Articles
How Democracies Keep the Peace: Contextual Factors That Influence Conflict Management Strategies (with Glynn Ellis and Brandon C. Prins), American Political Science Association Conference (2008)
Some studies find that democratic states are more amenable to third party forms of conflict...
IO Mediation of Interstate Conflicts: Moving Beyond the Global vs. Regional Dichotomy (with Holley Hansen and Stephen C. Nemeth), Journal of Conflict Resolution (2008)
Regional and global intergovernmental organizations have grown both in number and scope, yet their role...
The Creation and Expansion of the International Criminal Court: A Legal Explanation (with Emilia Justyna Powell), Midwest Political Science Association Conference (2008)
International courts have proliferated in the international system in the past century, with one hundred...
Bones of Contention: Comparing Territorial, Maritime, and River Issues (with Paul R. Hensel; Thomas E. Sowers, II; and Clayton L. Thyne), Journal of Conflict Resolution (2008)
Contentious issues are important sources of militarized conflict. This article advances an issue-based approach to...
Ruling the Sea: Institutionalization and Privatization of the Global Ocean Commons (with Stephen C. Nemeth, Elizabeth A. Nyman, and Paul R. Hensel), Political Science Publications (2008)
Maritime issues have gained international prominence in recent decades, fueled by the decline in global...
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A Supply Side Theory of Mediation (with Mark J.C. Crescenzi, Kelly M. Kadera, and Clayton L. Thyne), Political Science Publications (2008)
We develop and test a theory of the supply side of third party conflict management....