Milan Yadav

Copy-and-Paste: Why Latin America is Using El Salvador as an Anti-Crime Template

Mano dura translates to “iron fist,” broadly defined as strong-armed, anti-crime policies that much of Latin America has implemented over recent decades in response to massive rises in gang...

Replacing Ballots with Bullets: How Shadow Operations are Crippling Democracy in Africa

University of Georgia

Private military companies (PMCs) have long blurred the line between state power and profit, but few have done so as effectively—or destructively—as the Wagner Group. Central to Russia’s recent...