The Saltzman Working Paper Series feature drafts of research or essays in progress that feature research performed by scholars affiliated with the Institute. The authors welcome comments that might contribute to revision of the papers before publication. As works in progress, the papers should be cited only with the permission of the author. Analysis, arguments, and opinions in the Saltzman Working Papers belong to their authors alone.

Jeremiah Pam
Prudence in International Strategy: From “Lawyerly” to “Post-Lawyerly”
Saltzman Working Paper No. 26, February 2017

Jeremiah Pam
The Rise and Fall of Afghan “Subnational” Governance in General
Saltzman Working Paper No. 25, August 2015

Roy Licklider
South Africa
Saltzman Working Paper No. 21, January 2013

Roy Licklider
Merging Competing Militaries After Civil Wars
Saltzman Working Paper No. 20, January 2013

Robert Jervis
Relations between the US and Iran
Saltzman Working Paper No. 17, November 2012

Austin Long
Whack-a-Mole or Coup de Grace?
Saltzman Working Paper No. 19, October 2012

Austin Long
Stall Speed
Saltzman Working Paper No. 18, September 2012

Robert Jervis
Force in Our Times
Saltzman Working Paper No. 15, July 2011

Abraham Wagner
Presidential Power in an Age of Terror
Saltzman Working Paper No. 14, April 2010

Jack Snyder and Erica Borghard
The Cost of Empty Threats: A Penny, Not a Pound
Saltzman Working Paper No. 13, December 2009, Removed for Publication

Kimberly Marten
Warlords, Sovereignty, and State Failure.
Chapter Three: Lessons from Post-Soviet Georgia
Saltzman Working Paper No. 12, Removed for Publication

Roy Licklider
Civil War Outcomes
Saltzman Working Paper No. 11, November 2009

Pablo Pinto and Boilang Zhou
Fortune Or Evil?
Saltzman Working Paper No. 10, December 2008

Peter Liberman and Linda J. Skitka
Just Deserts In Iraq: American Vengeance For 9/11
Saltzman Working Paper No. 9, October 2008

Jack S. Levy and Patricia T. Young
Domestic Politics and The Escalation Of Commercial Rivalry:
Explaining The War Of Jenkins’ Era, 1739-48
Saltzman Working Paper, No. 8, September 2008

Jack Snyder, Robert Y. Shapiro and Yaeli Bloch-Elkon
Free Hand Abroad, Divide and Rule at Home
Saltzman Working Paper No. 6, March 2008

Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
Democratization and Civil War
Saltzman Working Paper No. 5, February 2008

Roy Licklider
The Ethics Of Advice: Conflict Management vs.
Human Rights In Ending Civil Wars
Saltzman Working Paper No. 4, January 2008

Pablo Pinto and Carmen M. LeFoulon
The Individual Sources of Economic Nationalism:
Evidence from Survey Data
Saltzman Working Paper No. 3, December 2007

Robert Jervis
Iraq, the U.S., and the Region after an American Withdrawal
Saltzman Working Paper No. 2, October 2007

Richard Betts
Are American Civil-Military Relations Still A Problem?
Saltzman Working Paper No. 1, September 2007