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Conflict Technology as a Catalyst of State Formation

The rapid introduction of artillery to late medieval Europe initiated a massive security crisis by rendering existing urban fortifications obsolete. Instead of turning to existing networks of alliance and patronage to strengthen collective security, …

How Effective is Trade Conditionality? Economic Coercion in the Generalized System of Preferences

Individual states are threatened with sanctions only after they have chosen to violate international norms. Therefore, empirical analyses of threats to impose sanctions on specific states are subject to a strategic selection effect. Before any …

The Limits of Resolve in International Politics: Evidence from the Iran Deal Negotiation

Economic coercion depends on the credibility of both threats to punish non- compliance and assurances that compliance will not be punished. What instru- ments can states deploy to make the necessary assurances without undermining the credibility of …

Why Populists Neglect Automation: The Political Economy of Economic Dislocation

If globalization caused enough economic dislocation to attract the ire of elected officials and voters, then why didn't the rise of automation also induce similar changes? If globalization induced such intense anxiety among voters, why did they …