Under what conditions do disastrous storms and floods provoke anti-government protests in
autocracies? While grievances, as they often occur after disastrous weather events, are …

Nonviolent resistance can be a powerful tool for ordinary civilians to transform their
governments; however, not all nonviolent movements end in success and many ultimately …

How does political imprisonment influence anti-regime protest? We argue that political
imprisonment facilitates rather than stifles protest. Political imprisonment is a salient …

This article investigates the relationship between recent repression of protest and the
duration of future protests. A rich scholarship examines how repression impacts dissent …

Ceasefires are a critical tool for those engaged in conflict management during civil wars, yet
little scholarship exists that systematically assesses the durability of these arrangements. We …

This article examines the conditional effect that repression has on non-violent vs. violent
mass mobilization. While governments often resort to violence to deter future mobilization …

Despite constant monitoring, we lack a good explanation for the 2018–2019 protest crisis in
Nicaragua. The escalation of protests, repression, duration, and the death toll are surprising …

This article presents the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)“Violent Political
Protest”(VPP) data set: a new–standalone-category of organized violence, which …

Protest campaigns have proven an effective form of contention to challenge authoritarian
rule yet can at times escalate into armed conflict. This article aims to explain how a protest …

Many protest movements have brought down dictatorships and paved the way for
democracy. However, protests can also foster large-scale violence at the level of civil war …