Published Research

Valeriano, Brandon.  2012  “Latino Cultural Assimilation, Divided Loyalties, and the World Cup Soccer and Society, Conditional Accept  (ESPN the Magazine article La Raza's Edge: The Best American Fans don't root for the American Team)

Valeriano, Brandon.  2012.  “Teaching International Politics with FilmPolitical Science Journal of Education  Forthcoming

Valeriano, Brandon.  2011. “Power Politics and Interstate War in Africa African Security, 4(3): 195-221.

Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. 2012.  “Persistent Enemies and Cybersecurity: The Future of Rivalry in an age of Information Warfare” in Derek Reveron’s, From Cybersecurity to Cyberwar, Georgetown University Press. Forthcoming. this is the stand alone version written in the style of a normal article, the final book version will lose some of the context because it is provided by other chapters in the book. 

Valeriano, Brandon.  2012 “Becoming Rivals: The Process of Rivalry Development” in What Do We Know about War, 2nd Edition, edited by John Vasquez.  Routledge, forthcoming
Valeriano, Brandon and John Vasquez.  2011. “Paths to War and Peace in a Post-American World.” In What Lies Ahead? Debating the Prospects for a Post American World edited by Hogue, Clark, and Stairs.  University of Toronto Press.   
Valeriano, Brandon and Matthew Powers.  2010. “United States – Mexico: Convergence of Interstate Relations Post-9/11” Policy Studies Journal

Valeriano, Brandon and Victor Marin.  2010.  “Causal Pathways to Interstate War: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Steps to War Theory” Josef Korbel Journal of Advanced International Studies, Summer (2): 1-26

 Valeriano, Brandon.  2010.  “The United States and Mexico: Prospects for Convergence on Critical Issues during the Obama Administration” Democracy & Society

Vasquez, John A. and Brandon Valeriano. 2010.  “Classification of Interstate War” Journal of Politics, 72(2): 292-309.

 Valeriano, Brandon and John A. Vasquez. 2010. "Identifying and Classifying Complex Interstate Wars" International Studies Quarterly, 54: 561-582.  Help and Data

 Valeriano, Brandon.  2009.  “The Tragedy of Offensive Realism: Testing Aggressive Power Politics Models.” International Interactions.  35(2): 179-206. 

Valeriano, Brandon.  2008.  “The Lack of Diverse Perspectives in the International Relations Field: The Politics of Being Alone”       International Studies Perspectives 9: 450-454

Vasquez, John A. and Brandon Valeriano.  2008.  “Territory as a Source of Conflict and a Road to Peace” in Sage Handbook on Conflict Resolution edited by Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk, and I. William Zartman, pgs. 193-209.  

Valeriano, Brandon.  2007.  “The International Politics of a New Latino America: The Foreign Policy Preferences of Latinos and the National Interest.” Journal of Latino and Latin American Studies  2(3): 23-45

Hancock, Donald M. and Brandon Valeriano  2006    “Western Europe and the Bush Doctrine" in “The Bush Doctrine and the War on Terrorism: Global Responses, Global Consequences” London: Routledge Press.

James Lee Ray and Valeriano, Brandon  2003    “Barriers to Replication in Systematic Empirical Research on World Politics”  International Studies Perspectives   4(1): 79-85.

Book Reviews and Other

2007    Miles Kahler and Barbara Walter’s  Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization  Journal of Conflict Studies  27(1): 123-4

2007 Michael Colaresi’s Scare Tactics: The Politics of International Rivalry. Perspectives on Politics 5(3): 671-672

2007 Peter D. Feaver and Christopher Gelpi’s Choosing Your Battles: American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force Armed Forces and Society 33(4): 647-50

2005 Stephen Biddle’s Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle Armed Forces and Society 31(3): 463-5

2003 Dan Reiter and Allan Stam’s Democracies at War Armed Forces and Society 29(2): 301-2

2002 John Mearsheimer’s Tragedy of Great Power Politics Millennium 31(1): 168-170.

Research Under Review/Significant Unpublished Conference Papers

"The Size of War: Does It Matter Theoretically? You Bet It Does!" (w/ John Vasquez) to be presented at the Annual American Political Science Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September 2009

“The Triggers of Deadly International Conflict: Territorial Disputes Early Warning System” presented at Network of European Peace Scientists Annual Conference, Amsterdam, June 29-31, 2009

Valeriano, Brandon with Vitaliy Vozynak.  2010. “Rivalry Transformation and Termination: The United States and Russia after the Cold War.Status Unclear

 “Territorial Disputes and the Process of State Death” (w/ John Van Benthuysen) (Under Review)

"The Steps to Rivalry: The Process of Rivalry Development"

"Complex Rivalries in World Politics Dataset"

"Latin American Responses to the Bush Doctrine" (w/ Victor Marin) old, out dated

"Concerts of Action: Intergovernmental Organizations and the Dynamics of Interstate Rivalry" with Chris Leskiw (R&R at JPR)

Book Project: Becoming Rivals: Power Politics and Rivalry Formation

"Paths to Rivalry: Interstate Rivalry Formation and the Qualitative Comparative Method" (Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Peace Research)

“Escalation within Rivalries: Process Measurement” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, September, 2006. 

Russia and the Near Aboard Applying a Risk Barometer of War - Midwest 2011

When Does Migration Lead to Interstate War - Submitted May 2011 

What Motivates the Arming Process - Valeriano, Sample, and Kang, ISA 2011 Version

Valeriano, Brandon and John A. Vasquez.  “Joining Wars: Data Set and Dependent Variable on Complex Wars” (Revisions)       Tables