Scholarship on elites and foreign policy has made important advances in identifying who
elites are, what elites want, and how elites influence foreign policy. This review assesses …

The global movement for racial justice and the rise of anti-Asian hate at the height of the
pandemic have called new attention to race and racism in international politics. Although …

Political scientists are increasingly integrating wargames into their research. Either by
fielding original games or by leveraging archival wargame materials, researchers can study …

Political scientists designing experiments often face the question of how abstract or detailed
their experimental stimuli should be. Typically, this question is framed in terms of tradeoffs …

Countries around the world are increasingly investing in artificial intelligence (AI) to
automate military tasks that traditionally required human involvement. Despite growing …

How do international audiences perceive, and respond to, gender equality reforms in
autocracies? For autocrats, the post-Cold War rewards associated with democracy create …

Politicians regularly bargain with colleagues and other actors. Bargaining dynamics are
central to theories of legislative politics and representative democracy, bearing directly on …

How do cognitive biases relevant to foreign policy decision making aggregate in groups?
Many tendencies identified in the behavioral decision-making literature—such as reactive …

Bureaucrats must balance neutral competence with responsiveness to external demands.
As external demands are simultaneous and multidimensional, this study analyzes …

In today's era of evidence-based policymaking, education policymakers face pressure to use
research to inform their decisions. This paper explores the mental models that policymakers …