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).
Racial Segregation in American Prisons: How Widespread? Racial segregation seems to be standard practice in prison. Prisoners are assigned to cells or cell block based on their race. Separating prisoners by race is deemed necessary for safety, […]
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.
Journal of Peace Research: .Focuses on the causes of violence and conflict resolution, strives for a global focus on conflict and peacemaking.
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.
Rev. of Int'l Organizations: .Publishes original scientific contributions in the entire field of political economy, with a focus on the policies and structure of international organizations.
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.
Ethnic Power Relations Datasets: .Data on ethnic groups’ access to state power, their settlement patterns, links to rebel organizations, transborder ethnic kin relations, and intraethnic cleavages.