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Research

Civil War, Reintegration, and Gender in Northern Uganda

What are the impacts of war, and do they vary by gender?

The Geography of Repression and Opposition to Autocracy

Is state repression effective in fostering regime survival?

Global Governance

What are the mechanisms of global governance?

Deterrence with Imperfect Attribution

In cyberwarfare, under which conditions can improved attribution strengthen deterrence?

Rebel Motivations and Repression

How do different types of motivation influence the politics of collective action?

The Schooling Decision: Family Preferences, Intergenerational Conflict, and Moral Hazard in the Brazilian Favelas

Can parental incentives impact school attendance?

When Do Displaced Persons Return? Postwar Migration among Christians in Mount Lebanon

Under what conditions will forcibly displaced persons return to their original homes after war has ended?

Repatriation During Conflict: A Signaling Analysis

Under what conditions do Tripartite Repatriation Agreements signal that it is safer in a country of origin?

Transnational Feminism and the Women's Rights Agenda in Afghanistan

How have Afghan women organized and advocated for their rights in the post-Taliban era?

The Consequences of Terrorism

What does a close reading of the history of terrorism tells us about the effectiveness of such violence?

Embodied reconciliation: a new research agenda

The research argues for a paradigm shift towards an embodied approach to reconciliation.

Population and Conflict

Has an increase in population increased the likelihood of resource-based conflict?

The Weak State Trap

Using original data from Colombia, the authors present evidence of the interconnection between two critical political components: state weakness and clientelism.

Security Transitions

How do foreign powers disengage from a conflict?

Reform and Rebellion in Weak States

Why does reform often lead to rebellion—not just by the losers of reform, but also among its intended beneficiaries?

Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Historical Political Economy

By bringing together different forms of expertise, interdisciplinary collaboration helps to shine new light on existing problems in historical political economy while opening new avenues of research within and across the disciplines.

Is Putin’s popularity (still) real? A cautionary note on using list experiments to measure popularity in authoritarian regimes

Opinion polls suggest that Vladimir Putin has broad support in Russia, but there are concerns that some respondents may be lying to pollsters.

Authoritarian International Law?

What would international law look like in an increasingly authoritarian world?

Complements or Substitutes? How Institutional Arrangements Bind Traditional Authorities and the State in Africa

How does the central state affect public goods provision by local actors?

Africa's Latent Assets

Despite the past centuries' economic setbacks and challenges, are there reasons for optimism about Africa's economic prospects?

Legitimacy in Criminal Governance: Managing a Drug Empire from Behind Bars

How do prison gangs create rational-bureaucratic legitimacy in criminal governance?

JUE Insights: Does mobility explain why slums were hit harder by COVID-19 in India?

SARS-CoV-2 has had a greater burden, as measured by rate of infection, in poorer communities within cities. This research shows there is little evidence for two explanations offered to explain the greater burden in poorer communities.

Preventing the Next Insurgency: A Pathway for Reintegrating Iraq's Sunni Population

How can we address reintegration in post-ISIS Iraq?

Transnational Insurgents: Evidence from Colombia’s FARC at the Border with Chávez’s Venezuela

Does access to foreign territory increase conflict?

A Glimpse of Freedom: Allied Occupation and Political Resistance in East Germany

The researchers use novel data on the appointment of local mayors and a retrospective survey to argue that even a "glimpse of freedom" can foster civilian opposition to dictatorship.

Accelerated Education Programs in Crisis and Conflict

Are Accelerated Education Programs good policy?

War Is Not Over

What do the optimists get wrong about conflict?

Biden Must Stand Up to China on Human Rights

How can a U.S. administration promote human rights in China?

Rebel Territorial Control and Civilian Collective Action in Civil War: Evidence from the Communist Insurgency in the Philippines

Under what conditions do rebel organizations control territory during civil war?

Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict

What are the origins of conflict-related population displacement?

On the Origins of the State: Stationary Bandits and Taxation in Eastern Congo

Can armed actors perform essential functions of a state and increase welfare?

Rebel Capacity, Intelligence Gathering, and the Timing of Combat Operations

Does rebel capacity influence how these forces fight or are they simply unpredictable?

Militias, Ideology, and the State

What factors shape relations between governments and militias?

Strategy, Secrecy, and External Support for Insurgent Groups

States support transnational insurgents in an important variety of ways, from highly public efforts to transform the status quo to covert backing with limited ambitions.

Cultural Heritage Preservation Work in Afghanistan and Central Asia

How can war-torn countries protect and preserve cultural heritage?

Can Economic Interventions Reduce Violence?

Does improving young people’s economic conditions reduce their willingness to support political violence and armed opposition groups?

Border Walls and Smuggling Spillovers

What is the effect of a border wall on crime?

Televising Justice During War

How do governments use television as a means of building state legitimacy during conflict?

Profiling Insurrection: Characterizing Collective Action Using Mobile Device Data

Partisanship, socio-political isolation, proximity to chapters of the Proud Boys organization, and local activity on Parler are robustly associated with protest participation on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.

Why Turkey Should Stay Out of Sinjar

What are the negative consequences of a Turkish military incursion?