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Yin, Chengzhi and Mihaela Papa. "Designing Wedge Strategies: US Response to China, Russia, and Their Alignments." International Negotiation (2025): 1-32.

Retrench, Defend, Compete

Cornell University Press

Retrench, Defend, Compete

The Remote Revolution: Drones and Modern Statecraft

Cornell University Press

The Remote Revolution: Drones and Modern Statecraft

Park, Sojun, and Minju Kim. "International bureaucrats under transparency: The case of the WTO TRIPS Council." The Review of International Organizations (2025): 1-30.

Cha, Sujin, Jieun Lee, Iain Osgood, and Sojun Park. "Rapidly innovating firms: patent lifecycle and support for trade and IP enforcement." Review of International Political Economy (2025): 1-35.

Trade in War

Cornell University Press

Trade in War

Zheng, Enying, Wei Hong, Yasheng Huang, and Rongzhu Ke. “Networks Rewired: Quota Enforcement and the Unintended Mobilization of Native Place Ties.” Social Forces 103, no. 4 (2025): 1465–88.

Bollen, Paige, Will Kymlicka, Evan Lieberman, and Blair Read. "The Value of Dignity Appeals: Evidence from a Social Media Experiment." Political Science Research and Methods, 1–6, 2025.

Self-Organization: The Power and Limits of Ukraine's Informal Civil Society

Harvard University Press

Self-Organization: The Power and Limits of Ukraine's Informal Civil Society

Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy

Princeton University Press

Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy