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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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

European J. of International Relations: .Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations.

#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

Journal of Peace Research: .Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.

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

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IR Data Sites

Correlates of War Project Datasets: .COW seeks to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in international relations.

Terrorism in W. Europe: Events Data: .Contains information on events related to internal (or domestic) terrorism in 18 West European countries for the 1950 through 2004 period

Aids Flows: .AidFlows visualizes how much development financing is provided and received around the world.

UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset: .A dataset of armed conflicts, both internal and external, in the period 1946 to the present.

Minorities at Risk Project: .Maintains data on 284 politically active ethnic groups. The centerpiece of the project is a dataset that tracks groups on political, economic, and cultural dimensions.

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Replication Datasets for New Articles

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

Creative Learning and Policy Ideas: The Global Rise of Green GrowthBentley Allan, +1 more author (2023 est.) POP, more info.
other files: 1, text files: 1

Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Legislators' Support for Trade AgreementsFrancesco Amodio, +3 more authors (2022) JOP, more info.
Stata files: 2, other files: 1, datasets: 1, text files: 1

Asset Specificity, Corporate Protection and Trade Policy: Firm-level Evidence from Antidumping Petitions in 19 JurisdictionsBenjamin C.K. Egerod, +1 more author (2022) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, other files: 10, PDF files: 1, text files: 1

Complex Dependence in Foreign Direct Investment: Network Theory and Empirical AnalysisJohn Schoeneman, +2 more authors (2022) PSRM, more info.
R files: 1, other files: 3, PDF files: 4, text files: 1

Cyber Terrorism and Public Support for Retaliation: A Multi-Country Survey ExperimentRyan Shandler, +3 more authors (2022) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, PDF files: 1, datasets: 1, HTML files: 1, other files: 2, text files: 1

Diplomatic Relations in a Virtual WorldAaron Bramson, +3 more authors (2022) POLAN, more info.
other files: 1

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Authors with Datasets

Leeds, Brett Ashley .Rice University

Hensel, Paul .University of North Texas, great topical guides to IR data, see his data page.

Kertzer, Joshua .

Clay, K. Chad .University of Georgia, see research.

Owsiak, Andrew .Univ. of Georgia, see datasets on research page.

Matanock, Aila .Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, replication data on research page

Maness, Ryan .Naval Postgraduate School, see cyber conflict dataset.

Bennett, D. Scott .Penn State, datasets page

Powell, Jonathan .Univ. of Central Florida, see coup d'etat dataset.

Furhmann, Matthew .Texas A & M, see datasets page.

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