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Blog: Chris Blattman
My piece in Wired
The post Cyber Warfare Is Getting Real: The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater—or the pursuit of peace more complicated appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
My Foreign Affairs piece on how ideals and ideology explain so many long wars, including this one
The post The Hard Truth About Long Wars: Why the Conflict in Ukraine Won't End Anytime Soon appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
A 30-minute lecture on the book, followed by Q&A
The post Presentation to the Joint Chiefs Operations Directorate appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
Journalist and foreign correspondent Michela Wrong chooses Why We Fight
The post Spectator picks WWF as a best book of 2022 appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
The Irregular Warfare podcast at West Point interviews me and Teny Gross, director of Chicago's Nonviolence Institute
The post From street fights to world wars: What gang violence can teach us about conflict appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
When I wrote my book on war, I avoided ongoing conflicts because I didn’t want the book to be dated the moment it came out. The roots of war and the paths to peace are timeless, and I wanted examples that made this permanence clear. Still, it was hard not to read obsessively about the […]
The post The prospects for war with China: Why I see a serious chance of World War III in the next decade appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
Top of Mind podcast
The post When is War Justified? appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
The post Conversation with Teny Gross on Gang Violence appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
Profile: Economist Chris Blattman has reshaped our understanding of violence and poverty
The post Vox FuturePerfect50 appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
Book excerpt from The Modern War Institute
The post The 5 reasons wars happen appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
Book excerpt in the Boston Review
The post The roots of war: To discern why we fight, we should ask why we do not appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
The post Undergrad & Masters appeared first on Chris Blattman.
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The post Advanced Master’s & PhDs appeared first on Chris Blattman.
Blog: Chris Blattman
Teaching Why We Fight to high schoolers My students love the book. One thing that jumps out is how clearly Blattman writes. For high school students who are encountering a big topic for the first time, clarity is incredibly important. The book really speaks to a wide audience. —Matt Cone, Carrboro High School, Carrboro, North […]
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Blog: Chris Blattman
Opinion piece in Newsweek
The post If we elected more women would there be less war? Yes but not for the reasons you think appeared first on Chris Blattman.