Natural Disasters and Pandemics

Interviews (Select Interviews)

Terror under Lockdown: Pandemic Restrictions Reduce ISIS Violence
Mike Cummings. YaleNews. January 30 2023.
Reposted by: Phys.org, Sciencenewsnet.in, EurekAlert!, Swift Telecast, AlphaGalileo, Newswise, and Naked Science

Dawn Brancati, Yale University – Locking Down ISIS
Academic Minute. April 4 2023.

Government COVID-19 Lockdowns Reduced Terrorism
Science 2.0. February 02 2023.

Lockdowns for Public Health Can Also Reduce Violence
Political Science Now. March 20 2023.

Commentaries (Select Commentaries)

COVID-19 Restrictions Unexpectedly Reduced Islamic State Violence – Political Science Experts Explain Why
Dawn Brancati and Jóhanna Kristín Birnir
The Conversation. 16 February 2023.
Reposted by: Phys.org, ArcaMax, Idaho Press, New Canaan Advisor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, SFGate, Talking Points Memo,
Houston Chronicle, The Darien Times, San Antonio Express-News, Shelton Herald, Yahoo! News, and Newsbreak

Art

FIVE WAYS ART AND WAR ARE RELATED
Dawn Brancati. Political Violence at a Glance. January 5 2018.