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Do Autocrats Need a Foreign Enemy? Evidence from Fortress Russia

Summer 2024 by Hale, Henry E. and Adam C. Lenton

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, inspects weapons captured in battles in Ukraine, Gudermes, Chechen Republic, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.

The Iron Dice: Fatalism and War

Summer 2024 by Tierney, Dominic

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Hideki Tojo, Japanese prime minister at the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, is seen in a Dec. 1947, photo.

Damned If They Do, Damned If They Don’t: The Assurance Dilemma in International Coercion

Summer 2024 by Pauly, Reid

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A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021.

Stabilizing Civil Wars without Peacekeeping: Evidence from South Asia

Summer 2024 by Bastaki, Basil, Paul Staniland and Bryan Popoola

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In this Jan. 12, 2015 photo, officers with the Ta’ang National Liberation Army gather in the steep hillside jungles in Mar Wong, a village in northern Shan state, Myanmar.

When Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Adversary Perceptions of Nuclear No-First-Use Pledges

Spring 2024 by Talmadge, Caitlin , Lisa Michelini and Vipin Narang

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In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Russian troops load an Iskander missile as part of drills to train the military for using tactical nuclear weapons at an undisclosed location in Russia

When Foreign Countries Push the Button

Spring 2024 by Schwartz, Joshua A

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In this 1945 file photo, an area around the Sangyo-Shorei-Kan (Trade Promotion Hall) in Hiroshima is laid waste after an atomic bomb exploded within 100 meters of here.

Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe

Spring 2024 by Aktürk, Şener

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Armed with a double-barrelled shotgun, a young Turkish Cypriot leads women and children from the village of Ayios Sozomenos to another nearby large Turkish village following a gun battle between Greeks and Turks on Feb. 6, 1964.

Writing Policy Recommendations for Academic Journals: A Guide for the Perplexed

Spring 2024 by Byman, Daniel

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An open laptop on a messy desk. Papers covers the keyboard.