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• I have shifted my teaching pages to the LEARN system. Currently enrolled students can access these pages here
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Recent Class Links:

• POLS 541: Stats of Conflict
• UHP 302: PoliSciFi
• POLS 495: Junior Honors Seminar
• POLS 240: World Politics, Fall 2009
• POLS 581: Statistics for Social Research, Fall 2009
• PS280: Introduction to Political Analysis, Fall 2008
• POLS 340: Negotiation and Bargaining, Spring 2007
• POLS 341: Theories of International Conflict and Cooperation, Spring 2006
• POLS 499: International Law and Game Theory (Independent Study), Fall 2005
• POLS 540: Proseminar in International Relations, Fall 2005
• POLS 580: Introduction to Empirical Research, Fall 2006

Working Papers:

• “The Evolution of Rebellion: Social Networks and Civil War.” Christopher K. Butler, Michele Leiby, and Joshua Morales

• “Battling Methodologies: Rare Events and Methodological Choices.” Christopher K. Butler and Kendra L. Koivu

• “Losing Hearts and Minds.” Eric Wallace and Christopher K. Butler

• “Communal Violence and Property Rights.” Christopher K. Butler and Scott Gates

• “Group Interactions.” Christopher K. Butler

• “Copping Turf: The Psychology of Territorial Claims.” Philip Hultquist and Christopher K. Butler

• “The Determinants of Diplomatic Dyads.” Michele L. Leiby and Christopher K. Butler.

• “Expected Modes of Policy Change in Comparative Institutional Settings.” Working Paper 97-08 with the Political Institutions and Public Choice (PIPC) program, Michigan State University. Christopher K. Butler and Thomas H. Hammond.

Published Articles:

• “Sexual Violence by Government Security Forces: Can Peacetime Levels of Sexual Violence Predict Levels of Sexual Violence in Civil Conflict?” International Area Studies Review 19(3) September 2016. Christopher K. Butler and Jessica L. Jones

• “The Impact of Pro-Government Militias on Human Rights Violations.” International Interactions 40(5): 812-836. 2014. Neil J. Mitchell, Sabine C. Carey, and Christopher K. Butler

• “Superpower Dispute Initiation: An Empirical Model of Strategic Behavior.” International Studies Review 14(3): 61-90. 2011. Christopher K. Butler

• “The Technology of Terror: Accounting for the Strategic Use of Terrorism” Christopher K. Butler and Scott Gates in Coping with Terrorism: Origins, Escalation, Counterstrategies, and Responses, Rafael Reuveny and William R. Thompson, eds., pp. 53-73. 2010.

• “Asymmetry, Parity, and (Civil) War: Can International Theories of Power Help Us Understand Civil War.” International Interactions 35(3): 330-340. 2009. Christopher K. Butler and Scott Gates.

• “Security Forces and Sexual Violence: A Cross-National Analysis of a Principal-Agent Argument.” Journal of Peace Research 44(6): 669-87. Christopher K. Butler, Tali Gluch, and Neil J. Mitchell.. Honorable mention for the JPR Article of the Year Award.

• “Assessing Power in Spatial Bargaining: When is There an Advantage to Being Status-Quo Advantaged?” International Studies Quarterly 51(3): 607-623. Christopher K. Butler, Mary J. Bellman, and Oraz A. Kichiyev.

• “Prospect Theory and Coercive Bargaining.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 51(2): 227-250. 2007. Christopher K. Butler.

• “The Conflict Behavior of Authoritarian Regimes.” International Politics 41(4): 565-581. 2004. Mark Peceny and Christopher K. Butler.

• “Modeling Compromise at the International Table.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 21(3):159-177. Fall 2004. Christopher K. Butler.

• “Endogenizing Conflict Initiation: Flinching and Fighting at Global High Noon” Journal of Peace Research 41(1): 47-63. January 2004. Christopher K. Butler.

• “Some Complex Answers to the Simple Question, ‘Do Institutions Matter?’: Aggregation Rules, Preference Profiles, and Policy Equilibria in Presidential and Parliamentary Systems.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 15(2): 145-200. April 2003. Thomas H. Hammond and Christopher K. Butler.

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