Brian Lai

Associate Professor

Department Chair

Office:

343 SH

Drop-in hours:

MW 9:00-10:30am on Zoom (email for a link) and by appointment

Phone number:

(319) 335-2353

Email:

Website:

International Relations

Political Methodology

American Foreign Policy

Terrorism

Domestic Politics and International Relations

Conflict Processes

PhD Emory University, 2001

“’Draining the Swamp’: Empirical Examination of Factors that lead to the Production of International Terrorism, 1967-1997,” Conflict Management and Peace Science (2007).
“Institutions of the Offensive: Domestic Sources of Dispute Initiation in Authoritarian Regimes, 1950-1992,” American Journal of Political Science (with Dan Slater, 2006).
“Democracy, Political Similarity, and International Alliances, 1816-1992,” Journal of Conflict Resolution (with Dan Reiter, 2000).

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