By nearly every measure, power in the international system is concentrated, meaning that
most states lack significant power resources. And yet international relations theory tends to …

Managing the threat of violence remains a central concern in international security and
development. International actors seek to terminate civil wars and prevent conflict …

This article explores how weak countries deflect systemic pressure towards change and
even succeed in preserving old institutions to their advantage. By expanding Goddard's …

Country participation in one-state, one-vote forums like the United Nations General
Assembly often reflects underlying power asymmetries and endogenous political processes …

Since the end of the Cold War, the notion of global security, and presumed threats to it, has
undergone considerable expansion and diversification. This process has been led by the …

Why would weak states accept rules which authorize strong states to take coercive action
against them? I argue that, in some cases, this is a way of creating constraints over the …

International peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and development actors are increasingly
focusing their efforts in conflict-affected states. In any single fragile or conflict-affected …

We introduce the UNSC-Graph, a knowledge graph for a corpus of debates of the United
Nations Security Council (UNSC) during the period 1995-2020. The graph combines …

We introduce the UNSC-Graph, a knowledge graph for a corpus of debates of the United
Nations Security Council (UNSC) during the period 1995-2020. The graph combines …