Susan Hannah Allen
@ladyprofessor.bsky.social
"I ain't never worked for a lady professor before but you seem all right."
Professor of Political Science, University of Mississippi
Professor of Political Science, University of Mississippi
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What explains radical land reforms in developing countries? Zeng and Wei link these policies to foreigh aid from the Soviet Union. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Wind from the east: Soviet aid and radical land reform in developing countries
What explains radical land reforms in developing countries? While existing literature primarily attributes land reform to domestic factors, we introduce an international dimension by examining how ...
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September 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM
What explains radical land reforms in developing countries? Zeng and Wei link these policies to foreigh aid from the Soviet Union. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Does U.S. pressure on allies push their publics toward the bomb? New survey experiments in Japan, Germany, Poland, and South Korea find that even blunt statements that America wouldn't defend them barely change public support for nuclear weapons. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Do negative alliance signals increase public support for nuclear weapons?
For decades, the United States has sought to prevent its allies from acquiring nuclear weapons. To this end, the United States has attempted to reassure those allies that it is committed to defendi...
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September 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Does U.S. pressure on allies push their publics toward the bomb? New survey experiments in Japan, Germany, Poland, and South Korea find that even blunt statements that America wouldn't defend them barely change public support for nuclear weapons. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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@ahmed_bulbul_ asks whether participation in UN peacekeeping enhances cooperative relations among the states that contribute personnel... and SPOILER ALERT -- the answer is YES www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Deployment to détente: How UN peacekeeping shapes relations among contributing states
United Nations peacekeeping is usually evaluated by its effects on host-country conflict, yet it also constitutes one of the world’s most extensive institutions of military cooperation. This articl...
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September 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
@ahmed_bulbul_ asks whether participation in UN peacekeeping enhances cooperative relations among the states that contribute personnel... and SPOILER ALERT -- the answer is YES www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New article highlights the BLOCS database that combines bilateral trade, investment and agreement data. We find trade agreement provisions influence the effects of trade agreements & that some provisions matter more than others for the creation of trade. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Building BLOCS and stepping stones: Combined data for international economic and policy analysis
The question of whether trade agreements are “stepping stones” or “stumbling blocks” to multilateral trade liberalization is not a new one; however, the empirical methods and the quality of the dat...
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August 31, 2026 at 12:55 PM
New article highlights the BLOCS database that combines bilateral trade, investment and agreement data. We find trade agreement provisions influence the effects of trade agreements & that some provisions matter more than others for the creation of trade. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Chen and Chang-Liao find that Beijing’s coercive diplomacy relies on sunk-cost rather than hand-tying signals, suggesting that China’s coercive diplomacy serves to moderate domestic audience, shaping public sentiment and retaining societal approval.
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Sunk costs without tying hands: Multiple signaling in China’s coercive diplomacy during the 2022 Taiwan Strait crisis
This paper investigates China’s coercive diplomacy during the 2022 Taiwan Strait Crisis. Using quantitative natural language processing techniques, we unveil the key emotional, operational, and sem...
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August 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Chen and Chang-Liao find that Beijing’s coercive diplomacy relies on sunk-cost rather than hand-tying signals, suggesting that China’s coercive diplomacy serves to moderate domestic audience, shaping public sentiment and retaining societal approval.
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New piece by Isgandarov -- Trade agreements do not promote peace through economic integration, instead treaties w/ security cooperation & joint bodies reduce conflict by improving transparency, highlighting the importance of institutional design for peace. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Preferential trade agreements and interstate conflict: Disentangling their institutional effects on peace
The long-standing liberal hypothesis that an increase in trade ties contributes to the promotion of interstate peace is repeatedly supported by much research. I question this finding by arguing tha...
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August 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
New piece by Isgandarov -- Trade agreements do not promote peace through economic integration, instead treaties w/ security cooperation & joint bodies reduce conflict by improving transparency, highlighting the importance of institutional design for peace. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New Open Access work by Nadine O'Shea explores when government violence against civilians is most likely to follow mediation and demonstrates how complementary conflict management tools can constrain civilian harm. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Talking when the stakes are high: Mediation, UN peacekeeping, and government violence against civilians
Research suggests that mediation can increase government violence against civilians, but the conditions shaping this effect remain insufficiently specified. Drawing on prospect theory, I argue that...
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August 21, 2026 at 3:40 PM
New Open Access work by Nadine O'Shea explores when government violence against civilians is most likely to follow mediation and demonstrates how complementary conflict management tools can constrain civilian harm. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Think editing an ISA journal sounds like fun? Calls for new teams for ISR and II are now up. Looking for enthusiastic individuals to start January 2028. Feel free to reach out if you are interested! www.isanet.org/Publications
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May 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Think editing an ISA journal sounds like fun? Calls for new teams for ISR and II are now up. Looking for enthusiastic individuals to start January 2028. Feel free to reach out if you are interested! www.isanet.org/Publications
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Check out this cool open access paper on Wargaming Cyber Deterrence by Reddie, Goldblum, Armenta, Booth, Lakkaraju, Letchford, Reinhardt, and Schnell. Lots of authors = lots of insights!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Observing the unobservable: Wargaming cyber deterrence
As the world becomes increasingly reliant on interconnected digital infrastructure, the urgency to understand and manage cyber conflict increases. Policy-makers have long sought to translate concep...
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April 4, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Check out this cool open access paper on Wargaming Cyber Deterrence by Reddie, Goldblum, Armenta, Booth, Lakkaraju, Letchford, Reinhardt, and Schnell. Lots of authors = lots of insights!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In another great new paper from our special issue on Cyber Warfare, Christopher Whyte investigates how technological novelty influences decision-makers’ reaction to crisis conditions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Bolts from the blue: How technological novelty impacts crisis decision-making
In crisis, technological threats often present as unfamiliar to non-specialists. Today, however, emerging AI capabilities introduce distinct uncertainties for the decision-maker that extend beyond ...
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April 4, 2026 at 6:20 PM
In another great new paper from our special issue on Cyber Warfare, Christopher Whyte investigates how technological novelty influences decision-makers’ reaction to crisis conditions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Check out the introductory essay from our special issue on Cyber Conflict from guest editors Gil Baram, Erik Gartzke, and Jelena Vivic www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Introduction: Measurement and meaning in the study of cyber conflict
This special issue on empirical approaches to cyber conflict aims to “prime the pump” in advancing how researchers measure and interpret cyber conflict dynamics. We present a carefully selected set...
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April 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Check out the introductory essay from our special issue on Cyber Conflict from guest editors Gil Baram, Erik Gartzke, and Jelena Vivic www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In another OA paper from the special issue on Cyber Conflict,
@JelenaVicic, @Gil_Baram & Erik Gartzke explore the missingness problem in cyber events data: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@JelenaVicic, @Gil_Baram & Erik Gartzke explore the missingness problem in cyber events data: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What lurks beneath the tip of the iceberg? Exploring the “missingness” problem in cyber events data
With growing interest in and attention to cybersecurity, pundits, media outlets, and policymakers are interested in meaningful insights about the nature of cyber conflict. However, the challenges t...
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April 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
In another OA paper from the special issue on Cyber Conflict,
@JelenaVicic, @Gil_Baram & Erik Gartzke explore the missingness problem in cyber events data: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@JelenaVicic, @Gil_Baram & Erik Gartzke explore the missingness problem in cyber events data: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Can't get enough of this special issue on cyber conflict? Check out Nadiya Kostyuk's new article on the military design choices being made in the new era of cyber technology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond Threats: How Allies and Bureaucratic Competition Shape the Initial Development of Military Cyber Capabilities
The politics of how nations design their militaries when they start developing new technologies is a critical question in international relations as it has implications on military effectiveness, c...
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April 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Can't get enough of this special issue on cyber conflict? Check out Nadiya Kostyuk's new article on the military design choices being made in the new era of cyber technology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Got more questions about cyber conflict? Gomez and Winger answer the call by discussing alliance commitments in the age of cyberwarfare. Check out the whole special issue! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Answering the Call: Why Aid Allies in Cyber Conflict?
International alliances have incorporated cybersecurity within their collective security mandates, but would these commitments be honored if invoked? Key characteristics of cyber conflict, includin...
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April 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Got more questions about cyber conflict? Gomez and Winger answer the call by discussing alliance commitments in the age of cyberwarfare. Check out the whole special issue! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In his contribution to this special issue on cyber conflict, Shandler suggests that cyber power is altering the nature of domestic audience costs and creating new flexibility in leader's crisis decision-making www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cyber Conflict & Domestic Audience Costs
Cyber power is altering the nature of domestic audience costs. By exploiting voters’ captivation with cyber conflict, leaders can now de-escalate crises without having to worry about suffering dome...
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April 4, 2026 at 6:34 PM
In his contribution to this special issue on cyber conflict, Shandler suggests that cyber power is altering the nature of domestic audience costs and creating new flexibility in leader's crisis decision-making www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Can you really blame us for wanting to share these great papers from our new special issue? Leal explores how conflicting narratives might shape public opinion regarding cyber attacks?
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Blame Games in Cyberspace: How Foreign Cues Shape Public Opinion on Cyber Attribution and Retribution
Conflicting narratives about who is responsible for a cyberattack are often thought to create uncertainty about the aggressor’s identity, which in turn could lead to greater restraint in state resp...
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April 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Can you really blame us for wanting to share these great papers from our new special issue? Leal explores how conflicting narratives might shape public opinion regarding cyber attacks?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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April 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
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My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
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July 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
A thread (1/n)
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
A thread (1/n)
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Global Value Chains, structural theory, and cool methods? This paper by Juan Acevedo-Ossa has it all! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The indirect effects of structural power: Political diffusion in the global value chain network
In the past few years, scholars have focused on how states use Global Value Chains (GVCs) to weaponize economic and political interdependencies. However, the unintended political consequences stemm...
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August 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Global Value Chains, structural theory, and cool methods? This paper by Juan Acevedo-Ossa has it all! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Check out this article from our Afghanistan war symposium: Air Power International Organizations and Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan - Susan Allen, (@ladyprofessor.bsky.social) Sam Bell, Carla Martinez Machain (@carlammm.bsky.social) #OpenAccess #SpecialIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
July 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Check out this article from our Afghanistan war symposium: Air Power International Organizations and Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan - Susan Allen, (@ladyprofessor.bsky.social) Sam Bell, Carla Martinez Machain (@carlammm.bsky.social) #OpenAccess #SpecialIssue journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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In this new paper, Youngsang Lee shows how US presidential visits can slow the pursuit of nuclear proliferation.
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Leader visits and nuclear pursuit
How can nuclear pursuits be effectively reduced? Existing research primarily focuses on traditional policy instruments such as security guarantees and coercion, despite their inherent limitations. ...
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July 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
In this new paper, Youngsang Lee shows how US presidential visits can slow the pursuit of nuclear proliferation.
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Sick of all tariffs in the news? Tyler Coleman explores non-tariff barriers in his new paper and asks what impact do domestic politics have on the use of non-tariff barriers?
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Over the long horizon: Party institutionalization and antidumping trade remedies
International political economy scholarship has documented that non-traditional barriers to international trade have proliferated since the 1970s. Contemporary explanations attribute these trends t...
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July 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sick of all tariffs in the news? Tyler Coleman explores non-tariff barriers in his new paper and asks what impact do domestic politics have on the use of non-tariff barriers?
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Love the musical Grease and Sanctions? Well, if so this new paper by @peiyuwei.bsky.social on substitutability and multilateral sanctions will be the ONE that YOU WANT www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
You’re the one I want: Substitutability, policy preference divergence, and the cost of multilateral sanctions
Under what conditions do sanction-sending states choose to form coalitions? Do the same determinants that affect military sanction coalition formation affect how coercive economic coalitions are fo...
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July 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Love the musical Grease and Sanctions? Well, if so this new paper by @peiyuwei.bsky.social on substitutability and multilateral sanctions will be the ONE that YOU WANT www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is providing to be true...
Pretty sure this week will be my max productivity for the whole summer... Not sure whether to be impressed by past self or preemptively disappointed in my future self
July 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is providing to be true...
Pretty sure all my co-authors should let me write bios for them. In print now: "His research interests include political methodology, economic sanctions, and Taylor Swift. In his spare time, he conducts endless unit root tests and ponders the nature of uncertainty." Guess who?
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Pretty sure all my co-authors should let me write bios for them. In print now: "His research interests include political methodology, economic sanctions, and Taylor Swift. In his spare time, he conducts endless unit root tests and ponders the nature of uncertainty." Guess who?