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My research and teaching focuses on the study of conflict between and within states. My specific areas of expertise are the study of international alliances, terrorism, foreign aid, and domestic politics and international conflict.

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My research and teaching focuses on the study of conflict between and within states. My specific areas of expertise are the study of international alliances, terrorism, foreign aid, and domestic politics and international conflict.

Present	Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Iowa ‐ Political Science Department
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Political Science

International Relations, American Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics and International Relations, and Conflict Processes

Department of Political Science
University of Iowa
341 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242

Examining the Escalation of Terrorist Violence to Civil War

MidWest Political Science Association (2008)

Brian Lai and Kelsey Larsen

"Draining the Swamp": An Empirical Examination of the Production of ...

Conflict Management and Peace Science (2007)

One central element of the current war on terrorism is "draining the swamps", addressing conditions within a state that produce ...

The Effect of Civil War on Education, 1980—97

Journal of Peace Research (2007)

Brian Lai and Clayton Thyne

This study examines the negative effects of civil wars and the post-civil war environment on educational expenditures and enrollment. Two ...

Examining the Number of Incidents of Terrorism Within States, 1968-1977

Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2003)

Unpublished Paper

Reducing the Effects of Moral Hazard: Institutional Designs Within International ...

What explains the level of commitment within an international military alliance? Specifically, when do alliances choose to adopt active military ...

Reducing the Effects of Moral Hazard: Institutional Designs Within International ...

American Political Science Association (2007)

Reputation and Reliability: Upholding Commitments for the Future

International Studies Association (2007)

Brian Lai and Matthew Cherry

Rally Around the UN: Public Opinion and Peacekeeping in Canada

Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (2006)

Brian Lai and Kevin Hansen

Impact of Regime Type on the Influence of U.S ...

Foreign Policy Analysis (2006)

Brian Lai and Daniel S Morey

Past studies of U.S. foreign aid and UN voting have not taken into account the different incentives of leaders based ...

How Long Do States Receive Aid? Examining the Duration of ...

Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (2005)

Winning Votes: Examining How States Vote with the US in ...

Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (2004)

Brian Lai and Daniel Morey

Examining the Goals of US Foreign Assistance in the Post-cold ...

Journal of Peace Research (2003)

The current literature examining US foreign assistance goals in the post-Cold War period has found that security is declining in ...

Liberalism, Realism, and United Nations Voting: An Empirical Test of ...

Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2002)

Brian Lai and Daniel Morey

Democracy, Political Similarity, and International Alliances, 1816-1992

Journal of Conflict Resolution (2000)

Brian Lai and Dan Reiter

The connection between domestic politics and international cooperation, specifically the relationship between regime type and alliance behavior, is examined to ...

Rally ‘Round the Union Jack? Public Opinion and the Use ...

International Studies Quarterly (2005)

Brian Lai and Dan Reiter

This paper provides the most comprehensive and extensive analysis to date of the possibility of a "rally 'round the flag" ...

Rally Around the Tri-Color: Examining the Effect of War and ...

Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society (2004)

Rally ‘Round the Union Jack? Public Opinion and the Use ...

Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society (2002)

Brian Lai and Dan Reiter

An Empirical Examination of Religion and Conflict in the Middle ...

Foreign Policy Analysis (2006)

This article examines the influence of religion on conflict in the Middle East. It develops a more refined approach to ...

Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in ...

American Journal of Political Science (2006)

Brian Lai and Dan Slater

What are the most important sources of institutional variation among authoritarian regimes, and how do such institutions influence these dictatorships' ...

The Impact of Regime Type on the Relationship between Conscription ...

Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society (2005)

Brian Lai and Erik Tillman

Securing Tenure: Authoritarian Institutions, International Conflict, and Leadership/Regime Survival

Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2005)

The Effects of Different Types of Military Mobilization on the ...

Journal of Conflict Resolution (2004)

One dominant explanation for why crises escalate to war is based on misperception. Alternative rational explanations for why crises escalate ...

The Initiation of Disputes by Authoritarian States, 1950-1992

Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (2003)

The Conflict Behavior of Authoritarian States

Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2002)

Empirically Modeling Strategic Behavior with a Unified Model of Crisis ...

Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2004)