According to indicators of political repression currently used by scholars, human rights
practices have not improved over the past 35 years, despite the spread of human rights …

In Making and Unmaking Nations, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide
takes place—and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may …

This study tests the effectiveness of naming and shaming by transnational advocacy
networks in reducing the severity of ongoing instances of genocide or politicide. I argue that …

In research on'mass killings' such as genocides and campaigns of state terror, the role of
ideology is hotly debated. For some scholars, ideologies are crucial in providing the …

The shocking characteristics of Rwanda's genocide in 1994 have etched themselves
indelibly on the global conscience. The Path to Genocide in Rwanda combines extensive …

This article describes a new data set for the study of genocide, politicide, and similar
atrocities. Existing data sets have facilitated advances in understanding and policy-relevant …

Using a new approach to ethnicity that underscores its relative territoriality, H. Zeynep
Bulutgil brings together previously separate arguments that focus on domestic and …

This article argues that revolutionary leaders are more willing to commit mass killing than
nonrevolutionary leaders. Revolutionary leaders are more ideologically committed to …

Counting repressive events is difficult because state leaders have an incentive to conceal
actions of their subordinates and destroy evidence of abuse. In this article, we extend …

We present what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first published set of annual out-of-
sample forecasts of genocide and politicide based on a global dataset. Our goal is to …