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Overview

Alex Braithwaite is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and political science and international relations, with a particular focus on topics related to migration, health, trauma, political conflict, governance, and international relations.

Their recent published papers include:

  • The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return (2021), American Political Science Review
  • Do Walls Work? The Effectiveness of Border Barriers in Containing the Cross-Border Spread of Violent Militancy (2020), International Studies Quarterly
  • Why Do Leaders Build Walls? Domestic Politics, Leader Survival, and The Fortification of Borders (2022), Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • Should I stay or should I go? The decision to flee or stay home during civil war (2020), International Interactions
  • Government Targeting of Refugees in the Midst of Epidemics (2021), Perspectives on Politics

The research topics covered by Alex Braithwaite's work are:

  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Health and Conflict Studies

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • American Political Science Review
  • International Studies Quarterly

They have collaborated with several coauthors repeatedly, including:

  • Faten Ghosn
  • Michael Frith
  • Miranda Simon
  • Christopher Linebarger
  • Tiffany S. Chu

Alex Braithwaite's research is situated at the intersection of social science disciplines, with an emphasis on understanding the dynamics of migration and displacement, the political factors influencing border policies, and the effects of conflict and governance on populations. Their interdisciplinary approach includes examining psychological aspects related to health and trauma within broader political and international contexts.

Best Publications

  • Resisting infection: How state capacity conditions conflict contagion

    Alex Braithwaite

  • Transnational Terrorism Hot Spots: Identification and Impact Evaluation:

    Alex Braithwaite;Quan Li

  • Space–Time Modeling of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq

    Alex Braithwaite;Shane D. Johnson

  • Does poverty cause conflict? Isolating the causal origins of the conflict trap

    Alex Braithwaite;Niheer Dasandi;David Hudson

  • TARGET CHOICE DURING EXTREME EVENTS: A DISCRETE SPATIAL CHOICE MODEL OF THE 2011 LONDON RIOTS

    Peter Baudains;Alex Braithwaite;Shane D. Johnson

  • The Geographic Spread of Militarized Disputes

    Alex Braithwaite

  • Transnational Terrorism Hot Spots: Identification and Impact Evaluation

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  • The Logic of Public Fear in Terrorism and Counter-terrorism

    Alex Braithwaite

  • Autocratic Institutions and Civil Conflict Contagion

    Jessica Maves;Alex Braithwaite

  • MIDLOC: Introducing the Militarized Interstate Dispute Location dataset:

    Alex Braithwaite

  • Location, Location, Location…Identifying Hot spots of International Conflict

    Alex Braithwaite

  • Violence, displacement, contact, and attitudes toward hosting refugees

    Faten Ghosn;Alex Braithwaite;Tiffany S Chu

  • Victim of Success: American Dominance and Terrorism

    David Sobek;Alex Braithwaite

  • Spatio-temporal Modelling of Insurgency in Iraq

    SD Johnson;A Braithwaite

  • Refugees, forced migration, and conflict: Introduction to the special issue:

    Alex Braithwaite;Idean Salehyan;Burcu Savun

  • The conditioning effect of protest history on the emulation of nonviolent conflict

    Alex Braithwaite;Jessica Maves Braithwaite;Jeffrey Kucik

  • Unpacking Escalation

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  • The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return

    Faten Ghosn;Tiffany S. Chu;Miranda Simon;Alex Braithwaite

  • Dangerous neighbours, regional territorial conflict and the democratic peace

    Douglas M. Gibler;Alex Braithwaite

  • The local geography of transnational terrorism

    Josiah Marineau;Henry Pascoe;Alex Braithwaite;Michael Findley

  • The battle for Baghdad: Testing hypotheses about insurgency from risk heterogeneity, repeat victimization, and denial policing approaches

    Alex Braithwaite;Shane D. Johnson

  • Civil Conflicts Abroad, Foreign Fighters, and Terrorism at Home

    Alex Braithwaite;Tiffany S. Chu

  • The Costs of Domestic Political Unrest

    Alex Braithwaite;Jeffrey Kucik;Jessica Maves

  • Do Walls Work? The Effectiveness of Border Barriers in Containing the Cross-Border Spread of Violent Militancy

    Christopher Linebarger;Alex Braithwaite

  • Spatial Patterns in the 2011 London Riots

    Peter Baudains;Alex Braithwaite;Shane D. Johnson

  • Transnational Terrorism as an Unintended Consequence of a Military Footprint

    Alex Braithwaite

  • Female combatants, forced recruitment, and civil conflict outcomes:

    Alex Braithwaite;Luna B. Ruiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Shane D. Johnson
Shane D. Johnson University College London
Michael G. Findley
Michael G. Findley The University of Texas at Austin
Joseph K. Young
Joseph K. Young University of Kentucky
Idean Salehyan
Idean Salehyan University of North Texas
Douglas M. Gibler
Douglas M. Gibler University of Alabama

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