Smooth and stable commercial/business activities are the prime concern of every nation, as
these activities decide the developmental routes of the economy. This study has examined …

In an interconnected world, economic and political interests inevitably reach beyond
national borders. Since policy choices generate external economic and political costs …

States frequently employ overt and covert foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) to pursue
their foreign policy interests. Yet there is little scholarship on the question of whether FIRCs …

In the past two decades, much of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the primary sector has
flowed to unconventional, politically risky destinations. This presents a puzzle for theories …

In this paper, we investigate the role of inflation rates in determining economic growth in 15
sub‐Saharan African countries, which are all members of the S outhern A frican D …

Dictators rely on coercive forces to remain in office, as violence is the ultimate arbiter of
power in these regimes. However, coercive forces also can remove the dictator from office in …

Covert regime change is a common instrument of statecraft states use to promote their
national security interests abroad. This study employs an original dataset of all US-backed …

Foreign influences on elections are widespread. Although foreign interventions around
elections differ markedly-in terms of when and why they occur, and whether they are even …

Many insurgent groups operate across international borders, but transnational insurgent
activities are seldom observable and little is known about their consequences. In this paper I …

What are the effects of partisan electoral interventions on the subsequent character of the
regime in the targeted country? Partisan electoral interventions have been frequently used …