We examine voting behavior of Western allied countries in line with the United States over
the period 1949 until 2019. Descriptive statistics show that voting in line with the United …

Why do some states assist other countries to reach across national borders and repress their
diaspora, while others do not? Transnational repression involves host countries (including …

Why do governments send their soldiers abroad for military training? Governments
frequently expose their troops to training offered by other countries, although this may …

The aim here was to identify and analyze the political rationale behind the persistent veil of
secrecy maintained by the Polish political elite with regard to CIA-run prisons located on …

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a far‐reaching initiative of China's active engagement in
global affairs and is seen to determine the future fate of Eurasia. Previous studies about …

From 2001 to 2005, over a quarter of all countries in the world cooperated in a secret
rendition network that enabled the transfer of CIA terrorist suspects to secret detention sites …

I empirically examine whether autocratic governments use decoy voting in the United
Nations General Assembly to hide repressive behavior of their regimes. Previous research …

Kathryn Sikkink (* 1955) is a political scientist who has contributed considerably to making
human rights a field of research. Born into a liberal academic family, she started developing …

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is the world's most prominent forum for
international relations. As the chief deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of …

Why do some states assist other countries to reach across national borders and repress their
diaspora, while others do not? Transnational repression involves host countries (including …