This article discusses the stochastic actor-oriented model for analyzing panel data of
networks. The model is defined as a continuous-time Markov chain, observed at two or more …

Increased complexity and density of transnational problems create unprecedented
challenges and opportunities for contemporary international governance.“Issue linkage” is …

Cooperation helps states realize mutual gains, but mistrust and disagreements over
institutional design inhibit cooperation. This article develops a network explanation for how …

Important questions in the social sciences are concerned with the circumstances under
which individuals, organizations, or states mutually agree to form social network ties …

Bilateral defense cooperation agreements, or DCAs, are now the most common form of
institutionalized defense cooperation. These formal agreements establish broad defense …

While extensive research shows that policies and institutions spread across states through
processes of diffusion, we know little about diffusion among international organizations …

Dyadic research designs concern data that comprise interactions among actors. They are,
without a doubt, the most frequent designs employed in the empirical analysis of …

This article documents systematic deviations from standard models of trade politics, each of
which has the effect of undermining sustained efforts at coherent industrial opposition to …

Diplomatic recognition is an essential tool of statecraft but remains largely unanalyzed by
political scientists. Two recent trends in diplomatic practice raise notable puzzles:(i) use of …

We introduce a Bayesian approach to conduct inferential analyses on dyadic data while
accounting for interdependencies between observations through a set of additive and …