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A Model of Long-Term Conflict Resolution and Cooperation

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251338841?af=R

Published: May 10, 2025 02:55

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. The formal end of a political conflict does not always create lasting peace, as interpersonal violence can persist for years or decades after large-scale hostility ends. A key question for policymakers and…

Selling Violent Extremism

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251329598?af=R

Published: May 9, 2025 09:00

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Why do people join domestic violent extremist organizations? This paper examines an understudied reason: organizational outreach. I study how the inflow of new members to the Oath Keepers, until recently…

On Nuclear Superiority and National Security

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251338457?af=R

Published: May 3, 2025 04:03

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Does nuclear superiority improve national security? The Theory of the Nuclear Revolution (TNR) argues that it does not, but only after assuming that the nuclear balance is irrelevant militarily. Critics argue…

Political Opportunity Structure Conditions the Legacy of Political Violence

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251335212?af=R

Published: April 17, 2025 09:39

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Previous studies render contradictory evidence linking political repression before and political participation after democratization. This article suggests that the perceived political opportunity conditions…

Crises and Consequences: The Role of U.S. Support in International Bond Markets

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251327970?af=R

Published: March 25, 2025 04:52

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Sovereign default should theoretically lead to creditor punishment through higher borrowing costs or market exclusion. However, empirical evidence shows that punishment is inconsistent across defaulters. We…

Secessionism and Wartime Sexual Violence

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251321756?af=R

Published: March 19, 2025 06:23

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Sexual violence (SV) in secessionist conflicts reflects distinct political intentions behind rebels’ pursuit of statehood and incumbents’ commitment to territorial integrity. I argue that, compared with their…

Decision Making on the World Court: Are International Judges Geopolitically Biased?

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251326576?af=R

Published: March 15, 2025 09:37

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Do international adjudicators align with the foreign policy interests of their home country? This article contributes new evidence that judges on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) diverge along similar…

Multidimensional Identity Cleavages and Religious Discrimination

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251324465?af=R

Published: March 13, 2025 01:38

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. To what extent does minority distinctiveness from the majority mitigate or exacerbate discrimination? Similarities between majority and minority groups may reduce societal and political discrimination. Yet…

The Rise and Fall of the Confucian Long Peace: A New Dataset for Analyzing Regional Conflict Management in East Asia (1598–1894)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251322900?af=R

Published: March 4, 2025 11:43

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Building on previous studies of the Long Confucian Peace, this article presents a novel dataset addressing questions about the long Confucian peace among China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam that existed from a…

Do States Constrain Non-State Hackers? International Telecommunication Union Elections and Non-State Cyber Aggression

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251323557?af=R

Published: February 25, 2025 06:30

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. Do states constrain non-state hackers? This article extends research on the role of transnational cyber aggression in international relations, showing that governments can be incentivized to mitigate…

Citizen Action and Elite Responses: Opposition Mass Movements and Regime Change From Within, 1900–2019

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027251318938?af=R

Published: February 10, 2025 06:52

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. The mobilization of opposition mass movements may spur regime change via different processes, including popular revolutions or coups. We zoom in on one salient channel through which mass mobilization may…

Nationality Questions and War: How Ethnic Configurations Affect Conflict Within and Between States

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220027241312624?af=R

Published: January 27, 2025 08:01

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ahead of Print. It is generally accepted that violations of state-nation congruence can cause conflict, but it remains unclear which configurations cause civil and interstate conflict, and how these conflict types interact.…