Many theories of international relations assume that public opinion exerts a powerful effect
on foreign policy in democracies. Previous research, based on observational data, has …

Studies of public support for war among non-Western and non-major powers (NWNM) states
are distinctive from United States foreign military operations. First, these wars often intrude …

The literature suggests that voters have a self-centered incentive to call for the de-escalation
of conflicts that inflict economic costs on them, which explains why economic sanctions and …

The article focuses on Greek Cypriot internally displaced persons and their attitudes towards
the island's reunification talks. We utilize quantitative data from two representative sample …

Empirical research on the determinants of individual-level support for trade liberalization has
focused almost entirely on the economic effects of trade. Yet, international relations …

This study reports the development and validation of a scale to measure xenophobia. The
authors were particularly interested in the characterisation of this phenomenon in African …

In this paper, we explore how concerns about entrapment influence mass attitudes about
armed support for an alliance partner. We focus on two separate dimensions of entrapment …

When a war directly intrudes citizens' living space, it becomes a war of necessity for the
public to defend themselves. However, current literature on public support for war has …

South Africa is divided along race lines and this has made social integration difficult to
achieve in the nation. The aspiration for the rainbow nation since the end of apartheid has …

Most studies of the 'commercial peace'hypothesis–that trade increases the opportunity costs
of war, making it less likely–assume the state has a unified interest with respect to trade …