Since 2001, hundreds of academic studies have examined the “political resource curse,”
meaning the claim that natural resource wealth tends to adversely affect a country's …

The resource curse literature has necessarily evolved in a rather fragmented way. While
economists, political economists and political scientists have largely focused on the role of …

Democratization studies became a sub-field of political science/international relations only
very gradually. Despite the rich pool of data generated by the early 'third wave'transitions in …

Analysts and pundits from across the American political spectrum describe Islamic
fundamentalism as one of the greatest threats to modern, Western-style democracy. Yet very …

The administrative state is a powerful tool because it can control the population and, in
moments of crisis, help leaders put down popular threats to their rule. But a state does not …

Anthropogenic climate change is commonly characterized as a threat to human security.
However, the extent to which and under what conditions climate impacts and responses may …

The evidence for the effects of oil rents on growth is mixed, a result which can be explained
with model uncertainty. We address the issue using Bayesian Model Averaging techniques …

The exploration and production of oil and gas continue to be vigorously pursued by African
states and international corporations—both large and small. However, with unpredictable …

How does aid in the form of training influence foreign militaries' relationship to domestic
politics? The United States has trained tens of thousands of officers in foreign militaries with …

Why do some leaders eliminate rivals from authoritarian regimes and therefore diminish
elites' capabilities to remove them via coup, while others do not? By examining both …