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1575
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Overview

Jacek Kugler is affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States and specializes primarily in the social sciences. Their research areas focus on political science and international relations, with additional contributions to economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, demography, and general energy studies.

The main topics in Kugler's work include nuclear issues and defense, international relations and foreign policy, European and Russian geopolitical military strategies, economic sanctions and international relations, global peace and security dynamics, political conflict and governance, and culture, economy, and development studies.

Kugler has published extensively in various scholarly venues. The primary publication outlets include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Conflict Management and Peace Science
  • American Journal of Management
  • Canadian Foreign Policy Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kugler include:

  • "Beyond deterrence: Uncertain stability in the nuclear era" (2023, Conflict Management and Peace Science)
  • "India: The Emerging Global Power" (2021, American Journal of Management)
  • "arpc_2020.tab" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)
  • "Impact of political structure and policy on the onset of COVID-19" (2022, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal)
  • "rpc_2020.tab" (2020, Harvard Dataverse)

Collaborations have been an important part of Kugler's scholarly activity, with frequent co-authors including Kyungkook Kang, Ali Fisunoğlu, Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz, Ronald L. Tammen, and Yuzhu Zeng.

In addition to journal articles and datasets, Kugler has contributed to book literature, with publications such as Averting Nuclear War (2023) published by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • The war ledger

    A. F. K. Organski;Jacek Kugler

  • Parity and War: Evaluations and Extensions of The War Ledger

    Jacek Kugler;Douglas Lemke

  • The Costs of Major Wars: The Phoenix Factor

    A.F.K. Organski;Jacek Kugler

  • Power Parity, Democracy, and the Severity of Internal Violence

    Michelle Benson;Jacek Kugler

  • Comparing the Strength of Nations

    Jacek Kugler;William Domke

  • Power Transition and China–US Conflicts

    Ronald L. Tammen;Jacek Kugler

  • Political Capacity And Economic Behavior

    Jacek Kugler

  • The politics of fertility and economic development.

    Yi Feng;Jacek Kugler;Paul J. Zak

  • The performance of nations

    Jacek Kugler;Ronald L. Tammen

  • Terror without Deterrence Reassessing the Role of Nuclear Weapons

    Jacek Kugler

  • From War to Integration: Generalizing Power Transition Theory

    Brian Efird;Jacek Kugler;Gaspare M. Genna

  • The Asian Ascent: Opportunity for Peace or Precondition for War?

    Jacek Kugler

  • The Costs of Major Wars: The Phoenix Factor

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  • Senturion: A Predictive Political Simulation Model

    Mark Abdollahian;Michael Baranick;Brian Efird;Jacek J. Kugler

  • Foundations of Power Transition Theory

    Ronald L. Tammen;Jacek Kugler;Douglas Lemke

  • The long‐term stability of deterrence

    Jacek Kugler;Frank C. Zagare

  • Trust, Cooperation, and Conflict: Neuropolitics and International Relations

    Jacek Kugler;Paul J. Zak

  • Exploring the “Phoenix Factor” with the Collective Goods Perspective:

    Jacek Kugler;Marina Arbetman

  • Deterrence and the Arms Race: The Impotence of Power

    Jacek J. Kugler;Abramo Fimo Kenneth Organski;Daniel J. Fox

  • Davids and Goliaths Predicting the Outcomes of International Wars

    A. F.K. Organski;Jacek Kugler

  • Demographic and Economic Consequences of Conflict

    Tadeusz Kugler;Kyung Kook Kang;Jacek Kugler;Marina Arbetman-Rabinowitz

  • Neuroeconomics and International Studies: A New Understanding of Trust

    Paul J. Zak;Jacek Kugler

  • Immigration fertility and growth.

    Paul J. Zak;Yi Feng;Jacek Kugler

  • Comparing rational choice and prospect theory analyses: The US decision to launch operation ‘desert storm’, January 1991

    Rose McDermott;Jacek Kugler

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Zak
Paul J. Zak Claremont Graduate University
Thomas D. Willett
Thomas D. Willett Claremont Graduate University
Rose McDermott
Rose McDermott Brown University
Manus I. Midlarsky
Manus I. Midlarsky Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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