India is increasingly important in world politics, yet we know little about how Indians view international affairs. This paper analyzes a unique collection of Indian public opinion data about major foreign powers spanning seven decades, The paper …
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 …
Drone strikes are a fixture of modern U.S. counterterrorism, often advertised as a “surgical,” less-risky alternative to ground operations. The effects of drone strikes, however, are less precise than proponents suggest. Using a dataset of over 12 …
Extralegal violence threatens human rights and public order in many societies. These threats are growing especially fast in India, where--against the backdrop of communal tensions at the national level--mobs increasingly punish transgressions of …
Do democratically-elected legislators from nationally-dominant parties reduce ethnic separatist conflict? Existing theory remains unclear. Such legislators might lack credibility among insurgent sympathizers, limiting their ability to mitigate ethnic …
How do people decide whether to flee their homes or remain during long-running civil wars? I argue that civilians’ perceptions of local security and the credibility of armed actors’ communications played a critical role in shaping migration …
How do people make decisions about their safety when they are imminently threatened by violence? In this poster, I design and field novel experimental manipulations in a large lab-in-the field omnibus study in Kenya to show how individual perceptions …
When people are exposed to violence, do their emotional experiences help explain what they will do in order to survive? Which emotions predict politically consequential strategies like fleeing violence? I analyze an under-used and widely available …
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 …
What determines whether the public supports aggressive, conciliatory, or business-as-usual strategies in response to military and foreign policy crises? What explains why similar and reasonable people diverge in their preferred policies for dealing …