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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ORIGINAL PROJECT: U.S. Presidents' Positions on Roll Call VotesPres. Van Buren's Positions:
25th House 25th Senate
26th House 26th Senate

QUIZ YOURSELF: What is the franchise (suffrage)?

The right to vote.

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Teach Political Analysis

Theory & Concepts:
The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition. Classic introductory text, clear writing, helps students learn, great ancillaries. More info.

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More Questions than Answers

Does the Median Voter Prefer Divided Government?
Hypothesis: Median voters prefer divided government. People distrust unified government and want ambition to check ambition. Is this always true (during wars and crises too)? When does it occur (only […]

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How to Use PivotTables to Summarize Data
Nice introduction and demonstration (17:39).

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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

Duck of Minerva: .Addresses world politics from an academic perspective.

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

International Organization: .A leading peer-reviewed journal that covers the entire field of international affairs.

#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.

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

Real Time Event Data / Phoenix: .Event data on political and social events around the globe, along with the software and methodology needed to analyze the data.

Issue Correlates of War (ICOW): .A research project that is collecting systematic data on contentious issues in world politics.

Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative: .The first global data hub on human trafficking, with data contributed by counter-trafficking organizations around the world.

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: .Data and analysis source on political violence and protest in the developing world. See data page.

Continent of Int'l 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

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New IR Articles with Replication Data

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

Creative Learning and Policy Ideas: The Global Rise of Green GrowthBentley Allan; Jonas Meckling (2023 est.)

Agricultural Comparative Advantage and Legislators' Support for Trade AgreementsFrancesco Amodio; *Leonardo Baccini; Giorgio Chiovelli; Michele Di Maio (2022)

Asset Specificity, Corporate Protection and Trade Policy: Firm-level Evidence from Antidumping Petitions in 19 JurisdictionsBenjamin C.K. Egerod; Mogens K. Justesen (2022)

Complex Dependence in Foreign Direct Investment: Network Theory and Empirical AnalysisJohn Schoeneman; Boliang Zhu; *Bruce Desmarais (2022)

Cyber Terrorism and Public Support for Retaliation: A Multi-Country Survey ExperimentRyan Shandler; Michael L. Gross; Sophia Backhaus; Daphna Canetti (2022)

Do Investor-State Disputes (Still) Harm FDI?Andrew Kerner; Krzysztof Pelc (2022)

Do Major-Power Interventions Encourage the Onset of Civil Conflict? A Structural AnalysisMichael Gibilisco; Sergio Montero (2022)

Dyadic Conflict: Elites, Citizens, and WarKristopher Ramsay; Colin Krainin (2022)

Facing U.S. Extraterritorial Pressure: American Troops in Foreign Courts During the Cold WarAsif Efrat (2022)

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Authors with Datasets

Leeds, Brett Ashley .Rice University

Furhmann, Matthew .Texas A & M, see datasets page.

Powell, Jonathan .Univ. of Central Florida, see coup d'etat dataset.

Voeten, Erik .Georgetown, see data page

von Stein, Jana .Australian National University, see data page

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

Thyne, Clayton .University of Kentucky

Marinov, Nikolay .University of Houston, see data and paper repositories.

Greenhill, Brian .Univ. at Albany, SUNY, see replication data on research page.

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

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