book

2009. Peace by Design: Managing Intrastate Conflict through Decentralization, Oxford and New York: Oxford UP. Paperback 2011. (Abstracts: PDF | Data)

peer-reviewed articles

2006. Decentralization: Fueling the Fire or Dampening the Flames of Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism? International Organization, (July): 651-685.. <<Winner of 2006 APSA Burdette /Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Award.>> (Abstract: HTML |   Paper: PDF | Data)

2007. Political Aftershocks: The Impact of Earthquakes on Intrastate Conflict, Journal of Conflict Resolution 51 (5): 715-743. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF| Data)

2008. The Origins and Strength of Regional Parties, British Journal of Political Science, 38(1): 135-159. ( Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Appendix: PDF | Data)

2008. Winning Alone: The Electoral Fate of Independent Candidates Worldwide, Journal of Politics 70 (3): 648-662. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Appendix: PDF | Data)

2011. Rushing to the Polls: The Causes of Early Post-conflict Elections (with Jack L. Snyder), Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (3): 469-492. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Data | Codebook)

2012. Time to Kill: The Impact of Election Timing on Post-conflict Stability, with Jack L. Snyder (Journal of Conflict Resolution, forthcoming) (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Data | Codebook)

working papers

Building Confidence in Elections: The Case of Electoral Monitors in Kosova (under review) (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF)

Another Great Illusion: The Advancement of Separation through Economic Integration (under review) (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF)

D.I.Y. Democracy

A-MAR (All-Minorities at Risk): Addressing the Selection Bias Issue (with Jóhanna Birnir, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, James Fearon, Ted Gurr, David
Laitin, Amy Pate, Stephen Saideman)

editor-reviewed articles

2004. “Can Federalism Stabilize Iraq?” The Washington Quarterly 27(2): 7-21. Reprinted in Reshaping Rogue States: Preemption, Regime Change and U.S. Policy toward Iran, Iraq and North Korea. 2004. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. (Paper: PDF)

2005. “Pawns Take Queen:  The Destabilizing Effects of Regional Parties in Europe,” Constitutional Political Economy (Special Issue) 6 (2): 177-192.

 

commentaries/op-ed articles

Senate Testimony, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Chair: Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.), April 3, 2008.

The Libyan Rebels and Electoral Democracy: Why Rushing to the Polls Could Reignite Civil War (with Jack L. Snyder), Foreign Affairs (Snapshot), September 2, 2011.