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Strategic Alliances: How Rebel Groups Defect via Temporary Partnerships

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Strategic Alliances

Rebel Defection

Peace Settlements

Causal Pathways

New Policy Ideas Emerge from IOs' Tensions: Green Growth as a Case Study

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Green Growth

Creative Learning

International Organizations

Climate Change

How Malaria Shrinks a Country’s Diplomatic Footprint

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Malaria

Diplomacy

Dyadic Analysis

Endogeneity

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2022

When Trade Theory Collides With Farm Politics

Comparative Advantage

Us Agriculture

Trade Agreement

Interest Groups

Asset specificity drives trade protection competition across firms

i

Protectionism

Trade Policy

Diffusion Dynamics

Fixed Assets

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How Complex Dependence Reveals Reciprocity in Global FDI Networks

Network Theory

ERGM

Reciprocity

Transitivity

i

Cyber Terror Attacks That Kill Fuel Public Desire for Military Retaliation

Cyber Terrorism

Lethality

Anger

Public Policy

Survey Experiment

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Eve Online Shows Structural Balance in Virtual Diplomacy

Structural Balance

Triads

Alliances

Eve Online

Network Analysis

Pol. An.

More ISDS Claims But Less Impact? FDI Not Significantly Affected By Average Lawsuits

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Investor State Dispute Settlement

Isds

Foreign Direct Investment

Fdi

Regression Analysis

Us

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Intervention Diplomacy Sparks Conflict: New Analysis Reveals Foreign Powers' Peaceful Actions Can Fuel Civil Wars

Structural Analysis

Major Powers

Civil Conflict Onset

Intervention Strategies

International Relations

Dyadic Conflict: How Elite Decisions Ignite Citizen Support for War

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Dyadic Politics

Elite-citizen Relations

War Dynamics

Accountability Gap

Quantitative Analysis

When American Troops Were Tried in Foreign Courts During the Cold War

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Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

Cold War

Military Presence

Bilateral Agreements

Conflict Shifts Investment Priorities in Resource-Rich Nations

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Armed Conflict

Economic Governance

Resource Extraction

When Borders Break: How Fragmented Ethnic Groups Raise Civil War Risk

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Ethnic Conflict

Territorial Fractionalization

Borders

Irredentism

Secession

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International Ambition vs Domestic Reality: A 25-Year Gap in Western Democracies

Liberal Internationalism

Populism

Economic Globalization

Western Democracies

Drone Strikes Disrupt, Not Just Target: Yemen's Communication Spikes Show Local Toll

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Drone Strikes

Yemen

Big Data

Anomaly Detection

Civilian Communication

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U.S. Influence and State Strength Shape Conflict Dynamics Abroad

U.s.

Patronage

State Capacity

Civil Conflict

Institutional Weakness

Strengthening the State? How Mexico's Tax Centralization Fuelled Rebellion Instead

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Elite Coordination

Popular Grievances

Centralization Reforms

Colonial Mexico

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Rising Powers Challenge Old Order: A New UN Bloc Emerges

BRICS

UN Voting

International Hierarchy

Rising Powers

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2021

Beyond Clauses: New Measure Reveals What Makes Peace Deals Stickier

Latent Variable Approach

Civil Conflicts

Bayesian Item Response Theory

Peace Agreements

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Troops Not Just Luck: Game Theory in International Rivalries

Game Theory

International Relations

Major Powers

Strategic Competition

International Relations Renaissance? Individuals Matter in Theory But Not Much in Publications

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Individuals

IR Theory

Publication Trends

TRIP Database

PS

1 R files

How US Voters Balance Legal & Moral Imperatives in War Attitudes?AJPS

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i

Coercion Undermines Assurance Credibility

Assurance Credibility

Coercion

Security Dilemma

International Relations Theory

Control over Bodies and Territories: Insurgent Territorial Control and Sexual Violence.Sec. Studies

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i

Does Madman Theory Work? New Evidence on Crazy Leaders' Coercion

Madman Theory

Coercion

Reputation

Credibility

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Resource Curse Revisited: Meta-Analysis Finds Commodity Shocks Don't Spark Conflict on Average

Resource Curse

Commodity Price Shocks

Meta-Analysis

Difference-in-Difference

Natural Experiments

Visiting Leaders Boost Foreign Approval, Especially When Media Covers Visits

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Public Diplomacy

Public Opinion

Soft Power

High-level Visits

Surveys

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Sanctions' Low Costs Mask Reduced Disaster Preparedness Budgets

Budget Allocation

Sanctions Impact

Disaster Preparedness

Government Spending

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Crisis Signaling Games: Why Multiple Equilibria Create Messy Data Predictions

Signaling Games

Multiple Equilibria

Sanctions

Audience Costs

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Chinese vs. U.S. Aid in Africa: Do Different Approaches Boost Legitimacy?

State Legitimacy

African States

Survey Experiment

Behavioral Games

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Four Costly Signaling Mechanisms Reveal Credibility Boost Beyond Sunk Costs

Costly Signaling

Installment Costs

Reducible Costs

Credibility

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Free Trade Pushes Some Countries Toward Democracy, Others Away

Free Trade

Democratization

Democratic Transition

Development

Leniency in Civil Wars: How Truces Attract Selfish Rebels

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Rebel Recruitment

Civil Conflict

Northeast India

Conjunctive Methods

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High Stakes Can Reduce War Risk: A Counterintuitive Look at Valuation Uncertainty

Reservation Value

Uncertainty Theory

Game Theory Model

Valuation Effect

Intuitive Deterrence: Why Democracies Seem Less Resolute

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Resolve

Heuristics

Democracies Vs Autocracies

Conjoint Experiment

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Third Parties: Unexpected Influencers on Trade Regime Compliance?

Trade Regime

Third Parties

Compliance

International Trade

2 R files

Trade Adjustment Assistance: More Responsive Than Thought, But Facing a Political Challenge

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Trade Adjustment Assistance

US Counties

Quantitative Analysis

2016 Election

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Natural Disasters Prompt Strategic Aid Allocation: Friends Get Development, Enemies Receive Humanitarian Help

Humanitarian Aid

Development Aid

Strategic Interest Measure

Counterintuitive Finding

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Military Aid Amplifies Risk: Why Supporting New Regimes Fuels Anti-Regime Violence

Regime Vulnerability

Democratic Transition

Personalist Autocracy

Military Aid

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Why Do Migrants Shape Foreign Aid? New Study Reveals Their Unexpected Influence

Diaspora Influence

Emergency Aid Flow

Natural Disaster Response

Interaction Effects

PSR&M

Free-Riding in Alliances? New Data Challenges a Key Diplomatic Theory

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Public Goods

Free Riding

GDP Share

Military Spending

Government Restrictions vs. Civil Society Resilience in International Naming and Shaming

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Civil Society Monitoring

Egypt Case Study

Government Constraints

Cross-national Analysis

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Foreign Visits Signal Confidence, Boosting Leader Survival Rates

Foreign Visits

Leader Survival

Incumbent Stability

Confidence Signaling

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How China Used Tariffs to Hurt Republicans in the 2018 Midterms

Tariffs

Electoral Geography

Trade War

Midterms

Survey

IO

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Terrorism's Role in Muslim Population Growth? New Research Explores the Link.

Supply Side Terrorism

Conversion Motivation

Fertility Transition

Immigration Policy

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Compromise Doesn't Weaken Leadership: Why US Republicans Have More Leeway in International Deals

Proposal Power

Partisanship

Compromise

US Liberal

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UN Peacekeeping Fails During Conflict but Boosts Rule of Law Afterward

Rule Of Law

African Missions

Personnel Effectiveness

Postconflict

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Localized China Trade Shocks Shape Brazilian Voters' and Legislators' Views

Localized Trade Shocks

Brazil

China Imports

Export Benefits

CPS

How Regional Rebellions Shape Authoritarian Rule Worldwide

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Regional Rebellions

Militarized Authoritarian Regimes

Quantitative Tests

Coups

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Jordan's Calibrated Repression: Unexpected Shield Against Jihadist Spillover

Civil War Spillover

Calibrated Repression

Jihadism Jordan

ISIS Infiltration

Measuring Leaders' Inherent Tendencies: A New Approach for Understanding Force

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2020

Latent Variable

Bayesian Modeling

Willful Behavior

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Competence Boosts Union Success, Loyalty Fuels Confederate Victories in Civil War Battles

American Civil War

Commander Competence

Loyalty-conflict Nexus

Battlefield Effectiveness

How Elite Education Deters War?

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Western Educated Leaders

Militarized Disputes

Soft Power Theory

Archigos Dataset

LEAD Database

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Beyond Keeping the Peace: How Do UN Peacekeepers Actually Reduce Ethnic Tensions?

UN Peacekeepers

Ethnic Tensions

Post-Conflict Reconciliation

Stability Enforcement

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Income Inequality Shapes Who Wants to Fight: A New Look at War Motivation

Income Inequality

Willingness To Fight

Descriptive Representation

World Values Survey

Cash Transfers Boost Taliban Support in Afghanistan Long-Term

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Experimental Evidence

Information Provision

Afghanistan RCT

Hearts And Minds

Civil Wars' Hidden Shifts: New Dataset Reveals Changing Government-Armed Actor Relationships

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Government Armed Actors Relations Dataset

Armed Group Alignment Changes

Africa Asia-Pacific ME/NA Civil Wars

Qualitative Coding Political Science

How Syrian Crisis Testing British Commitment to Humanitarian Intervention

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Civilian Casualties

Humanitarian Intervention

Horizontal Contestation

UK Government

JJPS

Why Some Civil Conflicts Reach the UN Security Council Fast and Others Don't

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UNSC

Agenda-setting

P-5

E-10

Survival Analysis

The Oil Curse's Curve: How Revenue Levels Affect Nonviolent Dissent

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Resource Curse

Regression Analysis

Civil Resistance

How Global Activists Shaped Truth Commissions Worldwide

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Transitional Justice

Truth Commissions

Civil Society

International NGOs

Interviews

When Tribunals Deter Atrocities: Three Conditions That Matter

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ICTY

Deterrence

Atrocities

Yugoslavia

Case Studies

IS

3 Text

Why Some Foreign Aid Wins Trust in Donbas: Geopolitics, Not Humanitarianism

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Donbas

Foreign Aid

Framing

Russia

European Union

Surprise: ISIS Attacks Shrink Online Supportbase on Twitter Data

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ISIS

Twitter

Follower Impact

Terrorism

Group Efficacy

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Interstate Wars Improve Ethnic Rights; Civil Wars Boost Gender Rights

Ethnicity

Gender

Interstate War

Intrastate War

V-Dem

Guns or Money? How Defense Networks and Economic Lending Coevolve in Unexpected Ways

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Multiplex Networks

Security Communities

Rational Choice Theory

Government-to-Government Loans

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Democratic Peace? Brazil Backs It, China Doesn't—UN Approval Matters

Democratic Peace

Public Opinion

Brazil

China

Survey Experiment

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People Dislike Foreign Aid to Bad Countries Unless They Engage Directly

Foreign Aid

Survey Experiment

Nasty Regimes

Moral Aversion

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Endorsement Erosions Trust: Outgroup Leaders Hurt Civil War Peace Deals

South Sudan

Civil War

Leader Endorsement

Public Support

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How Nations Copy Laws to Silence NGOs — Threats Rarely Drive the Trend

NGOs

Policy Diffusion

Imitation

Negative Binomial

Survival Analysis

Irregular Leaders Triple the Risk of Sovereign Default

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Sovereign Default

Leadership Transitions

Irregular Succession

Historical Data

Logistic Regression

Ethnic Polarization Shapes Peacekeeping Effectiveness, Study Finds

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Ethnic Polarization

Territorial Control

Sierra Leone

One-sided Violence

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Proximity to U.S. Troops Boosts Host Nations' Support

Us Military Presence

Cross-national Survey Data

Public Opinion

Proximity

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Why Land-Oriented Economies Still Fight for Territory

Land Orientation

Land Rents

Territorial Conquest

Regime Type

Regression

Rebel Group Attrition and Reversion to Violence: Micro-level Evidence from SyriaISQ

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Reciprocity's Hidden Role in Public Opinion on Foreign Investment

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Reciprocity Theory

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Opposition

Conjoint Experiments

Comparative Politics USA-China

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Selling out or Standing Firm? Explaining the Design of Civil War Peace AgreementsISQ

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International Standards Don't Cap Regulation — They Pull It Both Ways

International Standards

Agrochemicals

US Regulation

Regulatory Diffusion

Policy Convergence

The US Didn't Stabilize Dictatorships—Wait Until You Hear About the Soviets

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Client Regimes

Coup D'état

Soviet Strategy

Survival Analysis

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Small Coding Changes, Big Consequences for CoW MID Findings

MIDs

CoW

Measurement

Replication

Coding

Shifting Lines of Combat in WWII Italy Linked to Intentional Targeting

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"Difference In Differences"

"WWII Italy"

"Nazi-Fascist Violence"

"Civilian Victimization"

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HRO Campaigns and Third-Party Pressure: A Double-Edged Sword for Human Rights?

Causal Mediation Model

International Pressure

Name And Shame Campaigns

Hro Impact

More Mediators, Fewer Conflicts? Explaining the Surprising Decline in International Peace Efforts

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Armed Conflicts

International Mediation

Supply-demand Mismatch

Terror Listing

1 R files

4 datasets

Thinking Outside the Box: Globalization, Labor Rights, and the Making of Preferential Trade AgreementsISQ

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Stronger Transnational Ties, Equal Foreign Aid Support?

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Transnational Ties

Foreign Aid Support

Latino Americans

Survey Experiment

Most MID Changes Hold — But Replication Choices, Not Data, Explain Many Reversals

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MID Dataset

Replication

Data Quality

Militarized Conflict

When Leadership Uncertainty Encourages Peace

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Leader Turnover

Deterrence

Military Spending

War Initiation

Bargaining

WHO Wants to Be a Suicide Bomber? Evidence from Islamic State RecruitsISQ

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1 R files

2 Datasets

Policy Polarization Fuels Foreign Election Interventions: A New Measurement Explains Global Patterns

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Policy Polarization

Candidate Intervention

Process Intervention

United States

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Why Some IOs Embrace Liberal Norms Deeply While Others Only Pay Lip Service

International Organizations

Liberal Norms

Norm Commitment

Democracy

Large-N

Why Appeals to Jobs Win Over Price Arguments for Free Trade Support

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Trade Attitudes

Protectionism

Loss Aversion

Survey Experiment

United States

6 Datasets

Advocacy vs Aid: Why Global LGBT Rights Are Splitting Apart

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2019

LGBTQ Norms

Advocacy Networks

Foreign Aid Conditionalities

Non-OECD Countries

Rebel Diplomacy on Social Media Didn't Fail - It Succeeded by Ignoring Conventional Wisdom

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Social Media Diplomacy

Libya

Twitter

Image Projection

Civil War

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A Race to the Top? The Aid Transparency Index and the Social Power of Global Performance IndicatorsIO

A Two-stage Approach to Civil Conflict: Contested Incompatibilities and Armed ViolenceIO

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5 Datasets

Contrary Wisdom: International Treaties Are Heavily Copied and Pasted

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Preferential Trade Agreements

Text Analysis

Copying Templates

Institutional Design

Policy Diffusion

Peacekeeper or Perpetrator? UN Troops' Misconduct Explained by Institutions and Military Culture

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UN Peacekeeping Mission Effectiveness

Institutional Determinants (Rule Of Law)

Military Culture Factors

Compliance International Humanitarian Law

New international agreements recycle boilerplate language for efficiency gains.

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Boilerplate Language

International Agreement

Efficiency Gain

Power Distribution

Expert Advice Boosts Cooperation? New Experiment Shows Surprising Results

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Sectarianism

Lebanon

Expert Appeal

Cross-group Discussion

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Former Colonies Get More Aid Because Donors Pay More Attention, Not Institutions

Colonialism

Foreign Aid

Donor Bias

Decomposition

Labor Econometrics

II

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Compensating Autocrats: International Economic Pressure Intensifies Repression

Compensation Dynamic

Economic Liberalization

Repression

Autocracy

Chinese Trade Competition: Who Pays the Price? 18 OECD Countries Reveal Unequal Impact

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Trade Competition

China

OECD Countries

Employment Effects

i

How Intervention Fuels Civil Wars: A Global Analysis

Competitive Intervention

Bargaining Model

Angola Conflict Data

Proxy Wars

Why States Differ in How They Handle Land, River, and Maritime Disputes

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Transaction Costs Theory

Land Claims

River Disputes

Maritime Conflicts

i

Conflict, Peace, and the Evolution of Women's EmpowermentIO

i

Beyond Land Deals: Why Symbolic Attachments Fuel Conflict in Israel

Disputed Territory

Symbolic Attachment

Survey Experiment

Israel

PSR&M

China's Economic Rise Pushes Small Nations Towards South-South Trade Deals

i

South-south Trade Agreements

China Competition Effect

BRICS Countries

Density Explains INGO Decline: Why More NGOs Exist But Fewer Are Founded

i

Density

INGO Founding

United States

Competition

Diffusion Across International Organizations: Connectivity and ConvergenceIO

i

4 Datasets

Electoral Rules Shape Sovereign Debt Defaults: Domestic Workers vs. International Creditors

i

Electoral Systems

Sovereign Debt

Interest Groups

Countries

Civil War Researchers Overlook Fatality Thresholds? New Findings on Narcotics Matter

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Fatality Thresholds

Civil War

Narcotics

Endogeneity

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Local Anti-Muslim Sentiment Drives Online ISIS Radicalization

Anti-Muslim Hostility

Twitter Radicalization

Western Europe

Pro-ISIS Sentiment

New Experiments Reveal Hawkdom's Surprising Domestic Edge in Foreign Policy

i

Survey Experiments

Foreign Policy

Rapprochement Strategy

Domestic Politics

Public Opinion

i

Long histories of ownership make territorial disputes worse

Historical Political Science

Territorial Sovereignty

Property Rights History

Quantitative Analysis

Does Precolonial Centralization Fuel Modern Ethnic Conflict in Former British Colonies?

i

Historical State-building

Ex-British Colonies

Under-recruitment

Post-independence Exclusion

Human Rights Rhetoric Amplifies War Backing

i

Human Rights

War Support

American Public

World Bank Loans Pushed Countries Toward Democracy?

i

World Bank

Loans Program

Regression Discontinuity Design

Political Liberalization

i

International Intervention and the Rule of Law: Evidence from LiberiaIO

i

Immigrant & Emigrant Influence on Third-Party Military Intervention

Civil War

International Migration

Military Intervention

Accountability

i

Legitimacy Shapes International Institutional Change Through Cognitive Processes

Legitimacy

Cognitive Theory

Regional Parliamentarization

International Organizations

Survival Analysis Method

Mobilizing Market Power: Jurisdictional Expansion as Economic StatecraftIO

i

Foreign Lobbying Tilt US Human Rights Reports Away from Amnesty International

i

Foreign Lobbying

Human Rights Ratings

Country Reports

Quantitative Analysis

Ending Civil Wars Requires More Than Just Military Victory?

i

Civil Wars

Multiparty Conflicts

Reform Process

Dyadic Terminations

The Paradox of Peacekeepers: Reducing Conflict But Fueling Criminal Violence?

i

Peacekeeping

Criminal Violence

Unpolicedeployment

Organized Crime

i

Pope Francis Leverages Twitter to Heighten Political Engagement During International Crises

Pope Francis

Twitter

Papacy

Crisis Communication

International Relations

Religious Minorities

PS

Power Sharing Agreements Strengthen Rule of Law After Civil War

i

Power Sharing

Rule Of Law

Post-Civil War States

Judicial Independence

Formal Power-Sharing Institutions Drive Peace Indirectly Through Behavior

i

Ethnic Power Sharing

Causal Mediation Analysis

Peace Indirect Effects

Institutional Behavior

i

Practices and Outcomes of Humanitarian Military Interventions: A New Data SetII

Are UN Human Rights Mechanisms Effective? UPR vs Treaty Bodies

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Universal Periodic Review

Treaty Bodies

Human Rights Monitoring

Compliance Mechanisms

2 Other

Radio Waves Fueling Courage? Nazi Propaganda Boosted German Soldier Valor in WWII

i

Propaganda

Motivation

WWII

Germany

Radiobroadcasts

i

How Democracies Boost Property Rights' Edge on Foreign Investment Over Time

Democracy

Foreign Direct Investment

Multilevel Modeling

Technological Innovation

i

Protection Through Presence: UN Peacekeeping and the Costs of Targeting CiviliansIO

i

Rebel Tactics Shape American Public Opinion: A Counterintuitive Look at Legitimacy

Foreign Public Opinion

Rebel Legitimacy

Nonviolent Actions

Terrorism Perception

Secret but Constrained: The Impact of Elite Opposition on Covert OperationsIO

i

i

Trade Exposure Makes High-Pollution Sectors More Likely to Oppose Climate Agreements

Sectoral Interests

Distributive Politics

Climate Agreements

Trade Openness

Targeted Tariffs Create Evasion Risks When Bureaucrats Can't Enforce

i

Tariff Evasion

Trade Policy Enforcement

Bureaucratic Capacity

Product Misclassification

Economic Modernization's Dual Role: Early Sparks and Long-Term Stability of Civil Conflict

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Economic Structure

Materialism

Civil War

World Bank

i

Timing of Border Settlements: New Evidence Challenges Democratic Peace Theory

Democratic Peace Theory

Territorial Disputes

Border Settlements

Institutional Explanations

i

Leakage Strategies: EU Dominance and Domestic Ideology Driving International Negotiation Leaks

Strategic Communication

EU Leaks

Quantitative Analysis

Negotiation Texts

Investment Disputes Hit Anti-Smoking Rules: New Data Reveals Regulatory Chill

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Investment Disputes

Regulatory Chill

Anti-smoking Regulation

Small Groups Can Drive Effective Climate Action Through Clubs and Incentives

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Climate Club

Game Theory

United States

European Union

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Membership in International Organizations Doesn't Deter Corruption, It Encourages It

Political Corruption

International Organizations

Credible Commitment

Anti-Corruption Norms

Imitation Effects

The IMF as a Biased Global Insurance Mechanism: Asymmetrical Moral Hazard, Reserve Accumulation, and Financial CrisesIO

i

i

Borrowing Power, Not Patriotism: How Loans Shape Nations' UN Votes

Regional Development Banks

Material Capabilities

Voting Alignment

Un General Assembly

2 Datasets

NGOs Copy Peers' Tactics in Climate Change Advocacy

i

Network Effects

Autocorrelation Models

Climate NGOs

Peer Influence

i

Peacekeeping Boosts Growth But Hurts Stability

Peacekeeping Economy

Demand-Side Intervention

Liberia

Service Sector Jobs

How International Alliances Shape Civilian Protection in War: Evidence from Global Sanctions

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Civilian Targeting

Alliance Networks

Trade Partnerships

International Sanctions

Treaty Enforcement

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Until the Bitter End? The Diffusion of Surrender Across BattlesIO

4 R files

2 Datasets

Arms Versus Allies: Why Regime Type Shapes Defense Spending Decisions

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2018

Democracy

Defense Spending

Allies

Military Expenditure

Higher Costs, More Wars: How Audience Pressures Shape International Crises

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Audience Costs

Commitment Device

Deterrence Paradox

Crisis Game

Free Press Effects

Executive Appointment/removal

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Inclusive Peer Review Process Sparks Cooperation Despite Poor Human Rights Records

Universal Periodic Review

Human Rights Council

Deliberative Capacity

Inclusive Processes

Crisis Pushes Nations in Different Trade Policy Directions

i

Economic Crisis

Trade Liberalization

Lobbying Competition

Game Theory

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Human Rights Shaming Worsens Trade Effects of Abusive Policies

Human Rights Abuse

NGO Shaming

Gravity Model

Africa Asia

Killing Two Birds with One Stone? Examining the Diffusion Effect of Militant Leadership DecapitationISQ

i

i

Leaders Matter: Why Influence-Specific Reputation Shapes World Politics

Influence Specific Reputation

International Relations Theory

Survey Experiment

U.s.-iran Conflict

i

Life, Death, or Zombie? The Vitality of International OrganizationsISQ

i

How NGOs Gain Influence in International Organizations: The Role of Information Exchange

NGO Influence

International Orgs

Info Exchange

Elite Interviews

i

Frontline or Urban? UN Peacekeepers' Strategic Placement in Civil Wars

Subnational Deployment

Civil War

UN Peacekeeping

Africa

i

Beyond Counterterrorism: How CIA Collaboration Harms Authoritarian Human Rights Practices

Covert Collaboration

Authoritarian Countries

Human Rights Deterrence

Political Relations, Leader Stability, and Economic CoercionISQ

i

i

Why States Mirror the UN Human Rights Committee's Agenda

Human Rights Committee

Concluding Observations

Periodic Reports

Agenda Setting

Latin America

JHR

i

Exile Rates Plummet for Culpable Leaders as International Justice Tightens

Extradition

Atrocity Deterrence

Culpable Leaders

Global Justice

i

Signaling By Signature: How International Opinions Influence Treaty Ratification Despite Domestic Veto Players

Veto Players

Signaling Game

Environmental Agreements Dataset

Knowledge Countries

i

Ethnic Conflict in Kosovo: How Victims Differ from Perpetrators in Pro-social Behavior

Pro-social Behavior

Ethnic Conflict

Kosovo

Field Experimentation

i

The Hard Power of Natural Resources: Oil and the Outbreak of Militarized Interstate DisputesFPA

2 Other

U.S. Human Rights Focus Skewed Toward Allies

i

Structural Topic Models

U.s. State Department Reports

Physical Integrity Rights

Allies

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Why Some Countries Joined the AIIB Early, Others Later

China

US Allies

UN Voting Patterns

Belt_and_Road_Insights

Why Do States Join China's Asian Infrastructure Bank? Early vs. Late Members' Political Alignments

i

Counter Hegemonism

China Led IGOs

US Alliances

ADB Competition

Logit Models

By Fait Accompli, Not Coercion: How States Wrest Territory from Their AdversariesISQ

i

2017

WWI's Trade Impact: Less Devastation Than Historically Portrayed

i

Liberal Peace

Great War

Substitution Effect

Trade Adaptation

i

Does Cultural Distance Fuel Inter-State Conflicts?

Cultural Distance

Interstate Conflicts

Quantitative Analysis

Historical Disputes

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Contrarian View: Key Islamic Holidays Linked to Reduced Political Violence

Islamic Calendar Theory

Ramadan Counterfactual

Iraq Conflict Dataset

Afghan Violence Patterns

Pakistani Security Trends

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MID Heterogeneity Skews Conflict Research, Study Reveals

Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID)

Contiguity

Regime Similarity

Coding Logic

i

Democratic Alliances Solve Power Parity Problem

Power Parity

Democratic Alliances

Uncertainty Reduction

Challenger Behavior

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Implementation Extends Peace: How CPA Execution Affects Signatories and Non-Parties

Comprehensive Peace Agreements

Intrastate Armed Conflict

Implementation Impact

Commitment Problem Solving

i

Why Do Some States Seek Ethnic Annexation While Others Don’t?

Irredentism

Ethnic Grievance

Political Opportunity

Economic Parity

Kin Groups

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Mixed Signals: How IMF Lending Announcements Impact Capital Markets Amid Political Motivations

Credibility Crisis

IMF Conditions

Sovereign Bond Yields

Political Motivation

US-backed Regime Changes in Latin America Crashed Trade, New Research Finds

i

Foreign Imposed Regime Change

US Intervention Effects

Latin America Trade Impact

Gravity Model Analysis

New Perspective on Why High-Competition Democracies Avoid Wars

i

Political Competition

Democratic Peace Explanation

Vulnerability To Criticism

Empirical Evidence Synthesis

World Pol.

Electoral Integrity Battles: Outside Powers Often Push Both Candidates AND Processes

i

Electoral Integrity

Candidates

Bias Model

Liberals

Election Wars

i

Direct Diplomacy Before Deadly Escalation: UN Security Council Actions Prevent Civil War

UNSC Resolution Content

Self-determination Movements

Armed Conflict Onset

i

Service Firms in the Politics of US Trade PolicyISQ

i

The Benefits and Burdens of Nuclear LatencyISQ

2 text files

The Continent or the "Grand Large"? Strategic Culture and Operational Burden-Sharing in NATOISQ

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2016

Cell Phones Boosted Conflict Data, Not Violence: New Analysis Reveals Reporting Bias Impact

Reporting Bias

Cellphone Coverage

Conflict Data

Media Reports

Military Sources

Africa

A Conditional Defense of the Dyadic ApproachISQ

i

4 datasets

A Preference for War: How Fairness and Rhetoric Influence Leadership Incentives in CrisesISQ

i

i

Two Types of Audience Costs? Exploring Belligerence in Foreign Policy Crises

Audience Cost

Belligerence Cost

Crisis Bargaining

Experimental Design

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Does Institutional Design Matter? A Study of Trade Effectiveness and PTa Flexibility/RigidityISQ

Joining Brazil’s Bloc Boosts IMF and World Bank Aid

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South-South

Brazil

IMF

World Bank

Executive Board

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IMF Conditionality's Double-Edged Sword: Effects Depend on Government Partisanship

IMF Conditionality

Government Partisanship

Economic Reforms

Post-communist Countries

i

Leader Incentives Fuel Civil War Extremism, New Study Reveals

Leader Incentives

Agency-cost

Ucdp/cw Dataset

Civil War Outcomes

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Oil and International CooperationISQ

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Selecting Partner Countries for Preferential Trade Agreements: Experimental Evidence From Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and VietnamISQ

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Targeted Versus Conventional Economic Sanctions: What Is at Stake for Human Rights?II

Terrorism Ignites Wars, But Why? Exploring Two Counterintuitive State Motivations

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Preventive War

Commitment Problem

African Dyads

Opportunistic Exploitation

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The Diplomatic Core: The Determinants of High-Level U.S. Diplomatic Visits, 1946-2010ISQ

2 PDF files

The Gap Between Participation and Violence: Why We Need to Disaggregate Terrorist 'Profiles'ISQ

i

The Impact of US Drone Strikes on Terrorism in PakistanISQ

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New Study Undercuts Grievance Narrative on Postcolonial Conflict

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Ethnic Politics

Civil War

Representation

Historical Analysis

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2015

Babies Across Borders: The Political Economy of International Child AdoptionISQ

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Threats vs Promises: Why Leaders Lose Public Support for Inconsistent Foreign Policy

Audience Costs

Survey Experiment

Commitment Asymmetry

Foreign Policy

i

Shell Corporations: Why Do Tax Havens Comply More Than OECD Countries?

Field Experiment

Anonymous Incorporation

Tax Havens

OECD Countries

Corruption Risk

Terrorism Risk

3 Stata files

International Signaling and Economic SanctionsII

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1 Archives

Do International Treaties Boost Credibility via Domestic Legislative Checks?

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Legislative Veto

Human Rights Treaties

Executive Repression

International Agreements

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Oil Discoveries, Shifting Power, and Civil ConflictISQ

Simple Numbers Shape International Policy

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Indicators

Governance

Countries

Watch List

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Sanctions, Uncertainty, and Leader TenureISQ

2 R files

Screening out Risk: IGOs, Member State Selection, and Interstate Conflict, 1951-2000ISQ

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Transnational Women's Activism and the Global Diffusion of Gender QuotasISQ

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Checkpoint Easement Linked to Reduced Palestinian Support for Violence, Study Finds

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2014

Checkpoint Easement

West Bank

Natural Experiment

Difference-in-difference

Before Ratification: Understanding the Timing of International Treaty Effects on Domestic PoliciesISQ

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From Territorial Claim to War: Timing, Causation, and the Steps-to-warII

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Impact of IMF Programs on Perceived Creditworthiness of Emerging Market Countries: Is There a "Nixon-Goes-to-China" Effect?ISQ

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Beyond Democracy vs Dictatorship: Personalist Regimes Fuel Nuclear Proliferation

Personalist Regimes

Comparative Regime Analysis

Nuclear Proliferation

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NATO Burden Sharing 1999-2010: An Altered AllianceFPA

9 Datasets

Rebel Threats Boost Postcolonial State Power, Rival States Don't

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Postcolonial State Building

Transnational Rebels

Interrupted Time Series

Military Intervention

Does Terrorism Actually Help Rebel Groups in African Civil Wars?

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Concession Seeking

Negotiation Opportunities

Civil War Data

Regression Analysis

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Extended Nuclear Deterrence: Does Deployment Matter for Alliance Credibility?

Extended Deterrence

Hand-Tying

Sunk Cost

Formal Alliances

War, International Finance, and Fiscal Capacity in the Long RunIO

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Foreign Direct InvestmentISQ

WTO Rulings Balance Legal Rigor with Political Sensitivity through Strategic Language

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WTO

National Treatment

Judicial Strategy

Compliance Legitimacy

Internal Fragmentation Heightens Civil War Risk, New Study Reveals

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2013

Commitment Problems

Information Asymmetry

Civil War Onset

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Civil Conflicts Explained by Who's Connected to Whom

Civil Conflict

Network Analysis

Game Theory

Thailand

2 archives

Coercive Assets? Foreign Direct Investment and the Use of Economic SanctionsII

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Determinants of Sanctions Effectiveness: Sensitivity Analysis Using New DataII

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2 Text

Victims of ISAF in Afghanistan More Likely to Support Taliban than Their Own Forces

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Asymmetric Attitudes

Survey Experiment

Afghanistan

Endorsement Technique

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Investment, Opportunity, and Risk: Do US Sanctions Deter or Encourage Global Investment?ISQ

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Bilateral agreements and common partners drive international cooperation

Network Dynamics

Bilateral Agreements

Trustworthiness

Institutional Design

Sending a Message: The Reputation Effect of US Sanction Threat BehaviorISQ

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The Democratic Peace: Weighing the Evidence and Cautious InferenceISQ

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Treaty Preferences Reveal True Impact of International Agreements?

Spatial Model

CEDAW

U.S.A.

Propensity Score Matching

Treaty Commitment

Human Rights

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Tightening the Belt: Sovereign Debt and Alliance FormationISQ

Contrary to Common Assumptions: UN Peacekeeping Troops and Police Dramatically Reduce Civilian Deaths in African Conflicts

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Civilian Protection

Un Peacekeeping

Africa Armed Conflicts

Quantitative Evidence

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2012

A Competing Risks Model of War Termination and Leader ChangeISQ

A Non-Tariff Protectionist Bias in Majoritarian Politics: Government Subsidies and Electoral InstitutionsISQ

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Capitalist Development and Civil WarISQ

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Competing for Scarce Foreign Capital: Spatial Dependence in the Diffusion of Double Taxation TreatiesISQ

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Do Currency Crises Cause Capital Account Liberalization?ISQ

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Does Foreign Investment Really Reduce Repression?ISQ

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Domestic Institutions and Credible SignalsISQ

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Ex Ante Due Diligence: Formation of PTAs and Protection of Labor RightsISQ

Folk Realism: Testing the Microfoundations of Realism in Ordinary CitizensISQ

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Following the Flag or Following the Charter? Examining the Determinants of UN Involvement in International Crises, 1945-2002ISQ

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Free Riding and Protection for SaleISQ

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6 text files

Guns and Money in the Open Economy: The Exchange Rate and the Demand for Arms ImportsISQ

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Inequality, Institutions, and the Risks to Foreign InvestmentISQ

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Information, Commitment, and Intra-War Bargaining: The Effect of Governmental Constraints on Civil War DurationISQ

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J'accuse! Does Naming and Shaming Perpetrators Reduce the Severity of Genocides or Politicides?ISQ

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Law and the Use of Force in World Politics: The Varied Effects of Law on the Exercise of Military Power in Territorial DisputesISQ

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Leadership Survival, Regime Type, Policy Uncertainty and PTA AccessionISQ

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Party Politics and International Trade: Mainstream Parties, Niche Parties, and Trade OpennessISQ

Politics and Paradigm Preferences: The Implicit Ideology of International Relations ScholarsISQ

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Reliability, Reputation, and Alliance FormationISQ

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Rivalry and State Support of Non-State Armed Groups (NAGs), 1946-2001ISQ

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Shaming and Blaming: Using Events Data to Assess the Impact of Human Rights INGOsISQ

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Signing Up for Peace: International Boundary Agreements, Democracy, and Militarized Interstate ConflictISQ

Supporting Democracy in the Former Soviet Union: Why the Impact of US Assistance Has Been Below ExpectationsISQ

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Timing Is Everything: Economic Sanctions, Regime-type, and Domestic InstabilityII

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A Supply Side Theory of MediationISQ

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2011

Bombing to Bargain? The Air War for KosovoFPA

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Domestic Institutions and Wartime CasualtiesISQ

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From Melos to Baghdad: Explaining Resistance to Militarized Challenges from More Powerful StatesISQ

Unmasking the Black Knights: Sanctions Busters and Their Effects on the Success of Economic SanctionsFPA

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Coercive or Corrosive: The Negative Impact of Economic Sanctions on DemocracyII

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2010

Dealing with Tyranny: International Sanctions and the Survival of Authoritarian RulersISQ

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Friends or Foes? Major Trading Partners and the Success of Economic SanctionsISQ

3 other files

Constituent Influence on International Trade Policy in the United States, 1987-2006ISQ

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2009

5 other files

From Armed Conflict to War: Ethnic Mobilization and Conflict IntensificationISQ

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Multilateral Versus Unilateral Sanctions Reconsidered: A Test Using New DataISQ

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IMF Lending Paradox: Systemic Risks vs. Political Priorities in Latin America and Eastern Europe

IMF Lending

Latin America

Eastern Europe

Systemic Risk

3 Stata files

Sleeping With Your Friends' Enemies: An Explanation of Sanctions-Busting TradeISQ

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Transnational Terror and Human RightsISQ

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Why Should I Believe You? The Costs and Consequences of Bilateral Investment TreatiesISQ

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2008

A Hand Upon the Throat of a Nation: Economic Sanctions and State Repression, 1976-2001ISQ

Constructivist Implications of Material Power: Military Engagement and the Socialization of States, 1972-2000ISQ

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2006

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Contested Territory, Strategic Rivalries and Conflict EscalationISQ

Democratic Leaders and the Democratic Peace: The Operational Codes of Tony Blair and Bill ClintonISQ

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Economic Policy, Institutions, and Capital Flows: Portfolio and Direct Investment Flows in Developing CountriesISQ

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The Declining Risk of Death in BattleISQ

New View on Treaty Effects: Simultaneous Screening and Constraining Found

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2005

Selection Bias

Constraint Mechanisms

Estimation Techniques

Von Stein 2005

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2003

War Doesn't End the Violence, Just Shifts Its Forms

Civil War

Mortality

Long-term Effects

Post-conflict Recovery

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Why Ethnicity Explodes into Civil War: Unpacking Insurgent Dynamics

Ethnicity

Insurgency

Civil War

Conflict Resolution