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Department of Political Science
Rice University
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 Brett Ashley Leeds




COURSES:


POLI 211: Introduction to International Relations
Fall 2007 Syllabus
Course Web Page

POLI 375: International Organization
Fall 2001 Syllabus
Fall 2001 List of Articles

POLI 475: International Cooperation
Spring 2008 Syllabus
Guide to Writing a Research Paper

POLI 477: Domestic Politics and International Relations
Spring 2003 Syllabus

POLI 511: Dissertation Workshop
Fall 2004 Syllabus

POLI 540: International Relations Core Seminar
Spring 2005 Syllabus

POLI 541: International Cooperation
Spring 2007 Syllabus
Guide to Writing a Research Paper

RESEARCH:

Working Papers:

Leeds, Brett Ashley, Michaela Mattes, and Jeremy S. Vogel. Institutions, Leadership Change, and International Cooperation: The Reliability of Democratic Commitments
June 2008 draft


Publications:

 Leeds, Brett Ashley and Burcu Savun. 2007. Terminating Alliances: Why do States Abrogate Agreements? Journal of Politics 69 (4): 1118-1132.
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Leeds, Brett Ashley and Michaela Mattes. 2007. Alliance Politics During the Cold War: Aberration, New World Order, or Continuation of History? Conflict Management and Peace Science 24 (3): 183-199.
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Long, Andrew G. and Brett Ashley Leeds. 2006. Trading for Security: Military Alliances and Economic Agreements. Journal of Peace Research 43 (4): 433-451.
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Leeds, Brett Ashley and Sezi Anac. 2005. Alliance Institutionalization and Alliance Performance. International Interactions 31 (3): 183-202.
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Institutionalization Variables: STATA do file for creating institutionalization and formality variables, and institutionalization and formality values for all alliances in ATOP version 3.0.

Leeds, Brett Ashley. 2005. Alliances and the Expansion and Escalation of Militarized Interstate Disputes. In New Directions for International Relations, Alex Mintz and Bruce Russett, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 117-134.
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Leeds, Brett Ashley. 2003. Alliance Reliability in Times of War: Explaining State Decisions to Violate Treaties. International Organization 57: 801-827.
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Leeds, Brett Ashley. 2003. Do Alliances Deter Aggression? The Influence of Military Alliances on the Initiation of Militarized Interstate Disputes. American Journal of Political Science 47: 427-439.
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Leeds, Brett Ashley, Jeffrey M. Ritter, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, and Andrew G. Long. 2002. Alliance Treaty Obligations and Provisions, 1815-1944. International Interactions 28: 237-260.
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Leeds, Brett Ashley, Andrew G. Long, and Sara McLaughlin Mitchell. 2000. Reevaluating Alliance Reliability: Specific Threats, Specific Promises. Journal of Conflict Resolution 44: 686-699.
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Download Coding of Cases

Leeds, Brett Ashley. 2000. Credible Commitments and International Cooperation: Guaranteeing Contracts Without External Enforcement. Conflict Management and Peace Science 18: 133-147.

Leeds, Brett Ashley. 1999. Domestic Political Institutions, Credible Commitments, and International Cooperation. American Journal of Political Science 43: 979-1002.
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Leeds, Brett Ashley and David R. Davis. 1999. Beneath the Surface: Regime Type and International Interaction, 1953-78. Journal of Peace Research 36: 5-21.
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Leeds, Brett Ashley and David R. Davis. 1997. Domestic Political Vulnerability and International Disputes. Journal of Conflict Resolution 41: 814-834.
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