Conflict

This is what's happening in what is now Yemen's fourth year of civil war.

• By Kelly McFarland

As food and water sources become threatened by changing weather patterns, experts say these are the areas most susceptible to instability and bloodshed.

• By Thor Benson

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones toward Israeli forces during clashes following a protest along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on April 5th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Competitors of equal ability and status are more likely to engage in dangerous driving.

• By Tom Jacobs

Sanaa, Yemen: Despite political unrest during the early months of protest during the Arab Spring, a Yemeni man keeps his shop open, selling nuts and dried fruit.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A new report from the World Bank highlights the devastating economic consequences of civil war.

• By Dwyer Gunn

A new study aims to understand social conflict, using the Internet encyclopedia as a test case.

• By Nathan Collins

A conversation about the limitations of the “broken windows” theory and our unreasonable expectations of the police.

• By Lauren Kirchner

Aid from external rivals is a key variable that can complicate democratization.

• By Ryan Jacobs

President Obama has repeatedly said the U.S. is targeting Al Qaeda and “associated forces.” But the government won’t say who those forces are.

• By Cora Currier

What happens when a premodern society swaps axes for semiautomatic weapons?

• By Kevin Charles Fleming