Summary: International Organization Volume 65 - Issue 04 - 2011

In this issue of International Organization:

• Cederman, Warren, and Sornette test Clausewitz's assertion that the development of mass-nationalism after the French Revolution forever changed the nature and intensity of interstate war.
• Pelc asks why some countries get better WTO accession terms than others.
• Burton, Helfer, and Fariss examine and attempt to explain states' derogation (temporary legal suspension) of their obligations under human rights treaties during crises.
• Salehyan, Gleditsch, and Cunningham analyze when states will support rebel groups (and when rebel groups will accept that support).
• Kaczmarek and Newman find that extraterritorial actions by prosecutors in bribery cases do have a significant impact outside the country bringing charges.
• Naoi and Kume attempt to determine why there is so much mass support for agricultural protectionism in industrialized countries.

Summary: International Organization Volume 65 - Issue 03 - 28 July 2011

In this issue of International Organization:

• Alleea and Peinhardt discuss the impact of investment treaty violations on FDI. 
• Coggins analyzes how new states emerge from secessionist movements.
• Trager presents a new model of multidimensional international crisis bargaining.
• Ramsay revisits the data on the "natural resource curse".
• Biglaisera and Lektzian examine the impact on US FDI of US trade sanctions towards the targeted country.
• Staton and Moore review the literature on judicial power in domestic and international relations. 
• Gartzkea and Naoi dissent from Keohane, Macedo, and Moravcsik's argument that multilateral organizations (MLO) could actually be good for democracy, and KKM respond.