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32
Citations
8793
World Ranking
968
National Ranking
499

Overview

Dan Reiter is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology, political science, and international relations. Their research spans multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, gender studies, demography, and communication.

Their work addresses a variety of topics, prominently featuring political conflict and governance, international relations and foreign policy, and culture, economy, and development studies. Other topics covered include income, poverty, and inequality; intergenerational and educational inequality studies; military history and strategy; and gender, security, and conflict.

Dan Reiter has published research in several academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • International Studies Quarterly
  • Foreign Policy Analysis
  • Journal of Theoretical Politics
  • Journal of Human Rights

Selected recent papers by Dan Reiter include:

  • "Avoiding the Coup-Proofing Dilemma: Consolidating Political Control While Maximizing Military Power," 2020, Foreign Policy Analysis
  • "Gender, sexism, and war," 2021, Journal of Theoretical Politics
  • "Manipulating Public Beliefs about Alliance Compliance: A Survey Experiment," 2024, International Studies Quarterly

Other relevant papers involving frequent co-authors include "Naming and shaming, government messaging, and backlash effects: Experimental evidence from the Convention Against Torture," 2022, Journal of Human Rights, authored by Brian Greenhill.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dan Reiter are:

  • John Gerring
  • Colin Elman
  • Garret Christensen
  • Brian Greenhill
  • Valerie M. Hudson

Dan Reiter has also published a book titled The Production of Knowledge in 2020 with Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Democracies at War

    Dan Reiter;Allan C. Stam

  • Exploring the Bargaining Model of War

    Dan Reiter

  • Assessing the Dyadic Nature of the Democratic Peace, 1918–88

    David L. Rousseau;Christopher Gelpi;Dan Reiter;Paul K. Huth

  • Democracies at War

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  • Democracy, War Initiation, and Victory

    Dan Reiter;Allan C. Stam

  • Democracy, Political Similarity, and International Alliances, 1816-1992:

    Brian Lai;Dan Reiter

  • Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars

    Dan Reiter

  • The United Nations Security Council and the Rally 'Round the Flag Effect

    Terrence Leon Chapman;Dan Reiter

  • Nonproportional Hazards and Event History Analysis in International Relations

    Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier;Dan Reiter;Christopher Zorn

  • Democracy and Battlefield Military Effectiveness

    Dan Reiter;Allan C. Stam

  • How Wars End

    Dan Reiter

  • Why NATO Enlargement Does Not Spread Democracy

    Dan Reiter

  • Learning, Realism, and Alliances: The Weight of the Shadow of the Past

    Dan Reiter

  • Exploding the Powder Keg Myth: Preemptive Wars Almost Never Happen

    Dan Reiter

  • Public, Legislative, and Executive Constraints on the Democratic Initiation of Conflict

    Dan Reiter;Erik R. Tillman

  • Does Democracy Matter?: Regime Type and Suicide Terrorism

    Sara Jackson Wade;Dan Reiter

  • Rally ‘Round the Union Jack? Public Opinion and the Use of Force in the United Kingdom, 1948–2001

    Brian Lai;Dan Reiter

  • Identifying the Culprit: Democracy, Dictatorship, and Dispute Initiation

    Dan Reiter;Allan C. Stam

  • When Does Aerial Bombing Work? Quantitative Empirical Tests, 1917-1999

    Michael Horowitz;Dan Reiter

  • Ensuring Peace: Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Postwar Peace Duration, 1914–2001

    Nigel Lo;Barry Hashimoto;Dan Reiter

  • Information, Commitment, and War

    Scott Wolford;Dan Reiter;Clifford J. Carrubba

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan C. Stam
Allan C. Stam University of Virginia
Paul K. Huth
Paul K. Huth University of Maryland, College Park
Clifford J. Carrubba
Clifford J. Carrubba Emory University

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