Justifications for war often invoke reputational or social aspirations: the need to protect
national honor, status, reputation for resolve, credibility, and respect. Studies of these …

An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study research
Multimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to …

Some pundits claim cyber weaponry is the most important military innovation in decades, a
transformative new technology that promises a paralyzing first-strike advantage difficult for …

Why do some democracies reflect their citizens' foreign policy preferences better than
others? What roles do the media, political parties, and the electoral system play in a …

How do government rhetoric and propaganda affect mass reactions in international crises?
Using two scenario-based survey experiments in China, one hypothetical and one that …

War and security foreign policies 152 Why states prefer certain military/strategic options over
others: the role of strategic culture 157 Preventing war: creating stable balances of power …

Two broad traditions of scholarship can be distinguished in the vast literature on the
diplomacy of conflict. The diplomatic communication tradition takes the difficulty of credible …

Political scientists frequently use qualitative evidence to support or evaluate the empirical
applicability of formal models. Despite this widespread practice, neither the qualitative …

How do differences in ownership of media enterprises shape news coverage of international
conflict? We examine this relationship using a new dataset of 591,532 articles on US-led …

For leaders to generate credibility through audience costs, there must be mechanisms in
place that enable citizens to learn about foreign policy failures. However, scholars have paid …