Replication Data for: Naval Power, Endogeneity, and Long-distance Disputes

Replication files for Naval Power, Endogeneity, and Long-distance Disputes. Does an increase in naval power increase the likelihood of interstate disputes? While volumes have been written on the importance of naval power, we are left with little more than intuition and anecdotal evidence to provide potential answers to this question. Endogeneity issues in particular make it difficult to untangle the links between developing naval power and interstate conflict. Here I present a new instrument for naval power. Utilizing a new dataset of naval power and employing an instrumental variable analysis, I present one of the first large cross-national studies showing a significant link between naval power and a specific type of interstate conflict -– non-contiguous disputes. The findings have implications for the future actions of states whose naval strength is growing

Power at Sea: A Naval Power Dataset, 1865-2011

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Inequality Amid Equality: Military Capabilities and Conflict Behavior in Balanced Dyads

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Replication Data for: Diversion for All? Domestic Political Problems and Relative Power

The rationalist version of diversionary uses of military force expects targets to strategically avoid states with diversionary incentives. When first advanced this argument helped account for the weak support for diversionary behavior. However, in recent years, a significant body of research has found support for diversionary theory. Given incentives to strategically avoid, this is puzzling. We address this puzzle by focusing on the strategic context in which diversion may take place. We argue that there is heterogeneity in the incentives actors have to engage in strategic conflict avoidance. Specifically, targets that are very strong or have their own domestic problems have less incentive to strategically avoid a potential diverter. Further, and contrary to extant research, we contend that relative power also influences the probability of being preyed upon when suffering domestic problems. In brief, by more fully examining the strategic context, we specify the conditions under which diversionary uses of force are likely to occur as well as when strategic conflict avoidance and preying about the vulnerable are likel

Power At Sea: A Naval Dataset, 1865-2011

Naval power is a crucial element of state power, yet existing naval datasets are limited to a small number of states and ship types. Here, we present 147 years of naval data on all the world's navies from 1865-2011. This country-year dataset focuses on warships with ship-based weapons capable of using kinetic force to inflict damage on other structures or peoples. This dataset provides variables of interest for use in country-year, dyadic, or systemic studies