2024. “From a researcher of violence, we must reject all forms of extremism to progress.” Daily Bruin.

2020. “Vichy’s Family Separation Policy, and Our Own.” Blog post published on Scatterplot.

2019. “Dehumanization and The Normalization of Violence: It’s Not What You Think.” Social Science Research Council, Items Digital Forum.

• Featured in The New York Times, “What We’re Reading Now.”

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2019. “Dual-Process Theories of Morality and Their Implications for Research on Genocide.” Inference Magazine.
 

2018. “Threat and Mobilization in Vichy France.” In Mobilizing Ideas.
 

2018. “The Root of Violence.” Letter in The New Yorker.
 

2018. How Dangerous Is It When Trump Calls Some Immigrants 'Animals'? Op-Ed published in The Washington Post.
 

2018. “What We, As Citizens, Can Do To Fight Genocide.” Op-Ed published in The Washington Post.
 

2016. “What Vichy France Can Teach Us About the Normalization of State Violence.” Blog post published on Scatterplot. 
 

2015. "Once a killer, always a killer? Here are 4 lessons about stopping mass violence." Op-Ed published in The Washington Post.
 

2015. “Past and Present in France: Don’t Give Them What They Want.” Article published on Political Violence at a Glance.
 

2015. “Not Just Victims and Perpetrators: Understanding Rwanda’s Genocide Twenty Years-On.” Article published on Political Violence at a Glance. 
 

Luft, Aliza, Senka Filipović, Kellea Miller and Irene Schneeweis. 2015. Western Balkans LGBTI: Landscape Analysis of Political, Economic and Social Conditions. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice with USAID.

Acar, Taylan, Robert Chiles, Garrett Grainger, Aliza Luft, Rahul Mahajan, João Peschanski, Chelsea Schelly, Jason Turowetz, and Ian F. Wall. 2011. “Inside the Wisconsin Occupation.” Contexts. 10(3): 50-55.
 

2011. “Another Look at Rwanda.” Footnotes, ASA monthly newsletter. 39:7. 
 

2010. “Genocide: What’s in a Name?” Article published on salon.com
 

2010. “Increasing Political Violence in Rwanda.” Article published on salon.com