External Research

Narratives and Political Values in the Arctic

Troy J. Bouffard, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Adam Lajeunesse, Elizabeth Buchanan, Marc Lanteigne and Sergey Sukhankin | 03.09.25

Editor’s note: MWI research fellow Troy Bouffard and colleagues from across various...

I’m From the Government, and I’m Here to Help: Public Perceptions of Coercive State Power

Jessica Blankshain | 09.16.24

Editor’s Note: Dr. Jessica Blankshain, MWI Research Fellow and Associate Professor in the...

Drafting Restraint: Are Military Recruitment Policies Associated with Interstate Conflict Initiation?

Max Margulies | 09.05.24

Editor’s Note: MWI’s Chief Research Officer, Dr. Max Margulies, published an article...

Fighting Extremism in Nigeria by Strengthening Civil Society

Tammy Palacios | 08.30.24

Editor’s note: MWI research fellow Tammy Palacios hosted a Nigerian Civil Society Working at...

Mission (Command) Complete: Implications of JADC2

MWI Staff | 08.05.24

Editor’s note: CPT Joe McGiffin, MWI’s Logistics Officer, recently published an article in Joint...

Foreign Policy Versus Public Opinion

Max Margulies and Carrie Lee | 01.30.24

How does the relationship between the US government and society influence decisions on when—and...

The Psychological Effects of Killing from Above

Heather Venable | 11.11.23

Editor’s note: Dr. Heather Venable, an MWI research fellow, recently published...

The Empirical Determinants of Violent Nonstate Actor Drone Adoption

Kerry Chávez and Ori Swed | 05.08.23

Editor’s note: Dr. Kerry Chávez, an MWI research fellow, and Dr. Ori Swed recently published...

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