Brian Lai

Department Chair
Associate Professor
Biography

Drop-in hours: M 10:20–11:20am, W 9:20–11:20am

Publications:

  • “’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).
Research areas
  • International Relations
  • Political Methodology
  • American Foreign Policy
  • Terrorism
  • Domestic Politics and International Relations
  • Conflict Processes
Brian Lai
PhD, Emory University, 2001
Address

343 Schaeffer Hall (SH)
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States