Why do modern states allow parts of their territory to be governed by non-state actors? We study this question using the Frontier Crimes…

We are pleased to share the Woodrow Wilson School’s new press release concerning findings from our recently completed study,…

This Report presents evidence on the relationship between violent conflict and the industrial organization of firms and entrepreneurial decision-…

The way wars are fought has changed starkly over the past sixty years. International military campaigns used to play out between large armies at…

Athough the ethical and legal issues surrounding civilian casualties committed by combatants during war …

How natural disasters affect politics in developing countries is an important question given the fragility of fledgling democratic institutions in…

This study analyzes the effects of US drone strikes on terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Some theories suggest that drone strikes anger…

In a recent New York Times opinion piece, “Where Terrorism Research Goes Wrong,” social psychologist Anthony Biglan argues that, given the…

This article presents the BFRS Political Violence in Pakistan dataset addressing its design, collection, and utility.

We examine the relationship between policymaker personalities, job performance, and response to reforms in Punjab combining: (i) Big 5 personality…

In many developing countries, public sector absence is both common and resistant to reform. One explanation for this is that politicians provide…

The nighttime satellite images of streetlights are used increasingly by scholars as potentially useful measures of economic performance in…

Numerous theoretical models posit that income is negatively correlated with support for violent political organizations either because of low…

A longstanding research tradition on political culture argues that greater support for core liberal values leads to a rejection of destructive…

Policy debates on strategies to end extremist violence frequently cite poverty as a root cause of support for the perpetrating groups. There is…

Around the world, publics confronted with terrorism have debated whether Islamic faith gives rise to a uniquely virulent strain of non-state…

Terrorist groups repeatedly take actions that are ultimately politically counter-productive. Sometimes these are the result of deliberate…

We use data from an innovative nationally representative survey of 6,000 Pakistanis in April 2009 to study beliefs about political Islam, Sharia,…

Islamist militancy in Pakistan has long stood atop the international security agenda, yet there is almost no systematic evidence about why…