Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Estimating the Legibility of International Borders
   Michael R. Kenwick, Junghyun Lim, Skyler Crane, Scott Wehrwein, and Beth A. Simmons.
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(6):https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2417812122 (2025).
   
   
2. Explaining Public Demand for Border Militarization
   Michael R. Kenwick and Sarah R. Maxey
   The Journal of Conflict Resolution (Forthcoming).
   [Replication files]
   
   
3. Infrastructure and Authority at the State’s Edge: The Border Crossings of the World Dataset
   Michael R. Kenwick, Beth A. Simmons, and Richard J. McAlexander
   The Journal of Peace Research 61(3): 500-510 (2024).
   [BCW v1.1]
   
   
4. International Influences on the Survival of Territorial Non-state Actors
   Michael R. Kenwick and Douglas Lemke
   The British Journal of Political Science 53(2): 479–497 (2023).
   [Replication files]
   
   
5. You and Whose Army? How Civilian Leaders Leverage the Military’s Prestige to Shape Public Opinion
   Michael R. Kenwick and Sarah R. Maxey
   The Journal of Politics 84(4): 1963-1978 (2022).
   [Replication files]
   
   
6. Border Orientation in a Globalizing World
   Beth A. Simmons and Michael R. Kenwick.
   American Journal of Political Science 66(4): 853-870 (2022).
   [Replication files]
   
   
7. The MID5 Dataset, 2011-2014: Procedures, Coding Rules, and Description
   Glenn Palmer, Roseanne W. McManus, Vito D’Orazio, Michael R. Kenwick, Mikaela Karstens, Chase Bloch, Nick Dietrich, Kayla Kahn, Kellan Ritter, Michael J. Soules.
   Conflict Management and Peace Science. 39(4): 470-482 (2022).
   [Data set]
   
   
8. Pandemic Response as Border Politics
   Michael R. Kenwick and Beth A. Simmons
   International Organization 74(Suppl.): 1-17 (2020).
   [Replication Files]
   
   
9. Estimating One-sided-killings from a Robust Measurement Model of Human Rights
   Chris Fariss, Michael R. Kenwick, and Kevin Reuning
   Journal of Peace Research 57(6):801-814.
   [Replication Files] [Appendix] [Human Rights Scores v.4]
   
   
10. Self-Reinforcing Civilian Control: A Measurement-Based Analysis of Civil-Military Relations
    Michael R. Kenwick
    International Studies Quarterly 64(1): 71-84 (2019)
    [Appendix] [Replication Files] [Civilian Control Scores v.1]
    
    
11. Updating the Militarized Interstate Dispute Data: A Response to Gibler, Miller, and Little
    Glenn Palmer, Vito D’Orazio, & Michael R. Kenwick, and Roseanne McManus
    International Studies Quarterly 64(2) 469–475 (2019)
    [Appendix] [Replication Files]
    
    
12. Exploring the Dynamics of Latent Variable Models
    Kevin Reuning, Michael R. Kenwick, and Christopher J. Fariss
    Political Analysis 27(4):503-517 (2019)
    [Appendix] [Replication Files]
    
    
13. Defense Pacts and Deterrence: Caveat Emptor
    Michael R. Kenwick and John A. Vasquez
    The Journal of Politics 79(1):329-334 (2017)
    [Appendix] [Replication Files]
    
    
14. Who's Careful: Regime Type and Target Selection
    Daehee Bak, Michael R. Kenwick, and Glenn Palmer
    The European Journal of International Relations 22(4): 872-896 (2016)
    [Appendix] [Replication Files]
    
    
15. Crowdsourcing the Measurement of Interstate Conflict
    Vito D’Orazio, Michael R. Kenwick, Matthew Lane, Glenn Palmer, and David Reitter
    PLOS ONE 11(6): e0156527 (2016)
    
    
16. Do Alliances Really Deter?
    Michael R. Kenwick, John A. Vasquez, and Matthew Powers
    The Journal of Politics 77(4): 943-954 (2015)
    [Appendix] [Replication Files]
    - Coverage in The Chicago Policy Review
    
    
17. The MID4 Data Set, 2002-2010: Procedures, Coding Rules, and Description
    Glenn Palmer, Vito D’Orazio, Michael R. Kenwick, and Matthew Lane
    Conflict Management and Peace Science 32(2): 222-242 (2015)
    [Data Webpage]

Editor Reviewed Publications

1. Deterrence Theory and Alliance Politics
   Michael R. Kenwick and Roseanne McManus.
   What Do We Know About War? Third Edition, Edited by Sara Mitchell and John A. Vasquez.
   Rowman & Littlefield. (2021).
   
   
2. The Militarized Interstate Dispute Dataset: Putting Things in Perspective
   Glenn Palmer, Vito D’Orazio, Michael R. Kenwick, and Roseanne McManus
   International Studies Quarterly (Forthcoming)
   
   
3. Measurement Models
   Christopher Fariss, Michael R. Kenwick, and Kevin Reuning
   SAGE Handbook of Research Methods is Political Science & International Relations (2020)
   
   

Press and Media

1. Border Barriers are on the Rise
   Beth A. Simmons and Michael R. Kenwick,
   CNN (Opinion) (February 1, 2019)
   
   
2. Trump's Cabinet and Bringing Civil-Military Relations Back In
   Lionel Beehner, Peter White, and Michael R. Kenwick
   Political Violence At a Glance (December 16, 2016)
   
   
3. Why Erdogan Struggles to Control the Armed Forces, and Why the Turkish Coup Failed
   Michael R. Kenwick
   The Monkey Cage (July 18, 2016)

External Grants

1. “States and Security: Border Orientation in the Modern World.”
   Co-Principal Investigator with Beth A. Simmons
   National Science Foundation, SES: 1917573.
   Project Award: $476,137

Select Working Papers

1. Border Walls as Cooperation Failures. Michael R. Kenwick, Gino Pauselli, and Beth A. Simmons.
   
2. Explaining Public Support for Border Militarization. Michael R. Kenwick and Sarah Maxey.
   
3. The Discursive Civil-Military Divide. Michael R. Kenwick, Burcu Kolcak, and Sumin Lee.
   
4. Rethinking the Link Between Civil-Military Relations and Interstate Conflict. Michael R. Kenwick.