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Does Democracy Promote or Reduce Transnational Terrorist Incidents?

Li, Quan - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (2005) 2, pp. 278-297

This article studies the various mechanisms by which democracy affects transnational terrorism. New theoretical … mechanisms are identified that either complement or encompass existing arguments. Different effects of democracy on transnational …

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Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Terrorism

Savun, Burcu; Phillips, Brian J. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 53 (2009) 6, pp. 878-904

This article takes a closer look at the relationship between democracy and transnational terrorism. It investigates …

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What Do Transnational Terrorists Target? Has It Changed? Are We Safer?

Brandt, Patrick T.; Sandler, Todd - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 54 (2010) 2, pp. 214-236

This article utilizes Bayesian Poisson changepoint regression models to demonstrate how transnational terrorists adjusted their target choices in response to target hardening. In addition, changes in the collective tastes of terrorists and their sponsorship have played a role in target selection...

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The Political Economy of Transnational Terrorism

Rosendorff, B. Peter; Sandler, Todd - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (2005) 2, pp. 171-182

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Economic Globalization and Transnational Terrorism

Li, Quan; Schaub, Drew - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 48 (2004) 2, pp. 230-258

The effect of economic globalization on the number of transnational terrorist incidents within countries is analyzed statistically, using a sample of 112 countries from 1975 to 1997. Results show that trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), and portfolio investment have no direct positive effect...

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Controlling Access to Territory

Avdan, Nazli - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 58 (2014) 4, pp. 592-624

Previous scholarship has largely failed to address the effect of economic interdependence on issue areas other than interstate conflict. This study seeks to redress this lacuna by focusing on statesâ€™ visa policies and examining the impact of trade and capital interdependence in the...

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Democracy, Institutionalization, and Corporate Alliances

Conybeare, John; Kim, Dong-Hun - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 54 (2010) 5, pp. 715-744

each other, the effects of alliances being institutionalized, and the causal impact of democracy in promoting investment … shareholder democracy and that the latter promotes the institutionalization of corporate alliances. Corporate democracy and …

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Outside-In: The Effects of External Threat on State Centralization

Gibler, Douglas M. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 54 (2010) 4, pp. 519-542

Although centralization is thought to be a common response to external threats to the state, few theories develop the mechanisms by which domestic centralization occurs. Fewer still consistently demonstrate that centralization is indeed a common response to external threats in all states. This...

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Shouldering the Soldiering

III, Joseph Paul Vasquez - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (2005) 6, pp. 849-873

democracy will experience in conflict, one variable that should not be ignored is its military manpower system. The author … power and access with which to constrain policy makers. Using several selection models, the author finds that democracy and … conscription contribute to fewer casualties than democracy and volunteer militaries, with democracy alone being responsible for …

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Democratic Dominoes Revisited

Starr, Harvey; Lindborg, Christina - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 47 (2003) 4, pp. 490-519

The impact of diffusion effects on the growth and spread of democracy in the global system is investigated. Using …

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