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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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

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

Saideman's Semi-Spew: .Wide ranging thoughts on international relations, ethnic conflict, civil-military relations, academia, and politics from Stephen Saideman.

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

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

Journal of Conflict Resolution: .Focuses on conflict between and within states, but also explores a variety of inter-group and interpersonal conflicts that may help in understanding problems of war and peace

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IR Data Sites

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.

xSub / cross-sub.org: .A repository of micro-level, subnational event data on armed conflict and contention around the world.

Sie Cheou-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

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

GROWup - Geographical Research On War, Unified Platform: .offers a visualization of settlement patterns of politically active ethnic groups around the world from 1946-2013

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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

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

Littman, Rebecca .

Tokdemir, Efe .Bilkent University

Gelpi, Christopher .Ohio State University, see datasets.

Chiozza, Giacomo .American University of Sharjah, see replication data for articles and book chapters.

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

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

Sechser, Todd .University of Virginia, find replication data on research page

Walter, Barbara .UC San Diego, datasets listed in selected publications section.

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

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