Every year, millions of people encounter political violence and some leave their homes in pursuit of safety. What factors influence whether or not a person migrates to escape conflict? We use a multi-year longitudinal dataset of 63.5 million …
Can quotas for marginalized groups in democratic institutions reduce insurgent violence? Democracy-building is a common tool of modern counterinsurgencies, yet evidence is limited about whether and how it mitigates violence. We argue that descriptive …
A large and growing body of social science research uses personal information from research subjects—often collected in collaboration with non-academic partners like private enterprise, governments, or NGOs. Consideration of the complex data security …
Why don’t all survivors of violence become angry at perpetrators? When survivors are not angry at perpetrators, what emotions do they express? To answer these questions while protecting respondent privacy, I use topic modeling to analyze transcripts …
India is the world's largest democracy and is growing steadily more important in the international system, yet we know very little about how India's 800 million-person democratic public thinks about, and influences, foreign policy choices. This paper …
Tensions remain high between India and China over territorial control of the Doklam Plateau. What arc would a military confrontation over this territory follow? I analyze the capabilities and doctrines of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China …