Explaining Conflict and Cooperation in International Relations

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Resources for political science research on international relations. Topics include wars between countries, trade, foreign aid, international organizations, and peacekeeping. Also included are civil wars and conflict with non-state actors. See European Politics (for EU-related resources) and American Politics (research on US foreign policy).

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ORIGINAL PROJECT: U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call VotesPres. Van Buren's Positions:
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QUIZ YOURSELF: What is a continuing resolution?

A temporary funding law that Congress passes when an appropriations bill has not been decided by the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1.

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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

#OCCUPYIRTHEORY: .A blog focusing primarily on the significance of Occupy Wall Street and other horizontalist political movements for the academic disciplines of International Relations and International Political Economy.

Journal of Conflict Resolution: .Focuses on conflict between and within states, but also explores a variety of inter-group and interpersonal conflicts that may help in understanding problems of war and peace

International Security: .Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such as war and peace, as well as more recent dimensions of security.

War on the Rocks: .A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues through a realist lens.

Duck of Minerva: .Addresses world politics from an academic perspective.

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IR Data Sites

Rising Powers Diplomatic Network: .Monitors the distribution of the diplomatic apparatus of emerging powers across the globe.

Integrated Crisis Early Warning System: .A comprehensive, integrated, automated, generalizable, and validated system to monitor, assess, and forecast national, sub-national, and internal crises from Lockheed-Martin.

GROWup - Geographical Research On War, Unified Platform: .offers a visualization of settlement patterns of politically active ethnic groups around the world from 1946-2013

Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: .Measures reports of the conflict-related sexual violence committed by armed actors (state forces, pro-government militias and rebel groups) during the years 1989-2009.

Chicago Project on Security and Threats: .Advances scholarship on international politics, security, and trade that advances peace and prosperity, maintains a suicide attack database.

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New IR Articles with Replication Data

Causal Pathways of Rebel Defection from Negotiated Settlements: A Theory of Strategic AlliancesChelsea Johnson (2023 est.)

Creative Learning and Policy Ideas: The Global Rise of Green GrowthBentley Allan; Jonas Meckling (2023 est.)

Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Legislators' Support for Trade AgreementsFrancesco Amodio; *Leonardo Baccini; Giorgio Chiovelli; Michele Di Maio (2022)

Asset Specificity, Corporate Protection and Trade Policy: Firm-level Evidence from Antidumping Petitions in 19 JurisdictionsBenjamin C.K. Egerod; Mogens K. Justesen (2022)

Complex Dependence in Foreign Direct Investment: Network Theory and Empirical AnalysisJohn Schoeneman; Boliang Zhu; *Bruce Desmarais (2022)

Cyber Terrorism and Public Support for Retaliation: A Multi-Country Survey ExperimentRyan Shandler; Michael L. Gross; Sophia Backhaus; Daphna Canetti (2022)

Do Investor-State Disputes (Still) Harm FDI?Andrew Kerner; Krzysztof Pelc (2022)

Do Major-Power Interventions Encourage the Onset of Civil Conflict? A Structural AnalysisMichael Gibilisco; Sergio Montero (2022)

Dyadic Conflict: Elites, Citizens, and WarKristopher Ramsay; Colin Krainin (2022)

Facing U.S. Extraterritorial Pressure: American Troops in Foreign Courts During the Cold WarAsif Efrat (2022)

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Authors with Datasets

Voeten, Erik .Georgetown, see data page

Bennett, D. Scott .Penn State, datasets page

Gelpi, Christopher .Ohio State University, see datasets.

Walter, Barbara .UC San Diego, datasets listed in selected publications section.

Chiozza, Giacomo .American University of Sharjah, see replication data for articles and book chapters.

Hegre, Havard .Uppsala University, see data

Kertzer, Joshua .

Gleditsch, Kristian .University of Essex

Weidmann, Nils .University of Konstanz

Marinov, Nikolay .University of Houston, see data and paper repositories.

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