Working Papers:

• “Delegating Repression: The Effect of Pro-Government Militias on Human Rights Violations.” Christopher K. Butler, Sabine Carey, and Neil J. Mitchell

• “Group Interactions.” Christopher K. Butler

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

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

• “Non-State Actors, States, and Repression: The Effect of Militias and Informal Armed Groups on Human Rights Violations” Christopher K. Butler and Neil J. Mitchell.

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

• “Superpower Dispute Initiation: An Empirical Model of Strategic Behavior” 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.

Forthcoming Articles:

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

• “The Technology of Terror: Accounting for the Strategic Use of Terrorism” Christopher K. Butler and Scott Gates

Published Articles:

• “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): 607-23. 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.