After terrorist attack in Kashmir, will India seek vengeance or de-escalation?
Let’s examine Modi’s rhetoric for clues.
Trump and Kim will finally meet, but don’t expect much to change. Here’s why.
After weeks of buildup, President Trump will finally sit down
How do we know if U.S. troops in South Korea are a viable tripwire? A new survey suggests it’s not that simple.
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Making sense of the canceled North Korea summit
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Five things Trump did on his summer vacation: A foreign policy roundup
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Trump told the Russians that firing Comey took the pressure off. This is what he should have said instead.
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This is what game theory tells us about Spain’s election on Sunday — and what it means for Catalonia’s desire to secede
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America needs a Council of International Strategy
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Would an ICC referral have helped Syria?
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Ukraine-Russia: A battle of futures
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What is so great about 'territorial integrity' anyway?
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What is so great about ‘territorial integrity’ anyway?
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About The Monkey Cage
What is The Monkey Cage? “Democracy is the art of
'Salami tactics' in the East China Sea
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Bargaining theory and the Iran deal
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Why a Strategy of Deterring Weak Leaders from Using Chemical Weapons Means the US Should Attack Syria Even if it Strengthens Assad
The following is a guest post from my NYU colleague
A Phantom Decline in Militaries?
This is a guest post by Steven Childs. ***** In
Distinguishing Offense from Defense in Cybersecurity
This _New York Times_ "article":http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/us/resume-shows-snowden-honed-hacking-skills.html?hp about Edward Snowden implicitly highlights
Deterring Torture and the ICC
We are delighted to welcome the following guest post by
The ICC, Deterrence, and Amnesty
As usual, I agree with most of what Jim Fearon
A New Conflict Data Source
From an announcement from Jacob Shapiro and Joe Felter: We are
Are Threats More Credible When They Come from Democracies?
Over the last decade, international security scholars have created a
Why the Stevens Op-Ed is Wrong
A rather lengthier response to "Jacqueline Stevens' op-ed":http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/opinion/sunday/political-scientists-are-lousy-forecasters.html. Speaking to
My Email to Charles Lane
I wrote Charles Lane a brief note in response to
What NSF-Funded Projects Have Taught Us About National Security Issues
by Erica Chenoweth (@EricaChenoweth) and Jason Lyall (@jaylyall_red5.) Yesterday’s House of Representatives
Political Scientists elected to NAS
Just in, (via a tweet from APSA) Larry Bartels and
West Coast Experiments Conference May 11, 2012
The organizers of the West Coast Experiments Conference send along
The Syrian Conflict is Already a Civil War
The headline of Anthony Shadid's article in Sunday's New York
Why are there IRB’s at all?
Jim Fearon asks, "Why aren’t there IRB’s [institutional review boards]
Announcing Our Occasional Contributors
The Monkey Cage has always benefited from guest-bloggers or people
Civil War and Mission Creep in Libya
Below is another guest post from "James Fearon":http://www.stanford.edu/~jfearon/. Jim wrote
The Bad Borders Meme (guest post by James Fearon)
Below is a guest post by James Fearon, the Theodore and
Collective Action after a Civil War
We know that civil wars have very large long term
Preventing Electoral Fraud
bq. This natural experimental design has provided a unique test
Political scientists in public debate
The Monkey Cage has just received what I believe to
Should Iraq Be Partitioned?
bq. Civil war settlements create institutional arrangements that in turn