On November 25, 2022, Dr. William Godnick, Professor of Practice at the J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, presented on Military Responses to Prison Violence in Latin America: A Big Mistake or a Necessary Evil? The presentation was followed by question-and-answer period with questions from audience and CASIS-Vancouver executives. key points discussion included overpopulation priso...

Riots originating during, or in the aftermath of, sports events can incur significant costs damages, as well large-scale panic and injuries. A mathematical description of riots is therefore sought to better understand their propagation limit these physical financial damages. In this work, we present an agent-based modelling framework that describes qualitative features populations engaging riot...

High and volatile global food prices have led to food riots and played a critical role in triggering the Arab Spring revolutions in recent years. The severe drought in the US in the summer of 2012 led to a new increase in food prices. Through the fall, they remained at a threshold above which the riots and revolutions had predominantly occurred. Global prices at this level create conditions whe...

Abstract Studies of the causes social unrest typically focus on structural factors or diffusion. This article demonstrates importance considering their interaction and reveals a complex interplay between two. is examined in context English Swing riots 1830–1831, which it possible to observe relevant each specific incident; this often impossible when analyzing more recent cases unrest. The autho...

Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international dataset on fuel riots to explore the effects prices price regimes riots. In line prior expectations, we find that large domestic shocks - often linked are key driver addition, report novel result: closely regimes. Countries maintain fixed notably net ene...