A burgeoning literature has emerged on the relationship between economic
interdependence and political conflict. This literature is evaluated, and three issues are …

In this book, first published in 2001, Kenneth Schultz explores the effects of democratic
politics on the use and success of coercive diplomacy. He argues that open political …

Nuclear weapons proliferation is a topic of intense interest and concern among both
academics and policy makers. Diverse opinions exist about the determinants of proliferation …

Although coups remain a pressing concern for rulers across the globe, the mechanisms
through which common coup-prevention strategies operate have not been well theorized or …

Objective. Agenda‐setting theory is used to motivate hypotheses about how media coverage
of immigration influences public perceptions of its importance. The authors seek to offer a …

States whose agents engage in torture in a given year have a 93% chance of continuing to
torture in the following year. What leads governments to stop the use of torture? We focus on …

International organizations (IOs) suffuse world politics, but the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) stands out as an unusually important IO. My research suggests that IMF lending is …

In this article I argue that much of the inconsistency in the scholarly literature on conflict
escalation can be attributed to selection bias. To control this bias statistically, I use a …

Although the subject remains contested, some have speculated that climate change could
jeopardize international security. Climate change is likely to alter the runoff of many rivers …

Since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, countries have been able to choose from a
variety of exchange-rate arrangements. We argue that politicians' incentives condition the …