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Examining the Effectiveness of Adaptation Finance at the Local Level in Malawi

November 4, 2013 |

Former CCAPS Pre-Doctoral Fellow Sam Barrett, who is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin, recently published an article on local level climate justice in Global Environmental Change. His research explores the effectiveness of adaptation finance at the local level in Malawi by comparing 18 villages located in the southern and eastern parts of the country that are…

Constitutional Design and Conflict Management in Africa

November 1, 2013 |

In an article published in Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Distinguished Scholar Alan Kuperman explores whether and how constitutional reform could reduce political instability and violence in Africa. The project recommends promoting gradual reform of Africa’s existing, centralized constitutional designs by counter-balancing them with liberal institutions which could foster both peace and democracy…

Explaining Government Repression in Africa

November 1, 2013 |

In CCAPS Research Brief No. 19, Strauss Center Associates Idean Salehyan and Cullen Hendrix examine how the characteristics of a social conflict event and the nature of the regime interact to determine repressive outcomes. Using the Social Conflict in Africa Database (SCAD), they find that events that are more threatening to the central government are…

Alan Kuperman on Constitutional Design and Conflict Management in Africa

October 30, 2013 |

In an article published in Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Alan Kuperman explores whether and how constitutional reform could reduce political instability and violence in Africa. The project recommends promoting gradual reform of Africa’s existing, centralized constitutional designs by counter-balancing them with liberal institutions which could foster both peace and democracy on the continent.

AidData’s Newly Released Data Portal Makes Development Finance More Intuitive

October 29, 2013 |

WASHINGTON, D.C. ““ CCAPS partner AidData, a research and innovation lab that seeks to improve development outcomes by making development finance data more accessible and actionable, released the 3.0 version of its aiddata.org today during Global Transparency Week.

AIDS Drugs for All: Social Movements and Market Transformations

October 29, 2013 |

Strauss Center Distinguished Scholars Dr. Joshua Busby and Dr. Ethan Kapstein recently published a new book, AIDS Drugs for All: Social Movements and Market Transformations (Cambridge University Press, September 2013). Click here for more information on the book, found on the publisher’s website.

Strauss Scholars in UT-Wide Conferences

October 28, 2013 |

Strauss Center Leadership and Distinguished Scholars will be participating in two UT-wide conferences in the coming weeks. To begin with, Dr. William Inboden of the William P. Clements Center for History, Strategy & Statecraft will be leading a conference this Friday-Saturday focusing on “Diplomacy, Alliances and War: Anglo-American Perspectives on History and Strategy in the…

Chesney Discusses the War Model of Counterterrorism

October 22, 2013 |

Strauss Center Director-Designate Bobby Chesney has written an article in The New Republic titled Would Abandoning the War Model of Counterterrorism Make a Difference from a Legal Perspective? In it, he argues that while most conversations surrounding the tactics employed in the war on terror have focused on “whether and how long the war model…

Inboden on North American Energy Partnerships

October 22, 2013 |

Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar and Clements Center Executive Director Dr. William Inboden convened a group of Republican former senior policymakers for a forumfeatured in Foreign Policy earlier this month entitled The 12-Step Plan: A dozen bold suggestions for the Obama Administration to recover its mojo”fast. The article is a collaboration between the regular contributors of…

Explaining Government Repression in Africa

October 21, 2013 |

In CCAPS Research Brief No. 19, Idean Salehyan and Cullen Hendrix examine how the characteristics of a social conflict event and the nature of the regime interact to determine repressive outcomes. Using the Social Conflict in Africa Database (SCAD), they find that events that are more threatening to the central government are more likely to…

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