Mark Berlin

I’m so excited to share this article with Stephen Rangazas, “Restrained Insurgents: Why Competition Between Armed Groups Doesn’t Always Produce Outbidding,” in @TXNatSecReview! It means even more when your co-author is also one of your best friends! tnsr.org/2023/07/restra…

Heading to ISA! Looking forward to seeing friends and presenting ongoing research on jihadist leaders, rebel governance, and denial statements published by armed groups

@benyoel_ @StanfordCDDRL Awesome news! Congratulations!

I'm thrilled and honored to share that, starting in August, I'll be a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University's @StanfordCDDRL! I'll be focusing primarily on foreign pressure and opposition to democratic backsliding. I'm grateful to my committee and others for their support.

@ColinPClarke Thank you so much for sharing!

Commanders of the Mujahideen: introducing the Jihadist Leaders Dataset (JLD) | Journal of Peace Research | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-ar…

@ahmedsahalkp Thank you so much! I hope all is going great your way!

@mark_berlin2 So happy to see this finally out after years of hard work!

Excited to share “Commanders of the Mujahideen: Introducing the Jihadist Leaders Dataset” at JPR! Analyzing Arabic, French, German, Turkish, and Urdu sources, we gathered information on the backgrounds of 237 leaders across multiple regions academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-ar…

@austincdoctor Thank you, Austin! Your research on rebel leaders is awesome!

@mark_berlin2 Great work, team!

@Joseph_M_Brown @MariaAmjad_ @ilaydaonder @FawcettWeiner @tricbacon Thank you so much!

@mark_berlin2 @MariaAmjad_ @ilaydaonder @FawcettWeiner @tricbacon Congratulations! I’m excited to see it in print!

@danaabuhaltam Shukrannnn! Looking forward to catching up soon!

@mark_berlin2 Well deserved!!

Receiving a 5/5 rating for instructor quality in teaching evaluations was a nice way to wrap up last semester!

@mbAbuSalih Thank you so much!

@mark_berlin2 Congratulations!

@ahmedsahalkp @dhananjayjnu @SouthAsianUni Congratulations! Very happy to see this published!

Happy to share that my research article has been published in Small Wars & Insurgencies (1 Jan 2026). Many thanks to my supervisor @dhananjayjnu and the IR faculty @SouthAsianUni for their guidance, and to @mark_berlin2 for reading the initial draft. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Postdoctoral research position at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Applications are due next month. I’m happy to answer any questions about the position! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply…

Printed version of my new report are out!

Thankful for my best friend

@azelin @ilaydaonder Thank you for sharing our article!

“We have nothing to do with it”: How statements of denial by armed actors shape public perceptions and emotions - Ilayda B. Onder (@ilaydaonder) and Mark Berlin (@mark_berlin2), Political Psychology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/po…

@Yubs89 @ilaydaonder Thank you so much, Yu Bin!

New publication in Political Psychology! Armed groups often publish denial statements to distance themselves from violent attacks. What effects do these statements have on public perceptions? @ilaydaonder and I explore this question here. It’s open access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/po…

@Victor_Asal @MichaelJSoules Thank you so much for sharing!

A Call to Arms: How Rebel Groups Choose Their Recruitment Appeals Journal of Conflict Resolution @MichaelJSoules @mark_berlin2 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

New publication! 🎉 Excited to share that my job market paper, “How to Politely Say No: Jordan's Indirect Bandwagoning Behavior toward US–China Competition,” is now published in Foreign Policy Analysis! Free access available here: academic.oup.com/fpa/article/do…