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Reporting

How he did it: A journalist uncovers the Afghanistan Papers

Clark Merrefield | February 28, 2020
Craig Whitlock uncovered a previously secret trove of candid interviews with top military and government officials from the Afghanistan War.
Brazil police
Criminal Justice

Homicide in Brazil: What journalists should know

Eduardo Salgado | June 12, 2018
An overview of violence in Brazil to help international political reporters who are covering the October elections
East German mosaic

Industrial spying helped East Germany narrow economic gap

David Trilling | November 20, 2017
Industrial espionage may call to mind men in trench coats and fedoras. These days, the spies are often hackers, but the handsome rewards still come with a cost.
A synagogue burned during Kristallnacht in Ober-Ramstadt, Germany, 1938 (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Human Rights

Anti-Semitism continues to hurt German pocketbooks

David Trilling | September 22, 2017
Jews have long been associated with finance and banking. Today, people in areas of Germany that historically experienced the highest levels of anti-Semitism are economically worse off, new research shows.
Thermonuclear test, 1952
Security, Military

Americans largely support using nukes, even against civilians

David Trilling | September 1, 2017
Americans have lived without the fear of nuclear war for decades. As North Korea challenges this coziness, new research finds Americans largely ready to push the nuclear trigger.
(U.S. Marines train Georgian soldiers outside Tbilisi. Photo: David Trilling)
Security, Military

U.S.-trained militaries more likely to overthrow their governments

David Trilling | August 30, 2017
The American military trains officers from around the world. Back at home, they are nearly twice as likely to attempt a coup than officers who do not receive U.S. training.
(David Trilling)
Conflicts

Muslims in Europe: Considering anger among immigrants’ children

David Trilling | July 26, 2017
A new paper examines “victimization by proxy” and finds European-born Muslims more likely than their immigrant parents to endorse radical ideology or violence.
A memorial for Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya
News Media

A journalist’s murder may foreshadow political repression

David Trilling | April 30, 2017
Journalists are often an irritant to governments and people with power. When they are killed, political repression is likely to follow, says a new paper.
Does torture work? The research says, “No”
Security, Military

Does torture work? The research says, “No”

Journalist's Resource | January 26, 2017
As the Trump administration considers torturing suspected militants, the question of whether it helps elicit information or discourage insurgents is again important to policymakers, journalists, scholars and the public.
Citizen Action

Combat deaths and voter turnout: Public opinion in democracies at war

David Trilling | November 2, 2016
People with little interest in politics vote more during violent wars, a 2016 study in the American Journal of Political Science finds. Overall, people vote less if there have been few recent war deaths.

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