Location: GM Room in Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Avenue
Friday, April 24
- New Approaches to Democracy and International Behavior
- 8:30-9am: Breakfast and Welcome
- 9:00-9:35: Mike Tomz & Jessica Weeks: “Human Rights, Democracy, and Public Support for War”
- Discussant: Joanne Gowa
- 9:35-10:10: Josh Kertzer (& Jonathon Renshon & Keren Yarhi-Milo): “How Do Observers Assess Resolve?”
- Discussant: Alexander Downes
- 10:10-10:30: Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:05: Phil Potter (& Matt Baum): “Information, Popular Constraint, and the Democratic Peace”
- Discussant: David Lake
- 11:05-11:40: Elizabeth Saunders: “The Political Origins of Elite Support for War: How Democratic Leaders Manage Public Opinion”
- Discussant: John Owen
- 11:45-1pm: Lunch
- New Approaches to Autocracy and International Behavior
- 1:00-1:35: Allan Dafoe & Jessica Weiss: “Authoritarian Audiences in International Crises: A Real-History Survey-Experiment of Diversionary Incentives and Audience Costs in China”
- Discussant: Mike Tomz
- 1:35-2:10: Joe Wright (& Barbara Geddes & James Honaker): “Measuring What You Can’t See: The Latent Characteristics that Structure Autocratic Rule”
- Discussant: Mike Miller
- 2:10-2:30: Coffee Break
- 2:30-3:05: Margaret Peters & Mike Miller: “Restraining the Huddled Masses: Migration Policy and Autocratic Survival”
- Discussant: Hein Goemans
- 3:05-3:40: Jessica Weiss & Alexandre Debs: “Diversionary Gambles and Nationalist Protests in International Crisis Bargaining”
- Discussant: Caitlin Talmadge
- 3:45-4:30: Wrap-up Discussion (featuring some remarks by Bruce Russett)
[Conference Dinner]
Saturday, April 25
- Cross-Cutting or Alternative Approaches to Domestic Influences on International Behavior
- 8:30-9:00am: Breakfast available
- 9:00-9:35: Caitlin Talmadge (& Vipin Narang): “Civil-Military Relations and Conflict Behavior: A Research Memo in Preparation for Building an Original Dataset”
- Optional background reading for more information on the motivations for the presentation: “Different Threats, Different Militaries: Explaining Organizational Practices in Authoritarian Armies“
- Discussant: Jack Snyder
- 9:35-10:10: Sarah Kreps (& Gustavo Flores-Macias): “Do Attitudes about Fiscal Sacrifice Follow the Flag? Evidence from the Afghanistan War”
- Discussant: Alexandre Debs
- 10:10-10:30: Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:05: Jeff Colgan: “Modern Energy and the Political Economy of Peace”
- Discussant: Margaret Peters
- 11:05-11:40: Hein Goemans (& Shu Yu): “The Emergence of Political Dynasties”
- Discussant: Allan Dafoe
- 11:40-12:25: Seva Gunitsky: “Crests, Catalysts, Collapses: Building Dynamic Theories of Regime Diffusion”
- Discussant: Susan Hyde
- 12:30-2pm: Lunch and Wrap-Up Discussion
Please contact Doctoral Student Conference Liaisons Jonathon Baron or Lauren Pinson with any questions: jonathon.baron@yale.edu or lauren.pinson@yale.edu
This conference is coordinated by faculty organizers Susan Hyde (Yale University), Elizabeth Saunders (George Washington University), and Jessica Weiss (Yale University).
Thank you to conference sponsors: The Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund from the MacMillan Center, Yale University; The Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; and The Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy, Yale University.