Understanding the causes of interstate conflict continues to be a primary goal of the field of international relations …. To that end, scholars continue to rely on large datasets of conflict in the international system. This paper introduces … best practices and point out several ways in which the new MID data can contribute to research in international conflict. …

conflict resolution. Of tantamount importance in assessing these effects of federalism is whether particular types of … strong ethno-federal arrangements to be particularly conflict-prone. …

Schelling’s work laid the foundation for a reputational theory of conflict behavior, claiming that a stateâ … reputation and interests as specified in our analysis to further contribute to a better understanding of conflict behavior. …

can be used to predict the conflict initiation of countries in the context of international relations. The following … traditional model of military conflict. The article finds that high dyadic market concentration significantly decreases the … likelihood that a state initiated military conflict in the period 1962–2001, and argues that market concentration is an …

problems will not affect the probability that they will retain power. A directed dyad analysis of conflict initiation from 1950 … to 1998 supports this hypothesis. This study improves our understanding of patterns of international conflict and, more …

less internal fighting. In equilibrium, players choose sufficiently high external conflict in order to avoid internal … conflict. In contrast with the existing literature, this diversionary use of force takes place even though there is no …

Many scholars have examined terrorism as a conflict between a state and a nonstate actor. However, during terrorist … transforms the conflict from a purely domestic contest into an international issue. This paper explores why terrorist …

show that trade openness continues to reduce the likelihood of military conflict between countries. …