Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar? The possibilities
are diverse. Some international organizations have just a few member states, while others …

Despite warnings of interstate conflict over shared water resources, states are reaching
hundreds of treaties and agreements over their international rivers. We have extensive …

This article examines the power interplay that shapes the transboundary water interaction in
the Brahmaputra River basin. The article provides two key insights based on data sharing …

International institutions help governments make credible commitments to other state and
nonstate actors by raising the costs of commitment violation. However, in doing so these …

The more that states depend on oil exports, the less cooperative they become: they grow
less likely to join intergovernmental organizations, to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of …

This article examines the decisions of governments to enter reservations upon ratification of
international human rights treaties. I argue that, in the context of the human rights regime …

Can commitment to international human rights law promote human rights when the
commitment is not yet legally binding? I argue that treaty signature can be used by non …

This paper focuses on how domestic legal systems influence states' choices of peaceful
dispute resolution methods. In order to increase familiarity with rules of peaceful resolution …

Large-scale efforts to measure the democratic nature of polities across space and time are
most useful when they reflect the variety of conceptions of democracy developed by political …

International rivers create complex relationships between their riparian states, which can
contribute to economic, political, and social losses. Treaties provide a means for states to …