Pitfalls of online big data for researching social movements
A great post by Jen Schradie on pitfalls of using big data from online sources for social movements research. She lists five limitations of making inferences from this kind of …
Talking Jordan at FPRI on Geopolitics with Granieri
I spent Tuesday in Philadelphia with the good people at the Foreign Policy Research Institute discussing many-things Jordan. As the September guest on the monthly Geopolitics with Granieri, we chatted …
My FPRI article on ISIL threat to Jordan
Over at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), I write about Jordan’s concerns about the Islamic State. Here’s the article in full. And the intro: The swiftness with which the …
Fulbright Program facing major cut
Again with the cuts to worthwhile educational and research programs… Taken from the write-up at The Monkey Cage by Jarrod Hayes: The Obama administration’s FY15 budget request to Congress includes a 13.5 …
Caerus Associates Mapping Syria Conflict in Aleppo
The strategic consulting firm Caerus Associates recently produced an expansive analysis of the Syrian conflict specific to conflict dynamics in Aleppo. The research team used monthly monthly surveys and other …
US DoS releases Jordan Human Rights Report for 2013
The U.S. Department of State recently released the 2013 Human Rights Reports, including the Jordan report. I originally became aware of this through the news story on Ammannet titled “الخارجية الأميركية تنتقد …
Happy Jordan
Pharrell Williams’s song ‘Happy’ is worth a listen any time. It’s even better when it comes with Jordan in the backdrop. Well done BeAmman people. Happy.
Democracy Man | Foreign Affairs
There’s a nice and concise tribute to Robert Dahl in Foreign Affairs (Democracy Man). Particularly in light of Nick Kristof’s piece about the relevance of academics, this brief look back …
GDELT suspended, then not…
Update (2/24/2014): It appears that the historical backfiles are once again available at the new gdelt project site. I haven’t had a chance to compare the files to the old …
Statistical Analysis of Killings in Syria’s Civil War
I recently became aware of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, an organization that does important work related to scientific analysis of human rights violations around the world. I’ve skimmed …