Brian Lai

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Research Fields:
International Relations

Contact Information

Email: brian-lai@uiowa.edu
Phone: 319-335-2353
Office: 319 SH

Fall 2009 Office Hours:
Monday 1:30-2:30 PM, 3:30-4:30 PM, Wednesday 1:30-2:30 PM, and by appointment.

 

Faculty Profile



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Brian Lai

Associate Professor


Ph.D.: Emory University, 2001.

 

Fields: International Relations, American Foreign Policy, Terrorism, Domestic Politics and International Relations, and Conflict Processes.

 

Sample 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).