Data and voting in the UN General Assembly “state preferences.” Since 1998, there have
been over 50 published studies that use an indicator based on UN votes as a dependent …

International economic sanctions have become increasingly important as alternatives to
military conflict since the end of the Cold War. This chapter surveys various approaches to …

United Nations (UN) General Assembly votes have become the standard data source for
measures of states preferences over foreign policy. Most papers use dyadic indicators of …

Laura Sjoberg positions gender and gender subordination as key factors in the making and
fighting of global conflict. Through the lens ofgender, she examines the meaning, causes …

The article reviews the literature on the relationship between democracy and armed conflict,
internal as well as interstate. The review points to several similarities between how …

It is widely accepted that democracies are less conflict prone, if only with other democracies.
Debate persists, however, about the causes underlying liberal peace. This article offers a …

Written by leading scholars in the field, Causes of War provides the first comprehensive
analysis of the leading theories relating to the origins of both interstate and civil wars …

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Research appears to substantiate the liberal conviction that trade fosters global peace. Still,
existing understanding of linkages between conflict and international economics is limited in …

Oil is the world's single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Jeff
D. Colgan extends the idea of the resource curse into the realm of international relations …