Dr. Jaroslav Tir
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Campus Box 333
Boulder, CO 80309-0333
Office: 23A Ketchum
Spring 2013 Office Hours:
Tuesdays 1-3 pm
Specialization
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Field:
International Relations
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Sub-Field: Causes
and Management of Armed Conflict
Education
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Ph.D. in
Political Science,
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M.A. in Political
Science,
o B.A. in Mathematics and History,
Select
Awards, Grants, and Honors
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National Science Foundation and US Department of
Defense/Department of the Army/Army Research Office (ARO) Grant for the project
"NSCC/SA: Avoiding Water Wars: Environmental Security Through River Treaty
Institutionalization" (PI; co-PI: Douglas Stinnett), 2009-2013. Read the
related news
release and media articles: article 1
(pp. 6-10), article 2
(pp. 30-33).
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Bethel College Young Alumnus Award, Bethel
College (Kansas) Alumni Association, 2012.
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Fulbright Follow-on Grant for research
in Croatia, Summer 2010.
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Fulbright Senior Scholar, at the Faculty
of Political Science,
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Richard B.
Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction, Richard B. Russell
Foundation and
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Certificate in
African Studies Program (CIASP) Faculty Development Grant (
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Walter Isard
Award for the Best Dissertation, 2000-2002, Peace
Science Society International.
TEACHING | RESEARCH | INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS RESOURCES
TEACHING
Teaching Areas
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International
Relations Theory
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International
Conflict
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Nationalism and
Ethnic Conflict
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Modern Warfare
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International
Organizations
Spring
2013
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PSCI 4252
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
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Syllabus
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Textbook: Taras,
Ray and Rajat Ganguly. 2010. Understanding
Ethnic Conflict. 4th ed. Longman.
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Other course
materials are accessible via D2L
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PSCI 7043
International Organizations
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Syllabus
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Recommended
textbook: Karns, Margaret and Karen Mingst. 2009. International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global
Governance. 2nd ed. Lynne Rienner.
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All the required
readings are available through the CU
Library full-text electronic journals services.
Maymester
2013
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Croatia
Study Abroad Program (via the University of Georgia)
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Program
web site
RESEARCH
Research Interests
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International
Relations Theory
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Causes and Management
of Armed International Conflict
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Territorial
Disputes / Geography and Conflict
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International
Environmental Issues
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Diversionary
Theory of War
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Causes and
Management of Domestic and Inter-Ethnic Conflict
Dr. Tir has been awarded (with Douglas Stinnett) an
NSF/DOD grant to study how institutionalized international river cooperation
can prevent the so-called water wars of the future. Other ongoing research projects include the
management of domestic conflicts via international organizations, consequences
of territorial disputes, causes and management of ethnic conflict, and the
diversionary theory of war.
Publications: Book
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2006. Redrawing the Map to Promote Peace:
Territorial Dispute Management via Territorial Changes. Innovations in the
Study of World Politics Series.
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Purchase the book
Publications: Articles in Peer-Reviewed Scholarly
Journals
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Tir, Jaroslav and
Shane Singh. 2013. “Is It the Economy or Foreign Policy, Stupid? Impact of
Foreign Crises on Leader Support.” Forthcoming in Comparative Politics.
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Karreth, Johannes
and Jaroslav Tir. 2013. “International
Institutions and Civil War Prevention.” Journal
of Politics 75(1).
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Tir, Jaroslav and
Douglas M. Stinnett. 2012. “Weathering
Climate Change: Can Institutions Mitigate International Water Conflict?” Journal of Peace Research 49(1):
211-225. Replication
dataset.
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Tir, Jaroslav and
Douglas M. Stinnett. 2011. “The
Institutional Design Of Riparian Treaties: The Role Of River Issues.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 55(4):
606-631. Replication
dataset.
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Gibler, Douglas
M. and Jaroslav Tir. 2010. “Settled Borders and
Regime Type: Democratic Transitions as Consequences of Peaceful Territorial
Transfers.” American Journal of
Political Science. 54(4): 951–968.
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2010. “Territorial
Diversion: Diversionary Theory of War and Territorial Conflict.” Journal of Politics 72(2): 413-425. Web
Appendix Tables.
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Tir, Jaroslav and
John T. Ackerman. 2009. “Politics
of Formalized River Cooperation.” Journal
of Peace Research 46(5): 623-640. Replication
dataset.
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Stinnett, Douglas
M. and Jaroslav Tir. 2009. “The
Institutionalization of River Treaties.” International Negotiation 14(2): 229-251.
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Fuhrmann, Matthew
and Jaroslav Tir. 2009. “Territorial
Dimensions of Enduring Internal Rivalries.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 26(4): 307-329.
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Tir, Jaroslav and
Michael Jasinski. 2008. “Domestic-Level
Diversionary Theory of War: Targeting Ethnic Minorities.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 52(5):
641-664. Replication
dataset.
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Oneal, John and
Jaroslav Tir. 2006. “Does the Diversionary
Use of Force Threaten the Democratic Peace? Assessing the Effect of Economic
Growth on Interstate Conflict, 1921-2001.” International Studies Quarterly 50(4): 755-779.
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2006. “Domestic-Level
Territorial Disputes: Conflict Management via Secessions.” Conflict
Management and Peace Science. 23(4): 309-328.
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2005. “Keeping the Peace
After Secessions: Territorial Conflict Between Rump and Secessionist States.”
Journal of Conflict Resolution 49(5):
713-741.
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2005. “Dividing Countries
to Promote Peace: Prospects for Long-Term Success of Partitions.” Journal of Peace Research 42(5):
545-562. Replication
dataset.
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2003. “Averting Armed
International Conflicts Through State-to-State Territorial Transfers.” Journal
of Politics 65(4): 1235-1257.
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Tir, Jaroslav. 2003.
“Never-Ending Conflicts?
Territorial Changes as Potential Solutions for Territorial Disputes.” Conflict
Management and Peace Science 20(2): 59-84.
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2002. “Letting Secessionists
Have Their Way: Can Partitions Help End and Prevent Ethnic Conflicts?” International
Interactions 28(3): 261-292.
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Tir, Jaroslav and
Paul F. Diehl. 2002. “Geographic
Dimensions of Enduring Rivalries.” Political Geography 21(2):
263-286.
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Stinnett,
Douglas, Jaroslav Tir, Philip Shafer, Paul Diehl, and Charles Gochman. 2002. “The Correlates of War
Project Direct Contiguity Data.” Conflict Management and Peace Science
19(2):59-68.
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Tir, Jaroslav and
Paul F. Diehl. 1998. “Demographic
Pressure and Interstate Conflict: Linking Population Growth and Density to
Militarized Disputes and Wars.” Journal of Peace Research 35(3):
319-39.
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Tir, Jaroslav,
Philip Schafer, Paul F. Diehl, and Gary Goertz. 1998. “Territorial Changes,
1816-1996: Procedures and Data.” Conflict Management and Peace Science
16(1): 89-97.
Publications: Other Scholarly Works
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Tir, Jaroslav and
John A. Vasquez. 2012. “Territory and Geography.” In Guide to the Scientific Study of International Processes, S.M.
Mitchell, P.F. Diehl, and J.D. Morrow, eds. Wiley-Blackwell, 115-134.
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Earlier versions
published as:
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Tir Jaroslav and
John A. Vasquez. 2010. “Geography and Territory” In The International Studies Encyclopedia (ISE), Robert A. Denemark,
ed. Blackwell Publishers. Online
access (may require log in).
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Vasquez, John A.
and Jaroslav Tir. 2010. “Geography and Territory” In The International Studies Encyclopedia (ISE), Robert A. Denemark, ed.
Blackwell Publishers: vol. 5, 2948-2968.
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2010. “World
at the Water’s Edge.” The Citizen
4(1): 6-7.
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Tir, Jaroslav and
Paul F. Diehl. 2006. “Dividing
Iraq Might Multiply Problems.”
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2006. “Keeping the Peace After Secessions: Territorial Conflicts Between Rump
and
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2005. Review of The Democratic Peace and
Territorial Conflict in the Twentieth Century, by Paul K. Huth and Todd L.
Allee. Australian Journal of International
Affairs 59: 555-558.
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Tir, Jaroslav and
Paul F. Diehl. 2001. “Demographic Pressure and Interstate Conflict: Linking
Population Growth and Density to Militarized Disputes and Wars.” In Environmental Conflict, N.P. Gleditsch
and P.F. Diehl, eds.
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Tir, Jaroslav.
1998. “Recognition of Secessions in the Post-Cold War Period.” ACDIS Research Reports.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS RESOURCES
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Select political
science associations
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American
Political Science Association: http://www.apsanet.org/
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International
Studies Association: http://www.isanet.org/
o Peace Science Society (International): http://pss.la.psu.edu/
o Select IR data sources
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Correlates of War
(COW) Project: http://correlatesofwar.org/
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PRIO/Uppsala
domestic armed conflict data: http://www.prio.no/CSCW/Datasets/
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Paul Hensel’s web
page: http://www.paulhensel.org/data.html
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ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.org/
o Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/