Dotan Haim
@DotanHaim
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Dad. Political Scientist. Assistant Professor at Florida State. Interested in conflict, policing, social networks, and Southeast Asia.
Tallahassee, FL
Joined December 2018
An exciting trend in political violence research is the methods diversity at the cutting edge of the field. My sense is there’s more qualitative work in top presses & journals than other subfields. A 🧵 to celebrate the benefits of this and raise ideas for deeper engagement.
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Today we are sharing work from @NicoRavanilla, @renardsexton, & @DotanHaim. The trio studied government efforts to provide services & build trust w/ communities in a rural, conflict-affected region in the #Philippines during the COVID19 pandemic. https://t.co/WLaPsXCNcW
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IR Book of the Week! "Untied Hands" by Dan Reiter. Far from making "credible commitments", states are deliberating in not committing themselves to unwanted actions. Read Schelling for the theory, then read this book for the reality. https://t.co/ixygRsdtVr
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How do states advance their national security interests? Conventional wisdom holds that states must court the risk of catastrophic war by 'tying their hands' to credibly protect their interests. Dan...
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Starting the morning with @DannyQuah (@LKYSch @NUSingapore) discussing the economic state of the region and unpacking the largest risk (U.S.-China rivalry).
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Questions about how the “war powers” work in practice? Check out my piece in @apsrjournal. TL;DR President is far more constrained by Congress that usually realized.
Just published on APSR First View: War and Responsibility by M. PATRICK HULME (@mphulme ) https://t.co/0PndFiHsyy
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The Political Science Department is proud to announce that three new professors — Dr. Yusaku Horiuchi, Dr. James Strickland, and Dr. Hanzhang Liu - have joined the faculty. Stay tuned this week to learn more about them.
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🚨 We are excited that the Toronto Political Behavior Workshop is back for its 11th edition! 📍Nov 7–8, 2025 @UofT_PolSci @munkschool @UofT Apply to present a paper/poster by July 11 More info & app: https://t.co/oQ4yrvxzrf
@dktr_dr @EricMerkley @SBorwein #MichaelDonnelly
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Today was Dartmouth College’s Commencement. Congratulations to the Class of 2026! I would also like to share that this was my final commencement at Dartmouth. Beginning in August, I will assume a new role as the Syde P. Deeb Eminent Scholar Chair at Florida State University.
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Glad this paper is finally out in @apsrjournal, five years after we began the project. Hope it proves useful to researchers. https://t.co/hDIvhwE2d7
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Causal Panel Analysis under Parallel Trends: Lessons from a Large Reanalysis Study
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🚨 Publication I am excited to share my first article: “The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Ongoing Civil War: The Role of Spatial Configuration of Territorial Control” - now out in Journal of Conflict Resolution! (Open Access) 📖Read: https://t.co/Qs0sUHCXZU 🧵What is new👇
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Understanding how natural disasters impact ongoing civil wars is increasingly important as more extreme weather events are expected due to climate change. Exist...
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Happy to have this out (open access)! I examine the conditions under which alliances can promote a division of defense labor, offering a new theory about how strategic compatibility and hierarchy mitigate opportunism and coordination costs that often plague collective action. 1/
Complementarity in alliances: How strategic compatibility and hierarchy promote efficient cooperation in international security by J. Andrés Gannon is now available in Early View. @AndresGannon
https://t.co/9eV34WQbeB
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Very pleased to have a research note in the upcoming issue of @ISQ_Jrnl. The article explores a classic issue--nonproliferation & US alliances--using a new data source: a survey of elites (foreign & defense policy experts and policymakers) in European NATO countries.
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Currently in FirstView: In “The Limits (and Strengths) of Single-Topic Experiments,” Scott Clifford and @carlislerainey examine the generalizability of single-topic studies, focusing on how often confidence intervals capture treatment effects from a larger population of studies.
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PNAS Marketing team has featured our recently published PNAS Nexus research article across our social media platforms!
Hearing about democratic decline in the U.S. lowers public favorability—but doesn’t reduce support for cooperation on defense treaties or alliances. In PNAS Nexus: https://t.co/2V0M3Sv8HF
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The Journeys in World Politics NSF grant just got cancelled 😡 😡
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After many years of working on it, it feels great to finally see my job market paper out in AJPS!
How the State Discourages Vigilantism—Evidence From a Field Experiment in South Africa by Anna M. Wilke is now available in Early View. @anna_m_wilke
https://t.co/0EUrm1HIGM
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I just published a new article titled “Criminal Violence, the State, and Society” in @AnnualReviews, which examines the growing political science research on criminal violence over the past 15 years. Link 👉 https://t.co/46SHsM6KJX 1/ Here is a summary of some key insights...
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The study of criminal violence has received increasing attention in political science over the past 15 years, as organized criminal groups have grown and diversified worldwide, unleashing unprecede...
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I am grateful, honored, and still a bit shocked to be named a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for my project, “Divided by Nature: How Environmental Politics Became Partisan and What to Do About It in a Warming World.” https://t.co/3EeIRsU4jn
#CarnegieFellows @CarnegieCorp
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The Department of Politics & Public Admin @HKUniversity is hosting an empirical research conference May 16-17. We aim to bring together scholars doing exciting, cutting-edge research in Asia & beyond. HKU PPA will cover transport & accommodation for nonlocal presenters. Details:
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