In recent years, policy makers worldwide have begun to acknowledge the potential value of
insights from psychology and behavioral economics into how people make decisions. These …

Conflict can profoundly affect individuals and their groups. Oftentimes, conflict involves a
clash between one side seeking change and increased gains through victory and the other …

If citizens' behavior threatens to harm others or seems not to be in their own interest (eg,
risking severe head injuries by riding a motorcycle without a helmet), it is not uncommon for …

Dominant narratives-from the Cold War consensus to the War on Terror-have often served
as the foundation for debates over national security. Weaving current challenges, past …

This article reports on an effort to explore the differences between two approaches to
intuition and expertise that are often viewed as conflicting: heuristics and biases (HB) and …

Threat perception has been central to theories of war, deterrence and compellence,
alliances, and conflict resolution. Threat was initially equated to military power, but scholars …

What would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat
the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other …

“Why We Fight reflects Blattman's expertise in economics, political science, and history…
Blattman is a great storyteller, with important insights for us all.”—Richard H. Thaler, winner …

The question of what causes war has concerned statesmen since the time of Thucydides.
The Steps to War utilizes new data on militarized interstate disputes from 1816 to 2001 to …

Why does liberal democracy take hold in some countries but not in others? Why do we
observe such different outcomes in military interventions, from Germany and Japan to …