- the importance of the Israel-Palestine conflict: Winning the War on Terror requires a Mideast peace settlement http://web.mit.edu/polisci/research/vanevera/tac_vital_interest.pdf 3 comments worldnews
- Does Terrorism Work? - "Rebel groups that employ terror in civil wars seldom win or gain concessions—but they tend to prolong conflicts, a new paper finds." http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/05/does-terrorism-work/394028/ 12 comments worldnews