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 …

Third-party states consider the regional destabilization consequences of civil wars when
deciding to intervene. However, previous work implicitly assumes that potential interveners …

There is widespread agreement that status or standing in the international system is a critical
element in world politics. The desire for status is recognized as a key factor in nuclear …

The history of political events is made by people. It doesn't exist without us. From wars to
elections to political protests, the choices we make, our actions, how we behave, dictate …

The United States of America has been the most powerful country in the world for over
seventy years, but recently the US National Security Strategy declared that the return of …

International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries
lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of nature. In Hierarchy in …

The goal of the Center is to demonstrate the power of private institutions, both for-profit and
non-profit, to create a good society and to foster the understanding that free choice of a fully …

How do domestic institutions affect autocratic leaders' decisions to initiate military conflicts?
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, I argue that institutions in some kinds of dictatorships …

We introduce the new, substantially updated, and revised version of the Dyadic Militarized
Interstate Disputes (MIDs) dataset. We discuss the underlying logic of constructing dyadic …

Every year, states negotiate, conclude, sign, and give effect to hundreds of new international
agreements. Koremenos argues that the detailed design provisions of such agreements …