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BOOK
Dictators at War and Peace. 2014. Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, Cornell University Press.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
“War Outcomes and Leader Tenure” (with Sarah Croco), World Politics, October 2016 (68:4)
“Revolution, Personalist Dictatorships, and International Conflict” (with Jeff Colgan), International Organization Winter 2015 (69:4)
“Making it Personal: Regime Type and Nuclear Proliferation” (with Christopher Way). American Journal of Political Science July 2014 (58.3)
“Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace” (with Michael Tomz), American Political Science Review November 2013 (107.4)
“Strongmen and Straw Men: Authoritarian Regimes and the Initiation of International Conflict,” American Political Science Review May 2012 (106.2)
“Autocratic Audience Costs: Regime Type and Signaling Resolve,” International Organization, Winter 2008 (62.1)
SELECTED WORKING PAPERS/UNDER REVIEW (please contact for drafts)
“Uniters or Dividers? External Threats and the Domestic Political Incentives of Leaders”
“Human Rights, Democracy, and International Conflict” (with Michael Tomz)
“Hawks, Doves, and Peace: An Experimental Approach” (with Michaela Mattes)
“Lost in Translation: Academics, Policymakers, and Research about Interstate Conflict” (with Sarah Kreps)
“Human Rights, Democracy, and Alliance Formation” (with Michael Tomz)
“Military Alliances and Public Support for War” (with Michael Tomz)
“How and Why does Public Opinion Affect Foreign Policy in Democracies? Results from Israel” with Michael Tomz and Keren Yarhi-Milo
The MIDipedia: An Expanded Database of Militarized Interstate Disputes (with Michael Tomz); an internet wiki in progress featuring:
· Narratives for all post-1945 MIDs
· Hyperlinks with scanned images of original source material
· New data fields and variables
BOOK
Dictators at War and Peace. 2014. Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, Cornell University Press.
- selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the best books in International Relations in 201
- Focus of H-Diplo roundtable, and reviewed in Foreign Affairs, Choice, Political Science Quarterly, International Studies Reviews, Perspectives on Politics
- replication/appendix
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
“War Outcomes and Leader Tenure” (with Sarah Croco), World Politics, October 2016 (68:4)
“Revolution, Personalist Dictatorships, and International Conflict” (with Jeff Colgan), International Organization Winter 2015 (69:4)
“Making it Personal: Regime Type and Nuclear Proliferation” (with Christopher Way). American Journal of Political Science July 2014 (58.3)
- Reprinted in Nonproliferation Policy and Nuclear Posture: Causes and Consequences for the Spread of Nuclear Weapons; Routledge (2016)
- replication
“Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace” (with Michael Tomz), American Political Science Review November 2013 (107.4)
“Strongmen and Straw Men: Authoritarian Regimes and the Initiation of International Conflict,” American Political Science Review May 2012 (106.2)
- replication and web appendix
“Autocratic Audience Costs: Regime Type and Signaling Resolve,” International Organization, Winter 2008 (62.1)
- Winner of the Robert O. Keohane Award for best research article by an untenured scholar
- replication
SELECTED WORKING PAPERS/UNDER REVIEW (please contact for drafts)
“Uniters or Dividers? External Threats and the Domestic Political Incentives of Leaders”
“Human Rights, Democracy, and International Conflict” (with Michael Tomz)
“Hawks, Doves, and Peace: An Experimental Approach” (with Michaela Mattes)
“Lost in Translation: Academics, Policymakers, and Research about Interstate Conflict” (with Sarah Kreps)
“Human Rights, Democracy, and Alliance Formation” (with Michael Tomz)
“Military Alliances and Public Support for War” (with Michael Tomz)
“How and Why does Public Opinion Affect Foreign Policy in Democracies? Results from Israel” with Michael Tomz and Keren Yarhi-Milo
The MIDipedia: An Expanded Database of Militarized Interstate Disputes (with Michael Tomz); an internet wiki in progress featuring:
· Narratives for all post-1945 MIDs
· Hyperlinks with scanned images of original source material
· New data fields and variables
