Working Papers

Working Papers

• "Why Keep Conscription? The 'Domestication' of Western Europe's Armed Forces"
  Abstract: This project investigates the conditions under which countries decide to keep conscription. Utilizing a trove of untapped German language primary sources this study finds that the domestic utility of armed forces plays a crucial role in the decision-making process. When domestic utility in Austria and Switzerland was high, conscription is continued. However, when it was low in Germany, the draft was suspended. 

• "Justifying Peacekeeping Operations Internationally: The Influence of Regime Type"
  Abstract: This study explores how regime type influences states’ international justifications for participating in UN Peacekeeping Operations. Using newly collected data I find that full democracies appear to favor humanitarian arguments, whereas other regime types predominantly highlight security aspects in their reasoning.