Abstract This article investigates the extent to which citation and publication patterns differ between men women in international relations (IR) literature. Using data from Teaching, Research, International Policy project on peer-reviewed publications 1980 2006, we show that are systematically cited less than after controlling for a large number of variables including year publication, venue substantive focus, theoretical perspective, methodology, tenure status, institutional affiliation....

Using data from the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) project, we address several questions posed by students of international relations (IR) discipline, specifically, whether to what extent: US scholars, institutions, journals dominate field; national communities IR scholars are insular or inward-looking; and/or discipline is theoretically, methodologically, epistemologically diverse. We draw two major sources: a series cross-national surveys faculty in thirty-two...

Abstract We study how international status concerns among the public affect support for political leaders, arguing that because competition is pervasive in social life and entails high‐profile displays of scientific or martial savvy, likely to be attuned implications foreign policy crises. test this argument seven survey experiments across four issue areas. The results show adverse outcomes world affairs increase expectations loss and, through mechanism, reduce presidential approval....

How do observers abroad assess the intentions of rising powers? Influential research in international relations suggests that powers can reassure others by using both behavior and rhetoric, but there is scarce rigorous evidence on relative effectiveness these strategies. In this article, we study whether to what extent variation behavioral rhetorical foreign economic policies a power moderate threat perceptions among declining power. We used scenario-based survey experiments administered an...

Why is trade with some countries more popular than others? Linking the literature on regime type and cooperation attitudes, authors argue that domestic political institutions cooperative reputations of foreign states condition willingness public policy elites to deepen cooperation. Using survey experiments fielded American a unique sample US economic policymakers, show respondents prefer democracies over nondemocracies by large margins. Further, they find this democratic advantage stems from...

Over the past fifteen years, a narrative has developed that IR scholars have become “cult of irrelevant,” with declining influence on and engagement policy debates. Despite these assertions, evidence for limited been anecdotal. We investigate extent engagement—the ways in which participate policy-making processes and/or attempt to shape those processes—by surveying directly about their activities. find is pervasive among scholars. draw theories credit-claiming motivate expectations how when...

Abstract Scholars continue to debate the relationship of academic international relations policy. One most straightforward ways discern whether policymakers find IR scholarship relevant their work is ask them. We analyzed an elite survey US policy practitioners better understand conditions under which use knowledge in work. surveyed officials across three different areas: development, national security, and trade. also employed multiple experiments effort causally identify impact consensus...

We study how informing the public about views of international policy experts shapes support for cooperation. Using survey experiments, we test whether variation in levels among with differing types domain-specific knowledge can shape a recent and politically salient treaty: UNFCCC COP21 Paris Climate Agreement. Our results show that is, under certain conditions, deferential to experts, respondents reporting increasingly higher agreement as increased. In addition, provide suggestive evidence...

Abstract What does the decline in paradigmatic self-identification mean for how international relations (IR) scholars think about world? We answer this question with a 2020 survey among nearly two thousand IR scholars. uncover two-dimensional latent theoretical belief space based on scholarly agreement conjectures state, ideas, institutions, domestic politics, globalization, and racism. The first dimension separates status quo–oriented from more critical second captures...

Abstract What effect does judicializing international commitments have on incentives to comply with law? We study this question using experiments embedded in a survey of the American public. find that non-compliance signals from an court work precisely as theories anticipate, raising perceptions legal obligation and support for returning compliance relative foreign state parties (i.e., “victims” given dispute). At same time, we courts are no more (and less) effective generating public than...

Abstract We report the results of a survey international relations (IR) scholars on use an increasingly common policy designed to close recognition gaps in IR: gender balance citation (GBC) statements. GBC statements remind and encourage authors submitting work peer-reviewed outlets consider among works they cite. find that these policies enjoyed wide support IR our sample countries soon after journals began instituting policies, but women were more supportive than men policies. also...

Abstract As international trade flourishes, Americans can choose from an increasing number of foreign products even at their local grocery stores, allowing consumers to directly experience the consequences globalized in a simple and intuitive way that does not require much political expertise. Yet, most prior scholarship on consumerism assumes are aware economic implications choices checkout lane. We move away this assumption, focusing instead more fundamental psychological predispositions...

ABSTRACT Zigerell (this issue) cites the findings of his recent reanalysis (Zigerell 2015) data in our 2013 study gender citation gap international relations literature to support claim that showed a “preference for statistically-significant results.” We thank so closely engaging with work. However, we note he is focused on how changes sample affect single model original paper, highlight fact reported statistically insignificant results when they arose analyses, and review other re-analyses...