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David Pion-Berlin is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the social sciences, especially within the subfields of sociology and political science, and political science and international relations. Their scholarly work extends into related areas such as economics and econometrics, as well as social psychology.

The main topics covered in David Pion-Berlin's research include political and social dynamics in Chile and Latin America, peacebuilding and international security, political conflict and governance, international relations and foreign policy, international relations in Latin America, military history and strategy, and global security and public health.

Recent notable publications by David Pion-Berlin include:

  • The Return of the Latin American Military? (2020), published in Journal of democracy
  • Explaining Military Responses to Protests in Latin American Democracies (2021), published in Comparative Politics
  • The Trump Self-Coup Attempt: Comparisons and Civil-Military Relations (2022), published in Government and Opposition

David Pion-Berlin frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Igor Acácio, Anaís Medeiros Passos, Thomas C. Bruneau, Richard B. Goetze, and Aurel Croissant.

They have contributed multiple papers to key academic venues, with repeated publications in Armed Forces & Society and Journal of Strategic Studies. Other venues include Journal of democracy, Comparative Politics, and Government and Opposition.

Best Publications

  • Military Autonomy and Emerging Democracies in South America

    David Pion-Berlin

  • To prosecute or to pardon? Human rights decisions in the Latin American southern cone

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Through Corridors of Power: Institutions and Civil-Military Relations in Argentina

    David Pion-Berlin

  • The Ideology of State Terror: Economic Doctrine and Political Repression in Argentina and Peru

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: New Analytical Perspectives

    David Pion-Berlin;Abraham F. Lowenthal

  • The Fall of Military Rule in Argentina: 1976-1983

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Civilian Praetorianism and Military Shirking During Constitutional Crises in Latin America

    David Pion-Berlin;Harold Trinkunas

  • Defense Organization and Civil—Military Relations in Latin America:

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Staying Quartered: Civilian Uprisings and Military Disobedience in the Twenty-First Century

    David Pion-Berlin;Diego Esparza;Kevin Grisham

  • Political management of the military in Latin America

    David S. Pion-Berlin

  • The National Security Doctrine, Military Threat Perception, and the “Dirty War” in Argentina:

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Decision-Makers or Decision-Takers? Military Missions and Civilian Control in Democratic South America:

    David Pion-Berlin;Craig Arceneaux

  • Of Victims and Executioners: Argentine State Terror, 1975–1979

    David Pion-Berlin;George A. Lopez

  • Latin American National Security Doctrines: Hard and Softline Themes

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Political Repression and Economic Doctrines The Case of Argentina

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Military Missions in Democratic Latin America

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Issues, Threats, and Institutions: Explaining OAS Responses to Democratic Dilemmas in Latin America

    Craig L. Arceneaux;David Pion-Berlin

  • Soldiers, Politicians, and Civilians: Reforming Civil-Military Relations in Democratic Latin America

    David Pion-Berlin;Rafael Martinez

  • Democratization, social crisis and the impact of military domestic roles in Latin America

    Harold Trinkunas;David Pion-Berlin

  • Between Confrontation and Accommodation: Military and Government Policy in Democratic Argentina*

    David Pion-Berlin

  • Armed Forces, Police and Crime-fighting in Latin America

    David Pion-Berlin;Miguel Carreras

  • Broken promises? : the Argentine crisis and Argentine democracy

    Edward Epstein;David Pion-Berlin

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