International Interactions

Don't forget --- the International Interactions Editorial Board meeting is Sunday afternoon at 2PM at ISA. Can't wait to see you there.

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National-level elite framing has fueled backlash against globalization in the US. Could a framing about the effects of trade at the local level have a similar effect? Using experiments, Max Plithides explores this question (Open Access): #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Post-conflict societies often experience violence when former combatants are resettling, but Sally Sharif & Julio Cesar Zuluaga find evidence that the violence may be perpetrated against former combatants rather than by them. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The length of international negotiating processes vary greatly. In a new article, Heather Elko explores this variation by looking at EU trade negotiations tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What's NATO's take on this issue? @andrea_knpp, @ValerioVignoli, Federico Salvati, & @FabioMaina1306 explore the statements & speeches of NATO Secretaries-General (1996-2024) in this new article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What is the impact of prominent violations of international norms on support for those norms around the world? Jamie Gruffydd-Jones explores this in new work: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Quick note -- most of our editorial team has been digging out from under multiple inches of ice the past week. Power and internet are still spotty for folks so we might be a bit behind. Nothing serious, just a little weather delay.

How do transitions to democracy affect international conflict? Damien Boldt explores this question in a new paper -- tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Top military officers always don’t need coups to shape politics. Another option -- strategically “go public,” mobilizing the military’s deep social prestige to pressure civilian leaders. New work by Furkan Emer: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Korbel Prof @karakneu in @II_journal finds that societies that exclude women are more likely to experience coups during nonviolent, anti-regime uprisings because their militaries benefit from the social order the uprisings challenge. Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

With age comes wisdom—even for protest movements. Short campaigns? Diversity causes conflict. Long campaigns ? Diversity becomes strength. Check out this new paper from @smjeong0802, Kwon & Braithwaite: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Which political institutions are important in generating differences in economic policies across countries? In this new paper, Osgood and Cha examine institutions that tend to empower big firms. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Do a gender roles in a society influence the way that militaries respond to uprisings? Kara Kingma Neu says yes in this new paper tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Introducing REBLEX: rebel leaders in exile (1960–2023). Dataset tracks exile periods, destinations, types & activities for all rebel leaders since 1960. REBLEX opens new avenues to study exile strategies, civil war dynamics, diffusion, & post-war outcomes. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Do terrorist groups gain from claiming credit for their actions? Check out new work from Onder, Avdan, and Hoffman exploring this question: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Under what conditions are international election observers more likely to improve election quality? So Yeon Park explores this question in her recent II paper tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Only 46 ICC members have ratified the crime of aggression amendments. Chiozza & Grieco finds ratifiers are less likely to initiate military disputes, face lower threats, and are wealthier democracies. States avoid laws that constrain their future actions. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Victims of human rights violations often seek out sympathy abroad, but which are most likely to find it? Using a survey experiment, @connor_kopchick and Kathleen Cunningham explore this question tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…