10 rules for reporting on war trauma survivors
Trauma reporting can cause further trauma if it isn’t done with care and skill. Our friends at The War Horse share their reporting standards for interviewing the survivors of war-related trauma.
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Americans largely support using nukes, even against civilians
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.
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Who serves in the military: Parsing Pentagon data
Since the end of the draft in the 1970s, the U.S. military has become a professional fighting force. But is it representative of Americans? Not really.
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Does torture work? The research says, “No”
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.
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Combat deaths and voter turnout: Public opinion in democracies at war
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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How news photos sway support for foreign wars
2016 study in Political Communication that examines how news photographs can impact public support for military action.
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The relationship between terrorism and economic growth: Research
2015 study published in Oxford Economic Papers showing how industrial growth in particular has a significant association with levels of terrorist activity.
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Congressional authorizations for use of military force: Research on “war powers,” legislators and the president
2015 review of papers and scholarship on the interplay between the U.S. Congress and presidents with respect to the use of military force and areas of Constitutional tension.
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Refugees: Research on living conditions, health, assistance efforts
2015 selection of studies that use fieldwork and qualitative and quantitative data to better understand the world’s refugee populations and look to public policy lessons that can be drawn.
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Bias in reporting of international conflict and war: Research on the Libyan Civil War
2015 study from Harvard and the University of Michigan showing how coverage of the Libyan Civil War varied based on news outlets’ countries of origin and political regime type.
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