by Kiel Downey | May 1, 2017 | Publication
View Full Report Countering violent extremism (CVE) has emerged as an increasingly important part of foreign policy in recent years. Official sources articulate CVE as distinct from counter-terrorism (CT), but they offer few clear definitions of “violent extremism,” a...
by Kiel Downey | May 1, 2017 | Publication
View Full Report Increasing violence in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—known collectively as the “Northern Triangle” of Central America—poses a serious challenge to the rule of law and threatens the foundation for lasting prosperity in those countries. Much of...
by Kiel Downey | May 1, 2017 | Publication
View the Full Report While the Maidan protests, which began in late 2013, and the February 2014 Ukrainian revolution paved the way for reforms that could reduce corruption and spur economic development, Ukraine continues to suffer from systemic corruption and weak...
by Kiel Downey | May 1, 2017 | Publication
This article investigates the role of political competition in explaining de facto judicial independence in non‐democratic regimes. It argues that the electoral, political insurance explanation popular in the study of courts in democracies also offers explanatory...
by Kiel Downey | Apr 17, 2017 | ROLC News
On April 14, 2017, ROLC staff and a small group of USC faculty participated in a luncheon with Dr. Jeroen van den Hoven, Professor of Ethics and Technology at Delft University of Technology. Dr. van den Hoven’s research interests lie in the ethics of technology, value...
