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	Teaching Resources
List of Online International Relations Resources
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	Blogs; Int'l Relations
#OCCUPYIRTHEORY
A blog focusing primarily on the significance of Occupy Wall Street and other horizontalist political movements for the academic disciplines of International Relations and International Political Economy. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Aila M. Matanock
University of California, Berkeley, find replication data on research page Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Data and analysis source on political violence and protest in the developing world. See data page. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
NYU Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Christopher Gelpi
Ohio State University, see datasets. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Correlates of War Project Datasets
COW seeks to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in international relations. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Economics of National Security: Data Set Index
Thorough document from Professor Martin Feldstein, compiled by Brandon Kaplowitz. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Erik Gartzke
Univ. Calif. San Diego, see datasets Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Explaining Terrorist and Insurgent Behavior
An ongoing research project about terrorist and insurgent behavior featuring several datasets. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Global Terrorism Database
Open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2017, now includes more than 180,000 cases, from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Ill-Treatment & Torture (ITT) Data Collection Project
Measures allegations of states' violations of the Convention Against Torture published by Amnesty International (AI) during the years 1995 to 2005. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Issue Correlates of War (ICOW)
A research project that is collecting systematic data on contentious issues in world politics. Link info

	Journal Archives; Int'l Relations
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Links to replication data in tables of contents. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Konstanz One-Sided Event Dataset
Detailed information on the magnitude and location of events of one-sided violence in 20 civil wars Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Minorities at Risk Project
Maintains data on 284 politically active ethnic groups. The centerpiece of the project is a dataset that tracks groups on political, economic, and cultural dimensions. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Paul Huth
University of Maryland Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Rising Powers Diplomatic Network
Monitors the distribution of the diplomatic apparatus of emerging powers across the globe. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Si� Ch�ou-Kang Center for International Security & Diplomacy
Dedicated to building knowledge on the evolving nature of security and diplomacy to better address pressing global issue, see data downloads page Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Terrorism in Western Europe: Events Data
Contains information on events related to internal (or domestic) terrorism in 18 West European countries for the 1950 through 2004 period Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Uppsala Conflict Data Program
The world�s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war, with a history of almost 40 years, see downloads page Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
World Treaty Index (WTI)
The WTI seeks to create a comprehensive database of all known bilateral and multilateral treaties formed throughout the 20th century. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
AidData
Produces evidence to improve how sustainable development investments are targeted, monitored, and evaluated. See datasets. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Alex Weisiger
Univ. of Pennsylvania, see dataverse Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Brett Ashley Leeds
Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rice University. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Center for Systematic Peace Datasets
Multiple significant datasets prepared by researchers associated with the Center for Systemic Peace and are generated and/or compiled using open source information. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Clayton Thyne
University of Kentucky Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative
The first global data hub on human trafficking, with data contributed by counter-trafficking organizations around the world. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Efe Tokdemir
Bilkent University Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Ethnic Power Relations Dataset
Identifies all politically relevant ethnic groups and their access to state power in every country of the world from 1946 to 2010. Link info

	Journal Archives; Int'l Relations
Foreign Policy Analysis Dataverse
Replication datasets for articles beginning in 2016. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
GROWup - Geographical Research On War, Unified Platform
offers a visualization of settlement patterns of politically active ethnic groups around the world from 1946-2013 Link info

	Journal Archives; Int'l Relations
International Interactions Replication Data
Replication data, beginning with volume 36, issue 2 of 2010, current through at least 2018. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
James D Morrow
Univ. of Michigan, see datasets. Link info

	Journal Archives; Int'l Relations
Journal of Peace Research
Access to the datasets used by authors of articles appearing in Journal of Peace Research since 1998. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Kristian S. Gleditsch
University of Essex Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
NewGene
A data management tool for creating data sets for use in the quantitative analysis of political science, primarily international relations. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Paul R. Hensel
University of North Texas, great topical guides to IR data, see his data page. Link info

	Blogs; Int'l Relations
Saideman's Semi-Spew
Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics from Stephen Saideman. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
SIPRI Databases on Global Security
Features data on arms transfers, multilateral peace operations, military expenditures, arms industry, and other topics. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Todd S. Sechser
University of Virginia, find replication data on research page Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Virginia Page Fortna
Columbia University Link info

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	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Aids Flows
AidFlows visualizes how much development financing is provided and received around the world. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Andrew Owsiak
University of Georgia, see datasets on research page. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Brian D. Greenhill
Univ. at Albany, SUNY, see replication data on research page. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Change in Source of Leader Support
The goal of the CHISOLS data is to differentiate leader transitions in which a new leader depends on different social groups for support from those where the new leader depends on the same groups for support. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Continent of International Law
Dataset drawn from UN Treaty Series and features a random sample of agreements across the issue areas of economics, environment, human rights and security Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
D. Scott Bennett
Penn State, datasets page Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Erik Voeten
Georgetown, see data page Link info

	Poli Sci Journals; Int'l Relations
European Journal of International Relations
Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Fragile States Index
From the Fund for Peace Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Havard Hegre
Uppsala University, see data Link info

	Journal Archives; Int'l Relations
International Studies Quarterly Dataverse
Also see ISQ's legacy archive. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Jana K von Stein
Australian National University, see data page Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
K. Chad Clay
University of Georgia, see research. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Matthew Furhmann
Texas A & M, see datasets page. Link info

	Authors; Int'l Relations
Paul Poast
Univ. of Chicago, see original data. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Peace Accords Matrix Implementation
Tracks the implementation of 51 different types of provisions. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
Measures reports of the conflict-related sexual violence committed by armed actors (state forces, pro-government militias and rebel groups) during the years 1989-2009. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
Suicide Attack Database
From the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Link info

	Data Collections; Int'l Relations
UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset
A dataset of armed conflicts, both internal and external, in the period 1946 to the present. Link info

	Blogs; Int'l Relations
War on the Rocks
A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues through a realist lens. Link info