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Complexity and the Limits of Revolution: What Will Happen to the Arab Spring?
Alexander S. Gard-Murray, Yaneer Bar-Yam
The recent social unrest across the Middle East and North Africa has deposed dictators who had ruled for decades. While the events have been hailed as an "Arab Spring" by those who…
Conflict in Yemen: From Ethnic Fighting to Food Riots
Andreas Gros, Alexander Gard-Murray, Yaneer Bar-Yam
Yemen is considered a global terrorist base for Al-Qaeda and in recent years rampant violence is threatening social order. Here we show that the socio-economic origins of violence…
A Complex Systems Science Approach to Healthcare Costs and Quality
Yaneer Bar-Yam with Shlomiya Bar-Yam, Karla Z. Bertrand, Nancy Cohen +3
There is a mounting crisis in delivering affordable healthcare in the US. For decades, key decision makers in the public and private sectors have considered cost-effectiveness in h…
An Exploration of Social Identity: The Geography and Politics of News-Sharing Communities in Twitter
Amaç Herdağdelen, Wenyun Zuo, Alexander Gard-Murray +1
The importance of collective social action in current events is manifest in the Arab Spring and Occupy movements. Electronic social media have become a pervasive channel for social…
Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence
Alex Rutherford, Dion Harmon, Justin Werfel +4
We consider the conditions of peace and violence among ethnic groups, testing a theory designed to predict the locations of violence and interventions that can promote peace. Chara…