Research

journal articles

Don Casler, Matthew Connelly, and Raymond Hicks. Trading with Frenemies? How Economic Diplomacy Affects Exports. Accepted for publication at International Studies Quarterly.

Don Casler, David Ribar, and Keren Yarhi-Milo. 2023. "The Many Faces of Credibility: Hawks, Doves, and Nuclear Disarmament." Security Studies 32(3).

Don Casler and Dylan Groves. 2022. "Perspective Taking Through Partisan Eyes: Cross-National Empathy, Partisanship, and Attitudes Towards International Cooperation." Journal of Politics 85(4).

Don Casler and Richard Clark. 2021. “Trade Rage: Audience Costs and International Trade.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 65(6): 1098-1130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002721994085. Appendix available here.

Robert Jervis, Keren Yarhi-Milo, and Don Casler. 2021. "Redefining the Debate over Credibility and Reputation in International Security: Promises and Limits of New Scholarship," World Politics 73(1): 167-203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0043887120000246.

book chapters

Don Casler and Keren Yarhi-Milo. 2023. ``Signaling, Resolve, and Reputation in International Politics.'' In The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, 3rd edition, eds. Leonie Huddy, David O. Sears, Jack S. Levy, and Jennifer Jerit, Oxford University Press.

Rebecca Lissner, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Don Casler, and Laura Resnick Samotin. 2021. “After Primacy: Exploring the Contours of 21st Century Great Power Rivalry.” In Before and After the Fall: World Politics and the End of the Cold War, eds. Fritz Bartel and Nuno Monteiro, Cambridge University Press.

Working papers

Don Casler. "Credibility, Organizational Politics, and the Use of Force." (revise and resubmit at Journal of Conflict Resolution)

-- Winner of 2023 Alexander George Award from the International Studies Association, Foreign Policy Analysis Section

Don Casler and Nikhar Gaikwad. "'The Interests of India Demand Protection': Democratization and Trade Policy Under Empire." 

Don Casler, Richard Clark, and Noah Zucker. "Do Pledges Bind? The Mass Politics of International Climate Targets." 

Don Casler and Tyler Jost. "Noisy Negotiations: Leaders, Bureaucracy, and Reliable Communication in International Politics."

policy reports

"Improving Intelligence Support to the Future Warfighter: Acquisition for the Contested Environment," RAND Corporation (with 7 coauthors).

Commentary

Don Casler. Review of Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq by Melvyn P. Leffler. H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum. October 2, 2023.

Don Casler and Keren Yarhi-Milo. "Robert Jervis: A Leader in the Study of Leaders." Texas National Security Review. September 5, 2022.

Richard Clark, Don Casler, and Sarah Kreps. "To Support Ukraine, the West must unleash the full power of the IMF and World Bank." Fortune. March 29, 2022.

Don Casler. "Will Afghanistan Hurt U.S. Credibility?" Duck of Minerva, August 27, 2021.

Don Casler, David Ribar, and Keren Yarhi-Milo. “Elite-Public Gaps and Deadlock on the Iran Deal.” Duck of Minerva. June 12, 2021.

Don Casler and Richard Clark. "Biden will inherit Trump’s trade war with China. What do Americans really think about tariffs?" Washington Post. December 7, 2020.