What Do You Do When War Comes to Town?

Published: Feb. 24, 2016, 5:30 a.m.

b'Vera Mironova, a research fellow at the Belfer Center\\u2019s International Security Program and the Woman and Public Policy Program, explains the cascading series of choices people face when war descends on their communities. Her surveys of frontline fighters in Syria and Ukraine help paint a picture of not just why they choose to fight, but also whom they fight for.'