This article presents new data on the start and end dates and the means of termination for armed conflicts, 1946-2005. These data contribute to quantitative research on conflict resolution and recurrence in three important respects: the data cover both interstate and intrastate armed conflicts,...

This paper describes a new dataset, in which measures of educational level and inequality were collected for 48 countries over 13 5-year birth cohorts. Drawing on four representative international surveys (<Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">ess, <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">eu-silc, <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">ials and <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">issp), we collected measures of individual educational attainment...</emphasis></emphasis></emphasis></emphasis>

This article presents PRIO Conflict Site, a geo-referenced dataset on armed conflict, which provides geographic information on the location, scope, and size of all conflicts in the UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset, 1989–2008. In contrast to earlier efforts to map the incidence of...

Although coup risk plays an important role in theories of war, revolution, and democratization, scholars have not developed a rigorous conceptualization and valid measure of the concept. We develop a structural understanding of coup risk as distinct from proximate causes of coups as well as...

In this article, I move beyond prior efforts to explore the relationship between the risk of a coup and international conflict by considering alternatives that leaders can utilize to strengthen their regimes. I offer two theoretical expectations. First, I theorize that leaders lose the incentive...

Previous studies have attested to leaders “coup-proofing†their regimes by reducing the ability or disposition of their armies to seek their removal. The following article tests the utility of these efforts. “Structural†coup-proofing such as counterbalancing is expected to...