Some Stuff I Learned at ISA
By Erica Chenoweth Like many of my colleagues, I attended the 2013 International Studies Association Annual Meeting in…
Weekend Links
By Taylor Marvin Jay Ulfelder and Jeremy Wallace both have smart responses to Thomas Zeitzoff’s piece on micro-foundations in conflict research.…
Friday Puzzler: The Case of the Missing Citations
By Barbara F. Walter Daniel Maliniak, Ryan Powers and I recently finished a study (a recent draft of…
The Wait's Killing Us
By Barbara F. Walter PV@ a Glance has been nominated for “Most Promising New Blog” of the year…
Why IR and Conflict Research Need Micro-Foundations
Guest post by Thomas Zeitzoff I recently finished Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s extremely readable book on development economics,…
What’s Up with the Heated Foreign Policy on the Korean Peninsula?
By Will H. Moore Political scientists used to be interested in the extent to which bellicose (or cooperative)…
Friday Puzzler: Why No Violence In Kenya?, Answered
By Taylor Marvin Last week we asked why Kenya’s recent general election was peaceful, in contrast to the…
Exploring Military Xenophobia
Note: The Friday Puzzler will return next week. By Taylor Marvin In early February amateur video showing Chilean…
Mything Iraq: Ten Years And Little Learning
By Steve Saideman With the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq there has been and will be…
Friday Puzzler: Why No Violence In Kenya?
By Barbara F. Walter Last week a couple of my colleagues left with some trepidation for Kenya to monitor…