1.) The Ethnic Army and the State: Explaining Coup Traps and the Difficulties of Democratization in Africa. --Kristen A. Harkness.
2.) Religious Diversity and Religious Tolerance: Lessons from Nigeria. --Robert A. Dowd.
3.) Unpacking Territorial Disputes: Domestic Political Influences and War. --Thorin M. Wright, Paul F. Diehl.
4.) Punishment and Cooperation in Stochastic Social Dilemmas. --Erte Xiao, Howard Kunreuther.
5.) The Democratic Window of Opportunity: Evidence from Riots in Sub-Saharan Africa. --Toke S. Aidt, Gabriel Leon.
6.) Theorizing and Measuring Emotions in Conflict: The Case of the 2011 Palestinian Statehood Bid. --Stephane J. Bael, Olivier C. Sterck, Elisabeth Meur.
7.) Crowdseeding in Eastern Congo: Using Cell Phones to Collect Conflict Events Data in Real Time. --Peter Van der Windt, Macartan Humphreys.