1. Colonial States and the Type of Postcolonial Civil War: A Comparative-Historical Analysis of the British, French, and Spanish Empires • Matthew Lange, McGill University.

2. Seeing Iraq: Intelligence, State Capacity, and Imperial Control • Sam Dunham, Yale University.

3. The Legacies of Settler Sovereignty: Role Collapse and Violent Actors in the Contemporary Occupied Territories • Joseph R Weinger, University of California, Los Angeles.

4. (Post) Colonial Lands: Patterns and Consequences of Colonial Settlement and Withdrawal in Rural Morocco • Benjamin Kaplow, Yale University.