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Brian Lai; Dan Slater, 2007, "Replication data for: Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in Authoritarian Regimes, 1950-1992", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XTUHQG, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:wosc0xjoRl3nVYx/QVHGWQ== [fileUNF]
What are the most important sources of institutional variation among authoritarian regimes, and how do such institutions influence these dictatorships' propensity to initiate military disputes? This article argues that most existing studies in both comparative politics and international relations employ a flawed conceptualization of authoritarian i... |
Brian Lai, 2007, "Replication data for: An Empirical Examination of Religion and Conflict in the Middle East, 1950-1992", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9FLHE7, Harvard Dataverse, V1
This article examines the influence of religion on conflict in the Middle East. It develops a more refined approach to studying the effects of religion by examining intra-Islamic differences as well as the effects of domestic politics and religion on conflict. It tests these hypotheses on all Middle Eastern dyads from 1950 to 1992, including approp... |
Nov 27, 2007
Brian Lai, 2007, "Replication data for: The Effects of Different Types of Military Mobilization on the Outcome of International Crises", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0DAGRP, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:nhuWHLhDhPTVTigjGcNLaA== [fileUNF]
One dominant explanation for why crises escalate to war is based on misperception. Alternative rational explanations for why crises escalate to war are examined, including commitment problems, the cost of revealing military advantages, and a desire for greater future gains. These explanations for war argue that states are likely to prefer a militar... |
Nov 27, 2007
Brian Lai, 2007, "Replication data for: Examining the Goals of US Foreign Assistance in the Post-Cold War period, 1991-1996", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VBCT3O, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:kYMmQEl0ElB8y0G+JXx8tg== [fileUNF]
The current literature examining US foreign assistance goals in the post-Cold War period has found that security is declining in importance and that the USA is aiding democracies while also supporting abusers of human rights. This article examines a previously untested neorealist hypothesis about the changing nature of US security goals following t... |
Nov 27, 2007
Brian Lai; Clayton Thyne, 2007, "Replication data for: The Effect of Civil War on Education, 1980-1997", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/N8MOFF, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:jFDNTsiLS4Fugpp2A2/yMA== [fileUNF]
This study examines the negative effects of civil wars and the post-civil war environment on educational expenditures and enrollment. Two causal mechanisms are considered. First, civil wars are likely to destroy a state's system of education through the loss of infrastructure and personnel. Second, a less deleterious cause may be the drawing away o... |
