dawn m. brancati


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my commentaries

Senate Testimony: Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Chair: Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.),  April 3, 2008.

The Libyan Rebels and Electoral Democracy: Why Rushing to the Polls Could Reignite Civil War (with Jack L. Snyder). Foreign Affairs (Snapshot), September 2, 2011. Reprinted Global Public Square CNN.com 2 September 2011.

Was the Election Fallout in Egypt Predictable? St. Louis Dispatch, 23 June 2012.

Economic Integration Through the EU is Unlikely to Increase Support for Independence Movements in European StatesEUROPP: European Politics and Society, 31 July 2014.

Why the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict is Not a Just War? Jewish Federation of Saint Louis, @ Brennan's Saint Louis MO,  13 August 2014.

Why the Iran Nuclear Agreement is a Good Idea, Central Reform Congregation.  Saint Louis MO,  9 September 2015.

The U.S. Embargo Didn't Push Cuba Toward Democracy.  Neither Will Its End.  So What's the Point? (with Javier Corrales).  The Washington Post (The Monkey Cage),  30 March 2016.

Rebel ‘Wives’ on Broadway: An
Interview with Evelyn Amony (former
abductee child soldier).  Political Violence at a Glance, 10 June 2016.

What is Going on in Zambia? Political Violence at a Glance, 17 August 2016.

Trump has Threatened to Rip Up the “Deal” with Cuba. Would that Work? (with Javier Corrales).  The Washington Post (The Monkey Cage), 29 November 2016.

Five Ways Art and War are RelatedPolitical Violence at a Glance, 5 January 2018.

Is Democracy Dead or Alive? What Democracy Exactly Are We Supposed to Nurture? (forum, multiple contributors). The Conversation,  1 February 2018.

Trump is Not the Threat to Democracy Some Claim. Baltimore Sun, 25 November 2018.

Why Egypt's Presidential Elections are Neither Democratic nor Contentious (with Shimaa Hatab).  Political Violence at a Glance, 14 March 2018.

Egypt Banned the Sale of Yellow Vests. Are the French Protests Spreading? (with  Adrián Lucardi). The Washington Post (The Monkey Cage), 8 January. 2020

Yellow Vest Protests Erupt in Iraq, Bulgaria and Beyond – But Don’t Expect a ‘Yellow Wave’ (with Adrián Lucardi). The Conversation, 7 Februrary 2019. Reprinted in Al-Ahram and the World Economic Forum.

Why has Sudan’s Tolerance for Anti-Regime Protests Run Dry?  Political Violence at a Glance, 18 June 2019.

Why Have the Hong Kong Protests Lasted So Long? (with Nathan Law). Political Violence at a Glance, 29 October 2019.

Why the Hong Kong Protests Have Gone Global (with Nathan Law). YaleGlobal Online, 14 November 2019

Is Political Protest Contagious? (with  Adrián Lucardi). Political Violence at a Glance, 3 December 2019.

Coronavirus and the Hong Kong Protests (Interview with Nathan Law). Political Violence at a Glance, 20 February 2020.


interviews (select)

        Julien Russell Brunet. Old wounds, New Violence in Belfast." MacCleans.CA, 9 August 2009.

      Sanlian Lifeweek (China),
2 May 2013
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        Julia Ioffe. How the Kremlin Tried to Rig the Olympics, and Failed. The Atlantic,  6 December 2017

        Rupa Shenoy. Nonviolent Protest Defined the Decade. But is Civil Resistance Losing its Impact? BBC World Service,  31 December 2019.

        Bill Wanlund. 2020.  Global Protest Movements: Can They Lead to Lasting Change. CQ Reader 30(17): 1-58.


commentaries on my work

         Peace by Design (book reviews):

    Aisling Lyon. 2010.  Book Review: Peace by Design. Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development 10(March): 107-109.
    David S. Siroky. 2010. 
Book Review: Peace by Design. Political Science Quarterly 125(1): 147-148.         
    Stefan Wolff. 2010.
Book Review: Peace by Design. International Peacekeeping 17(3): 395– 407.
    Stefan Wolff. 2011.
Managing Ethnic Conflict: The Merits and Perils of Territorial Accommodation. Political Studies 9(1): 26.41.

         Jack L. Snyder,  Rushing to the Polls,  Foreign Policy, 26 July 2010

         Jay Ulfelder,  Peace *and* Elections in Afghanistan?Dartthrowing Chimp, 18 April 2012.

         Amy Zegart,  The Shortsighted Presidency,  Foreign Policy,  2 February 2014.

         Mircea Kivu,  Partidele Regionale – Oportunitate sau Pericol? Romani Liberi, 20 January 2015.

         Democracy Protests: Origins, Features, and Significance: (book reviews):

              Tevfik Murat Yildirim, Book Review: Democracy Protests: Origins, Features, and Significance. LSE Review of Books, 9 August 2017.
              Anjali T. Bohlken. 2017. Critical Dialogue: Democracy Protests: Origins, Significance and Consequences. Perspectives on Politics 15(4): 1092-1093.
              Alexander C. Campbell. 2018. A Review of Democracy Protests: Origins, Features, and Significance. Journal of International Affairs 71(2): 34-136.
             Erica Chenoweth. 2019. Reform, Resistance, and Revolution. Journal of Human Rights 18(1):138-145.