Dr. Jaroslav Tir
Associate Professor
Department of International Affairs
Office: 325 Candler Hall
Phone: (706) 542-6705
Fall 2009 Office Hours:
Mon 11-12 and 1:15-2:15
Specialization
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Field:
International Relations
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Sub-Field: Causes
and Management of Armed Conflicts
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" (with Douglas Stinnett), 2009-2011.
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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
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International
Political Economy
Fall
2009
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INTL 4290H Modern
Warfare: Terrorism, Ideology, and Identity
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INTL 4290H Syllabus
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Provisional Class
Schedule
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Movie Discussion Worksheet
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Final Project Topic Proposal Form
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INTL 8280
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
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INTL 8280 Syllabus
Maymester
2010 Study Abroad Program in
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Program web site
RESEARCH
Research Interests
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International
Relations Theory
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Causes of Armed
International Conflict
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Territorial
Disputes / Geography and Conflict
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Conflict
Management
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Domestic and
Inter-Ethnic Conflict
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Domestic-International
Politics Links
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International
Environmental Issues
Dr. Tir spent 6 months of 2008 in
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 at 15% off the list price
Publications: Articles in Peer-Reviewed Scholarly
Journals
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Tir, Jaroslav.
2009. “Territorial Diversion.” Accepted for publication by the Journal of Politics.
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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. 2009. “Geography and Territory” In The International Studies Encyclopedia (ISE), R. Denemark, ed. Blackwell
Publishers. Forthcoming.
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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/
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Peace Science
Society (International): http://pss.la.psu.edu/
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Select IR data
sources
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Correlates of War
(COW) Project: http://correlatesofwar.org/
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Dr. Paul Hensel’s
web page: http://www.paulhensel.org/data.html
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ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.org/
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Minorities at
Risk (MAR) Project: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/
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