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 …

An award-winning military historian, professor, and political adviser delivers the definitive
story of warfare in all its guises and applications, showing what has driven and continues to …

In a recent article, Gibler, Miller, and Little (2016)(GML) conduct an extensive review of the
Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) data between the years 1816 and 2001, highlighting …

Does leader age matter for the likelihood of interstate conflict? Many studies in biology,
psychology, and physiology have found that aggression tends to decline with age …

Conventional wisdom suggests that when women attain high political office they are more
likely to act as peacemakers than their male counterparts. In contrast, this article argues that …

The logic of free‐riding expects that individuals will underinvest in public goods, but people
often behave in ways that are inconsistent with this prediction. Why do we observe variation …

Although many countries have ethnic kin on the “wrong side” of their borders, few seek to
annex foreign territories on the basis of ethnicity. This article examines why some states …

The “rally'round the flag” effect—a short-term boost in a political leader's popularity during an
interstate political dispute—was first proposed by more than half a century ago. However …

Abstracts After the Napoleonic Wars interstate war regularly occurred throughout the
Western Hemisphere—until in matter of decades it disappeared. After the 1930s even low …

Leaders negotiate, not states. Yet the extensive body of work on coercive diplomacy in
international relations pays little attention to variation among leaders. In contrast, we argue …