Fall 2006

"Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Does Fractionalization of Minority Radicals Influence Credible Commitments?"

• Chalinda Weerasinghe and Mark Lichbach, University of Maryland

"The Host’s Dilemma: A Theory of Why States Agree to Host a Foreign Military Presence"

• Jonathan N. Brown, University of Maryland

Spring 2006

"When does Revolution Lead to Secession or State Break-Up?"

• Mark N. Katz, George Mason University

Fall 2005

"Diamonds are a Dictator's Best Friend: Natural Resources and the Tradeoff Between Development and Authoritarianism."

• Omar Al-Ubaydli, University of Chicago and Queens' College, Cambridge

"Conflict Escalation and the Origins of Civil War."

• Christian Davenport, Dave Armstrong, and Mark Lichbach, University of Maryland

"The Case for Case Control: A Simpler and More Efficient Method for Studying Conflict"

• Jack Goldstone, George Mason University

"From Old Wars to New Wars and Global Terrorism"

• Michael Spagat, University of London

Spring 2005

"Contingency, Inherency and the Onset of Civil War."

• David Armstrong, Christian Davenport, and Mark Lichbach, University of Maryland

"Managing Discontent: Political Institutionalization, Accommodation, and Ethnic Conflict"

• Bidisha Biswas, University of Maryland

"Rashomon Goes to Rwanda"

• Christian Davenport, University of Maryland

"The Politics of Labor Laws Policy Making in Argentina: State Autonomy vis a vis Labor Political Capital in the Eighties"

• Marcela Gonzalez, University of Maryland (Sociology)

"Sovereignty or Demography? Reconsidering the Evidence on Partition in Ethnic Civil Wars"

• Carter Johnson, University of Maryland

"Diasporas and Homeland Conflict"

• Terrence Lyons, George Mason University

"Improving Conflict Management through Scenario Analysis: A Prototype CASES Report on the Kurds in Turkey"

• Amy Pate and Andy Blum, University of Maryland