Explaining Conflict and Cooperation in International Relations

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Resources for political science research on international relations. Topics include wars between countries, trade, foreign aid, international organizations, and peacekeeping. Also included are civil wars and conflict with non-state actors. See European Politics (for EU-related resources) and American Politics (research on US foreign policy).

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Political Violence at a Glance: .Experts answer questions about violence happening around the world and offer simple, straight-forward analysis before anyone else does.

#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.

European J. of International Relations: .Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations.

International Security: .Publishes articles on the full range of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics, such as war and peace, as well as more recent dimensions of security.

Journal of Peace Research: .Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.

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IR Data Sites

SIPRI Databases on Global Security: .Features data on arms transfers, multilateral peace operations, military expenditures, arms industry, and other topics.

Cline Center for Advanced Social Research: .University of Illinois center supports research on variety of fronts, see projects page..

Military Expenditure Database: .Contains consistent time series on the military spending of countries, updated annually.

U.S. Foreign Aid Explorer: .A multi-dimensional picture of U.S. foreign assistance.

Peace Accords Matrix Implementation: .Tracks the implementation of 51 different types of provisions.

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Replication Datasets for New Articles

Causal Pathways of Rebel Defection from Negotiated Settlements: A Theory of Strategic AlliancesChelsea Johnson (2023 est.) POP, more info.

Creative Learning and Policy Ideas: The Global Rise of Green GrowthBentley Allan, +1 more author (2023 est.) POP, more info.
other files: 1, text files: 1

Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Legislators' Support for Trade AgreementsFrancesco Amodio, +3 more authors (2022) JOP, more info.
Stata files: 2, other files: 1, datasets: 1, text files: 1

Asset Specificity, Corporate Protection and Trade Policy: Firm-level Evidence from Antidumping Petitions in 19 JurisdictionsBenjamin C.K. Egerod, +1 more author (2022) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, other files: 10, PDF files: 1, text files: 1

Complex Dependence in Foreign Direct Investment: Network Theory and Empirical AnalysisJohn Schoeneman, +2 more authors (2022) PSRM, more info.
R files: 1, other files: 3, PDF files: 4, text files: 1

Cyber Terrorism and Public Support for Retaliation: A Multi-Country Survey ExperimentRyan Shandler, +3 more authors (2022) BJPS, more info.
R files: 1, PDF files: 1, datasets: 1, HTML files: 1, other files: 2, text files: 1

Diplomatic Relations in a Virtual WorldAaron Bramson, +3 more authors (2022) POLAN, more info.
other files: 1

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Authors with Datasets

Voeten, Erik .Georgetown, see data page

Owsiak, Andrew .Univ. of Georgia, see datasets on research page.

Clay, K. Chad .University of Georgia, see research.

Leeds, Brett Ashley .Rice University

Fortna, Page .Columbia University

Gartzke, Erik .Univ. California at San Diego, see datasets

Hensel, Paul .University of North Texas, great topical guides to IR data, see his data page.

Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce .NYU

Weisiger, Alex .Univ. of Pennsylvania, see dataverse

Matanock, Aila .Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, replication data on research page

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