Book
2022. Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroup Relationships and the Killing of Civilians. By Victor Asal, Brian J. Phillips, and R. Karl Rethemeyer. Oxford University Press.
Read more about the book here. Stata dataset on 140 rebel groups is here. Do-file to replicate regression tables is here.
Peer-reviewed articles
Forthcoming. "Introducing ViNSAR: Dyadic Data on Violent Non-state Actor Rivalry." Journal of Conflict Resolution. Co-authored with Justin Conrad and Kevin T. Greene. The replication data is at JCR under supplementary information. The full data set is at the Harvard Dataverse here.
2021. Competition from Within: Ethnicity, Power, and Militant Group Rivalry. Defence and Peace Economics 32 (6), 757-772. Co-authored with Justin Conrad, Kevin T. Greene, and Samantha Daly.
2019. "Carrots, Sticks, and Insurgent Targeting of Civilians." Journal of Conflict Resolution 63 (7): 1710-1735. Co-authored with Victor Asal, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Corina Simonelli, and Joseph K. Young. Paper. Stata replication data and do-file.
2019. "Terrorist Group Rivalries and Alliances: Testing Competing Explanations." Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 42(11): 997-1019. Paper. Data.
2015. "Enemies with Benefits? Violent Rivalry and Terrorist Group Longevity." Journal of Peace Research 52 (1): 62-75. Paper. Stata replication data and do-file. Runner-up, "Nils Petter Gleditsch JPR Article of the Year Award, 2015."
2014. "Terrorist Group Cooperation and Longevity." International Studies Quarterly 58 (2): 336-347. Paper. Stata 12 replication data and do-file.
2012. How Terrorist Organizations Survive: Cooperation and Competition in Terrorist Group Networks. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.