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Online Program » » Program NOTE: Location subject to change. Check the FINAL PROGRAM issued upon arrival at the conference for updates and actual room numbers. PS 4   Divisions 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 Date: Friday, Aug 29, 2:00 PM Room Assignment: Only those who have registered for the Annual Meeting can see the room assignment. If you have registered, please log in above and click on "Annual Meeting Online Program" in the Annual Meeting box. Author(s): Seeing Is Believing? International Signaling Use of Economic Sanctions Taehee Whang Texas A&M University, taeheewhang@politics.tamu.edu Author(s): Declining Inequality After the Crisis of Neo-liberalism: Evidence from Argentina, Brazil and Chile, 1990-2007 James K. Galbraith University of Texas at Austin, Galbraith@mail.utexas.edu   Laura T. Spagnolo University of Texas at Austin, lauraspagnolo@mail.utexas.edu   Alvaro Quesada University of Texas, Austin, alvaroquezada@mail.utexas.edu Author(s): The Politics of Visas: Everywhere You Want to Be? Adam Luedtke University of Utah, aluedtke@princeton.edu   Kristian P. Alexander University of Utah, k.alexander@utah.edu Author(s): Risky Signals: The Polititical Costs of Exchange Rate Policy in Post-Communist Countries Tanya Bagashka University of Houston, bagk@mail.rochester.edu   Randall W. Stone University of Rochester, randall.stone@rochester.edu Author(s): Institutional Design, Lobbying Behaviour and Policy Outcomes: Evidence from Brazil and India Vineeta Yadav University of Notre Dame, vyadav@nd.edu   Kelly Philip Wurtz University of California, San Diego, kelly.wurtz@trincoll.edu Author(s): Ivoirité: Inequality at the Intersection of Nationhood and Economy in Côte d’Ivoire Maja Bovcon University of Oxford, maja.bovcon@politics.ox.ac.uk Author(s): Democratization and Military Spending Karina Cendon Boveda Yale University, karina.cendonboveda@yale.edu Author(s): The Military in Turkish Economy Gokce Goktepe New York University, gg527@nyu.edu Author(s): Explaining Variation and Distribution of Financial Institutions in Muslim World Dilshod Achilov University of Arizona, dilshod@email.arizona.edu   Gregory Douglas Davis University of Arizona, gddavis@troy.edu Author(s): Wanting To Be Wanted: The Involvement of Development INGOs in Developing Countries Amanda Marie Murdie Emory University, amurdie@ksu.edu Author(s): Income Inequality, Political Stability, and Country Creditworthiness: How Income Distribution Affects Political Stability and Country Creditworthiness in International Financial Markets Hye Jee Cho University of California, Los Angeles Author(s): The Trade-Labor Linkage: A Dilemma for the Developing Countries? Montserrat González Garibay Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, montserrat.gonzalezgaribay@soc.kuleuven.be   Bart Kerremans Catholic University of Leuven, bart.kerremans@soc.kuleuven.be Author(s): Thinking Institutions in 3-D: The Role of Legitimacy in the Creation of International Institutions Lucrecia Garcia Iommi University of Notre Dame, lgarciai@nd.edu Author(s): Lament for the Kyoto Protocol: Another Nail in the Coffin of Neoliberal Multilateralism? Mark Purdon University of Toronto, mark.purdon@utoronto.ca Author(s): Building Bridges: Institutional Design for Effective Transboundary Environmental Dispute Resolution Dave Colnic California State University, Stanislaus, dcolnic@csustan.edu   Geoffrey Cockerham Utah Valley University, cockerge@uvu.edu Author(s): The Presence of Conflict Does Not Exclude The Influence of IGOs: A Test of Conflict Intensity Christina Fattore West Virginia University Author(s): The U.S, China, and East Asian Regionalism: Reshaping the Regional Balance of Influence Richard W.X. Hu University of Hong Kong, rwxhu@hku.hk Author(s): UN Peacekeeping as Military Interventions: Why Collaborate? Cosmina Menghes University of Notre Dame, cmenghes@nd.edu Author(s): Distribution versus Externalities: A Dilemma of Institutional Choice between Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation Ingo Rohlfing University of Cologne, rohlfing@wiso.uni-koeln.de Author(s): Will Awareness of Risk Society Facilitate International Collaboration in Disaster Reduction? The Case of Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS) Chun-yuan Wang National Chengchi University, g885422@seed.net.tw Author(s): Emission Impossible? The Role of Top-Down Regulation in International Climate Policy Amanda M. Rosen Ohio State University, amandarosen83@webster.edu Author(s): Justice Cascades and the Inter-American Human Rights System: Why States Accede to and Comply with Voluntary Regional Human Rights Courts Julie Lantrip Georgetown University, jclantrip@yahoo.com Author(s): Federal States and International Legal Commitments Mark Axelrod Michigan State University, axelrod3@msu.edu Author(s): Preventing International Cooperation Problems: A Theory with Evidence from International Chemical Regulation Johannes Urpelainen University of Michigan, jurpelai@umich.edu Author(s): Does International Reputation Matter? A Signaling Theory Linking Alliance Commitment and Alliance Formation Neil Narang University of California, San Diego, nnarang@ucsd.edu   Brad LeVeck University of California, San Diego, bleveck@ucsd.edu Author(s): Multilateral Agreement Negotiations and the Extent of Cooperation: Who Signs and Ratifies Nicole Simonelli Purdue University, nsimonel@purdue.edu Author(s): Flip-Floppers: Position Changes During Bargaining Deniz Aksoy University of Rochester, aksoyden@yahoo.com Author(s): Exit Costs, Veto Rights, and Cooperation: Bargaining Power in International Organizations and Federal Systems. Jonathan B. Slapin University of Nevada, Las Vegas, slapinj@tcd.ie Author(s): Watching for Democracy? International Electoral Monitoring and Cheating Jason Scheideman University of Washington, Seattle, scheid@u.washington.edu Author(s): Domestic and International Institutional Mechanisms for Committing to Foreign Investment: Substitutes or Complements? Daniel Blake Ohio State University, blake.165@polisci.osu.edu Author(s): The Curate’s Egg: Defining the Trilemma of State/Non-State Interaction Aleksandra Thurman University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Author(s): Loss Aversion, Status Quo Bias, and International Legal Compliance Bryan Robert Early University of Georgia, earlyb@uga.edu   Jeffrey D. Berejikian University of Georgia, jberejik@uga.edu Author(s): Creating Credibility: The IMF and the Neoliberal Revolution in the Developing World Stephen Craig Nelson Cornell University, scn6@cornell.edu Author(s): When Weak States Dominate Institutional Design: The Making of the International Criminal Court Autumn Lockwood Payton Ohio State University, payton.29@osu.edu Author(s): Creating International Labor Law in the Era of Globalization: The ILO and NAFTA from a Distributive Justice Theory Perspective Hanna Lerner Tel-Aviv University, hanni@tau.ac.il   Faina Milman University of Haifa, fainam@netvision.net.il Author(s): Reconsidering Compliance and Efficiency: Evaluating Kyoto’s Clean Development Mechanism and Emissions Trading Regimes Courtney Hillebrecht University of Wisconsin, Madison, hillebrecht@polisci.wisc.edu   Jason Brozek University of Wisconsin, Madison, brozek@wisc.edu Author(s): Seeking New Opportunities: Global Networks and Environmental Governance in Japan and Korea Yooil Bae Singapore Management University, yooilbae@smu.edu.sg   Dong-Ae Shin University of Kitakyushu, shinae@kitakyu-u.ac.jp Author(s): As Good as Their Word: The Politics of Treaty Implementation Thania Sanchez Columbia University, ts2058@columbia.edu Author(s): Bolstering the State: A Different Perspective on the War on the Jihadi Movement Barak Mendelsohn Haverford College, bmendels@haverford.edu Author(s): Victorious Democracies? War Outcomes and Regime Types Reconsidered Yoav Gortzak Arizona State University, yoav.gortzak@asu.edu   Michael A. Jensen Arizona State University, mijensen@maxwell.syr.edu   Soul Park Arizona State University, soul.park@asu.edu Author(s): Winning in War and Peace Richard A. Lacquement U.S. Army, richard.lacquement@us.army.mil Author(s): Border Security and The War on Terrorism: An English School Account Barak Mendelsohn Haverford College, bmendels@haverford.edu Author(s): Fragile States, Regime Type, and Civil War Daniel Lambach University of Duisburg-Essen, daniel.lambach@gmx.de Author(s): Area Studies and IR Theory: How International are the Study, Journals, and Theories of International Relations? Alice D. Ba University of Delaware, aliceba@udel.edu   Pooja Rishi University of Delaware, Prishi@udel.edu Author(s): Breeding in Afghanistan, Feeding in Iraq: Understanding the Jihad Effect Stephanie L. Kaplan Massachusetts Institute of Technology, slk@mit.edu Author(s): Soft Interdependence and Conflict Philip B. K. Potter University of Pennsylvania, pbkp@umich.edu Author(s): Surrendering the Higher Ground: Explaining the Treatment of Combatants during War Geoffrey Wallace Cornell University, gw46@cornell.edu Author(s): What Makes Infant Warriors? Globalization, Inequality and the Recruitment of Child Soldiers in Civil Wars Chifeng Liu University of South Carolina, roger.cf.liu@gmail.com   Aleksandra Chauhan University of South Carolina, alekschauhan@bellsouth.net Author(s): Changing the Guard: The Politics of U.S. Intelligence Reform Brent Durbin University of California, Berkeley, bdurbin@smith.edu Author(s): Prospect Theory and the Taiwan Strait Crisis Huiyun Feng Utah State University, huiyun.feng@usu.edu   Kai He Georgia State University, hekai@yahoo.com Author(s): US Africa Command: The Challenges of Winning over Regional Security Actors in Africa Stephen F. Burgess U.S. Air War College, stephen.burgess@maxwell.af.mil Author(s): How Does Economic Interdependence Shape Alliances between Unequal Partners?: A Comparative Analysis of US Bilateral Alliances in the Asia-Pacific Dong Sun Lee Korea University, ds0306@hotmail.com Author(s): When Weak States Dominate Institutional Design: The Making of the International Criminal Court Autumn Lockwood Payton Ohio State University, payton.29@osu.edu Author(s): Complementary Dyads: The Capitalist Peace Revisited Markus Stierli University of Zurich, stierli@pw.unizh.ch Author(s): Economic Liberalization via IMF Structural Adjustment: Sowing the Seeds of Civil Conflict? Matthew Hoddie Towson University   Caroline A. Hartzell Gettysburg College, chartzel@gettysburg.edu Author(s): Seeing Victory: Information and Asymmetric War Jason Scheideman University of Washington, Seattle, scheid@u.washington.edu Author(s): Equality and Inequality: Contenders in the Anti-CW Regime Mary Beth Reissen Author(s): The Reliance on Alliance: How Terrorists Use Wedge Strategies to Exploit Multilateral Anti-Terrorist Alliances Wendy Leben University of Denver, wleben@du.edu Author(s): Stability under Uncertainty: How Incomplete Information can Limit Arms Races Somnath Sen Rollins College   Samir Deger-Sen Oxford University, samir.deger-sen@balliol.ox.ac.uk Author(s): Beliefs and the Bomb: The Impact of Leaders’ World Views and Strategic Preferences on States’ Proliferation Decisions K.P. O'Reilly University of South Carolina, koreilly@stlawu.edu Author(s): Inter-Group Relations Theory and the Crime/Terror Connection Joseph Trafton University of Memphis, joetrafton88@gmail.com Author(s): The Vanguard’s Dilemma: A Conceptual Analysis of the Foco Theory of Insurgency Jerome Thomas Moriarty University of Virginia, jtm8u@virginia.edu Author(s): The Paradox of Power in Conflict between the Strong and the Weak: When and Why Do the Weak Challenge the Strong? Hong-Choel Kim Florida State University, hk05d@fsu.edu Author(s): Deterring Nuclear Al Qai’da Dessie P. Zagorcheva Columbia University, dpz2@columbia.edu Author(s): Technological Change, Military Innovation and Arms Racing David W. Kearn University of Virginia, kearnd@stjohns.edu Author(s): Russia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: an Anti-terrorism pact? John Scott Masker Temple University Author(s): Weapons Programs, Strategic Ambiguity and Diplomatic Engagement Franklin E. Wilson Vanderbilt University, franklin.e.wilson@vanderbilt.edu   Brett Benson Vanderbilt University, brett.benson@vanderbilt.edu Author(s): Classical Realism versus Legitimacy in American Diplomatic Recognition Jonathan Levi Cristol University of Bristol, cristol@bard.edu Author(s): U.S. Policy and the Disappearing Frontier of Modernity in the Middle East Waleed Hazbun Johns Hopkins University, hazbun@jhu.edu Author(s): Rethinking the Political Economy of Realism: The Going Out Policy and Overseas Investment by Chinese State-owned Oil Companies Chih-shian Liou University of Texas, Austin, csliou@mail.utexas.edu Author(s): Arab Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Khalil M. Marrar DePaul University, kmarrar@depaul.edu Author(s): The Curate’s Egg: Defining the Trilemma of State/Non-State Interaction Aleksandra Thurman University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Author(s): Standing on the Edge of the Capitalist World-System: An Alternative Explanation on North Korea’s Pathway in Foreign Policy Taekyoon Kim Johns Hopkins Univesity/SAIS, tkkim@aoni.waseda.jp Author(s): Democracy vs. Authoritarianism: Unequal Weight of Domestic Structures and Their Ability to Constrain Foreign Policy Sarah Ashley Platts London School of Economics and Political Science, platts.sarah@gmail.com   Tomoyuki Hashimoto London School of Economics, bostom07@gmail.com Author(s): Constructing the National Interest: The Energy Charter Treaty and Transformations in Russian Foreign Energy Policy Boris Barkanov University of California, Berkeley, barkanov@berkeley.edu Author(s): The Strategic Acceptance of Postconflict Intervention Scott Wolford University of Colorado, Boulder, scott.wolford@colorado.edu   Amy Yuen Middlebury College, ayuen@middlebury.edu   Aroa El Horani Université Laval, aroa.el-horani.1@ulaval.ca Author(s): Nonaggression Pacts are Different: Disaggregating the Alliance-Conflict Relationship Michaela Mattes Vanderbilt University, michaela.c.mattes@vanderbilt.edu   Greg W. Vonnahme Rice University, gvonnahme@ua.edu Author(s): Shaking the Foundations of Civil War: Natural Disasters as Exogenous Shocks to the Political Economies of Conflict Jason S. Enia University of Southern California, enia@oxy.edu Author(s): Management of Conflict in Ethnically Divided Nations Demet Yalcin Koc University, dyalcin@ku.edu.tr Author(s): States of Uncertainty: The Contemporary Politics of Secession and Recognition Bridget Coggins Dartmouth College, Bridget.Coggins@dartmouth.edu Author(s): Punishments and Rewards for Unexpected Behaviors in International Coalition Politics Atsushi Tago Kobe University, tago@dragon.kobe-u.ac.jp Author(s): Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts Daniel S. Morey University of Kentucky, daniel-morey@uky.edu   Jonathan M. Powell University of Kentucky, jonathan.powell@uky.edu   Jong Duk Choi University of Kentucky, jdchoi2@uky.edu Author(s): The Supply and Demand of Mediation Kristen M. Flanagan University of Pittsburgh, kmflanagan@email.wcu.edu Author(s): Civil-Military Relations and War Aims: A Principal-Agent Explanation Susan H. Allen Texas Tech University, shallen@olemiss.edu Author(s): Assessing the Impact of International Interventions on State-Building and Democratic Performance in Postwar Countries: Evidence from post-Cold War Cases Eric N. Mvukiyehe Columbia University, enm2105@columbia.edu Author(s): Public Opinion Toward the Use of Torture During War: An Experimental Approach Geoffrey Wallace Cornell University, gw46@cornell.edu Author(s): Enduring Territorial Disputes: The Dual Strategy of Issue Linkage and Compellence Krista E. Wiegand Georgia Southern University, kwiegand@georgiasouthern.edu Author(s): Why Ratify? States, the Human Rights Advocacy Revolution, and the Convention Against Torture Dongwook Kim University of Wisconsin, Madison, dwkim@stanford.edu