Research Papers

Published/Forthcoming Papers:

Brian Lai and Daniel Morey. Forthcoming. “The Impact of Regime Type on the Influence of US Foreign Aid” Foreign Policy Analysis

Brian Lai and Dan Slater. 2006. “Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in Authoritarian Regimes, 1950-1992.” American Journal of Political Science. 50(1): 113-126.

Brian Lai. 2006. “An Empirical Examination of Religion and Conflict in the Middle East, 1950-1992.” Foreign Policy Analysis. 2(1): 21-36.

Brian Lai and Ruth Melkonian-Hoover. 2005. “Democratic Progress and Regress: The Effect of Parties on the Transitions of States to and Away from Democracy.” Political Research Quarterly 58(4): 551-564.

Brian Lai and Dan Reiter. 2005. “Rally ‘Round the Union Jack? Public Opinion and the Use of Force in the United Kingdom, 1948-2001”. International Studies Quarterly 49(2): 255-272.

Brian Lai. 2004 “The Effects of Different Types of Military Mobilization on the Outcome of International Crises.” The Journal of Conflict Resolution 48(11): 211-229.

Brian Lai. 2003. " Examining the Goals of US Foreign Assistance in the Post-Cold War period, 1991-1996." Journal of Peace Research 40:1: 103-128

Brian Lai and Dan Reiter. 2000 "Democracy, Political Similarity, and International Alliances, 1816-1992." Journal of Conflict Resolution. 44:2:203-227.

Working Papers:

Brian Lai and Clayton Thyne “The effect of civil war on education, 1980-1997.”

Brian Lai. “Rally Around the Tri-Color: Examining the Effect of War and Uses of Force on the Popularity of French Presidents.”

Brian Lai. “’Draining the Swamp’: Empirical Examination of Factors that lead to the Production of International Terrorism, 1967-1997.”

Brian Lai. “Examining When States Stop Getting Aid, 1950-2000.”

Brian Lai and Kevin Hansen. “Rally Around the UN: Public Opinion and Peacekeeping in Canada.”

Brian Lai and Kevin Hansen. “Do Treaties with Rivals Produce Rally Effects? An Empirical Analysis of the US, 1955-2002.”

Brian Lai and Erik Tillman. “The Impact of Regime Type on the Relationship between Conscription and Conflict.”

Brian Lai “The Effects of Different Types of Military Mobilization on the Outcome of International Crises”

Brian Lai and Fred Boehmke “Empirically Modeling Strategic Behavior with a Unified Model of Crisis Outcome and Duration.”