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Grading the Army’s Choice of Senior Leaders
(2018)
This study seeks to determine how the Army institutionally selects its 3 and 4-star
officers. The central focus, What patterns are evident in the output of the Army’s
3 and 4-star selection process? has three main findings: ...
Security or Autonomy? Moral Hazard and Intra-Coalition Conflicts
(2018)
Why do allies come into conflict with each other in the face of increasing external
threats? This article answers this question by pointing out the moral hazard inherent
to alliance politics. In exchange for security commitments ...
Missile Defense within the Context of Extended Deterrence: The Uncertain Security Commitments in the Korean Peninsula
(2018)
Previous research examining the deterring effect of a missile defense has asserted
thatsuch a missile defense|damage-limiting capability |decreases the vulnerability
ofthe United States(US) and enhances its security guarantee ...
Wake Turbulence of the 2017 Qatar-GCC Diplomatic Crisis
(2019)
The international linkages between autocratic regimes have gained increasing attention
in recent years but remain poorly understood. This literature is often limited by
a selective focus on a specific set of international ...
Non-Instrumental Value of Epistemic Democracy: A Republican Argument
(2019)
Proponents of epistemic democracy defend democracy’s capacity to harness people’s
wisdom and produce better results than its rivals (Cohen 1986; Goodin and Spiekermann
2018; Landemore 2012). Yet contemporary democracies ...
Cross-District Coordination and Party System Fragmentation -- Evidence from Polish Municipal Council Elections
(2019)
The conventional wisdom in electoral studies links proportional representation to
multi-party systems and plurality rules to bipartism. Although this prediction fits
the dynamics of political competition well at the district ...
Nothing Left to Lose: Political Inequality and Conflict Recurrence
(2019)
What are the causes of conflict recurrence in states recently coming out of a civil
war? Various theories focus on how the conflict ends, the development issues the
states faces post-war, or the effect of a third-party ...
A New Scramble for Africa? Chinese Aid and Africa’s Civil Conflict 2004 – 2013, An Instrumental Variable Approach
(2017)
Does Chinese aid cause more civil conflicts in Africa? Doubts have been cast about
Chinese development assistance finance. In this article, I argue that Chinese aid
is likely to arouse more civil conflicts in Africa because ...
Interaction between Geography and Policy: Variation in Development Performance within China's Eastern Zone
(2015)
This paper examines the trend of variation in development performance withinChina's
Eastern Zone and the underlying mechanism of the changing trend. Empirical descriptions
as well as analyses are provided based on the comparison ...
Multilevel Governance and Accountability: Does Decentralization Promote Good Governance?
(2016)
Today, the trend towards decentralization is far-reaching. Proponents of decentralization
have argued that decentralization promotes responsive and accountable local government
by shortening the distance between ...