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Branislav L. Slantchev

Curriculum Vitae

CURRENT POSITION: July 2012 – present

Professor

Department of Political Science

University of California San Diego

 

Web: http://slantchev.ucsd.edu

Google: Scholar Citations

 

Born: July 16, 1973

Citizenship: Bulgaria, United States

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of Rochester, 2002
• M.A., Political Science, University of Rochester, 2001
• B.S., Computer Science, Angelo State University, 1997

OTHER RESEARCH AND EMPLOYMENT

• Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Decision Sciences, Universität Konstanz, Germany, April 2016 – August 2017
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Universität Luzern, Switzerland, September 2016 – December 2016
• Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, July 2008 – June 2012
• Visiting Research Scholar, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, September 2008 – February 2009
• Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University, September 2008 – February 2009
• Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Califoria, San Diego, July 2002 – June 2008
• Instructor of Political Science, University of Rochester, Spring 2000
• Research Fellow, Watson Center for Conflict and Cooperation, University of Rochester, 1999 – 2002

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• National Science Foundation Research Grant to study Borrowed Power: War Finance and the Resort to Arms (SES-1153441, $342,713), 2014 – 16
• National Science Foundation Research Grant to study Conflict Bargaining with Endogenous Distribution of Power (SES-0850435, $133,700), 2009 – 10
• University of California, Office of the President, Market Recognition Award, 2008
• National Science Foundation Research Grant to study Military Coercion (SES-0518222, $229,637), 2005 – 07 (no-cost extension to 2008)
• Committee on Research Awards, University of California, 2002, 2004
• Charles E. Lanni Research Fellowship, University of Rochester, 2001
• 1st Place, ACM Regional Programming Contest, II Division South-Central, Baylor University, 1996

BOOK

Military Threats: The Costs of Coercion and the Price of Peace. Cambridge University Press, 2011. Amazon sells both the hardcover and paperback editions. Here are some reviews: Gerald Schneider, in Journal of Peace Research, July 2011 Ferdinand Teuber, in Revue française de science politique, April 2012 (in French) Vesna Danilovic, in Perspectives on Politics, June 2012 Patrick Shea, in Political Studies Review, May 2013

PUBLICATIONS

1. The Power to Hurt: Costly Conflict with Completely Informed States.
   American Political Science Review, Vol. 97, No. 1, pp. 123-33, February, 2003.
2. The Principle of Convergence in Wartime Negotiations.
   American Political Science Review, Vol. 97, No. 4, pp. 621-32, November, 2003.
3. How Initiators End Their Wars: The Duration of Warfare and the Terms of Peace.
   American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 813-29, October, 2004.
4. The Political Economy of Simultaneous Transitions: An Empirical Test of Two Models.
   Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 279-94, June, 2005.
5. Probabilistic Causality, Selection Bias, and the Logic of the Democratic Peace. (With Anna Alexandrova and Erik Gartzke.)
   American Political Science Review, Vol. 99, No. 3, pp. 459-62, August, 2005.
6. Military Coercion in Interstate Crises.
   American Political Science Review, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 533-547, November, 2005.
7. Territory and Commitment: The Concert of Europe as Self-Enforcing Equilibrium.
   Security Studies, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 565-606, October-December, 2005.
8. Politicians, the Media, and Domestic Audience Costs.
   International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 445-477, June, 2006.
9. The Armed Peace: A Punctuated Equilibrium Theory of War. (With Bahar Leventoğlu.)
   American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 755-771, October, 2007.
10. Choosing How To Cooperate: A Repeated Public-Goods Model of International Relations. (With Tamar London and Randall Stone.)
    International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 335-362, June, 2008.
11. Game Theory and Other Modeling Approaches. (With Frank Zagare.)
    In International Studies Encyclopedia, edited by Robert A. Denemark, Vol. IV, pp. 2591-2610. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
12. Feigning Weakness.
    International Organization, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 357-388, Summer, 2010.
13. Mutual Optimism as a Rationalist Cause of War. (With Ahmer Tarar.)
    American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 135-148, January 2011.
14. Audience Cost Theory and Its Audiences.
    Security Studies, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 376-382, August, 2012.
15. Borrowed Power: Debt Finance and the Resort to Arms.
    American Political Science Review, Vol. 106, No. 4, pp. 787-809, November, 2012.
16. Abiding by the Vote: Between-Groups Conflict in International Collective Action. (With Christina J. Schneider.)
    Interational Organization, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 759-96, Fall, 2013.
17. The Guardianship Dilemma: Regime Security through and from the Armed Forces. (With R. Blake McMahon.)
    American Political Science Review, Vo. 109, No. 2, pp. 297-313, May, 2015.
18. The Domestic Politics of International Cooperation in the Eurocrisis. (With Christina J. Schneider.)
    International Organization, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 1-31, Winter 2018.
19. The Authoritarian Wager: Political Action and the Sudden Collapse of Repression. (With Kelly S. Matush.)
    Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 214-52, 2019.

WORK IN PROGRESS

1. Statebreakers to Statemakers: Strategies of Rebel Governance. (With Jennifer Keister.)
2. No Taxation without Administration: Wealth Assessment in the Formation of the Fiscal State. (With Troy Kravitz.)
3. Too Much of a Good Thing: The Mobilization of Public Support and the Breakdown of Peace.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1. Teaching International Relations through Strategic Choice Theory
   in Handbook on the Pedagogy of International Relations Theory, edited by Jacqui DeMatos Ala, Paul Diehl, Jamie Frueh, and Michael Murphy. London: Palgrave, forthcoming in 2024.
2. The Simple, The Trivial, and the Insightful: Field Dispatches from a Formal Theorist
   in The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, edited by Luigi Corini and Robert Franzese. London: SAGE Publications, 2020.
3. On the Proper Use of Game-Theoretic Models in Conflict Studies
   Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 1-14, 2017.
4. Book review. Paths to Peace: Domestic Coalition Shifts, War Termination, and the Korean War by Elizabeth A. Stanley and How Wars End by Dan Reiter.
   Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2011.
5. Book review. Steps to War: An Empirical Study by Paul D. Senese and John A. Vasquez.
   Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp. 386-88, Summer 2009.
6. "American Rendition." Book review of The Dark Side by Jane Mayer.
   San Diego Union-Tribune, July 13, 2008.
7. "Apocalypse Then, Apocalypse Now." Book review of The Infernal Machine by Matthew Carr.
   San Diego Union-Tribune, April 29, 2007.
8. Book review. Trust and Mistrust in International Relations by Andrew Kydd.
   Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 632-633, September, 2006.
9. "Disastrous Foreign Policy: What Will Clinton Be Remembered For?"
   Democrat and Chronicle, April 13, 1999. Rochester, NY.
10. "Whither Yugoslavia? NATO's Objectives in Kosovo,"
    Pari, 76: March, 1999. Sofia, Bulgaria. (In Bulgarian.)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

• American Political Science Association: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014
• Midwest Political Science Association: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014
• Peace Science Society (International): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
• European Consortium for Political Research: 2003 (Edinburgh, UK), 2007 (Pisa, Italy)
• International Studies Association: 2001
• Pan-European Conference on International Relations: 2007 (Turin, Italy), 2010 (Stockholm, Sweden)
• World International Studies Committee Global IS Conference: 2008 (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
• Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference 2008, 2010 (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2013 (Milan, Italy), 2015 (Warwick, UK), 2016 (Milan, Italy), 2017 (Antwerp, Belgium)
• Peace Science Society - ISA Joint Conference: 2013 (Budapest, Hungary)
• CISS/United Nations University - CRIS Joint Conference: 2013 (Bruges, Belgium)
• ISAC-ISSS Conference: 2014 (Austin)
• Conference on Politics and International Affairs: 2015 (Athens, Greece)
• Security in the Changing World Conference, 2015 (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND MINI-CONFERENCES

• Wallis Political Economy Seminar, University of Rochester, Rochester, November 2018
• Comparative Political Economy Workshop, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, August 2018
• New Dynamics of Economic Development, Beijing Forum, Beijing, China, November 2017
• Keynote Speech for the European Peace Science Society, Antwerp, Belgium, June 2017
• Dynamics of Conflict CESIfo Summer Institute, Venice, Italy, June 2017
• Dondena Political Economy Seminar, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, May 2017
• Distinguished Lecture Series in Political Science, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, May 2017
• School of International Relations Seminar, IE University, Madrid, Spain, March 2017
• Political Science Faculty Colloquium, Universität Konstanz, Germany, November 2016
• Graduate School of Decision Sciences, Universität Konstanz, Germany, April 2016
• UC Conference on International Cooperation, University of California, Los Angeles, March 2016
• Formal Models in IR Conference, University of Southern California, February 2016
• Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona, (Spain), December 2015
• IR Workshop, Stanford University, November, 2015
• EITM Summer Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, July 2015
• Institute of Political Economy, Waseda University, Tokyo (Japan), March 2015
• Workshop on Monarchy, University of La Verne, January 2015
• Methods Workshop, Univerity of California, Los Angeles, December 2014
• Crisis, Institutions, and Banking Union, Federal Finance Ministry, Berlin (Germany), June 2014
• University of California Center Sacramento, October 2013
• Security, Peace, and Conflict Workshop, Duke University, October 2013
• Civil Conflict and Rationality Workshop, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Spain), June 2013
• Political Economy Workshop, New York University, April 2031
• Department of Political Science, University of Zürich (Switzerland), February 2012
• Department of Economics, University of Warwich (UK), February 2012
• International Relations Colloquium, Vanderbilt University, February 2012
• Department of Political Science, University of Essex (UK), January 2012
• Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (Sweden), September 2011
• Political Economy Lectures, Palomar College, April 2011
• Berkeley Center for Politcal Economy (UC — Berkeley), Political Economy Seminar, February 2011
• German Federal Ministry of Finance & Hertie School of Governance, Political Economy of International Finance, Berlin (Germany), February 2011
• ETH Zürich & University of Zürich, The Political Economy of International Organizations Conference, Zürich (Switzerland), January 2011
• Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, UC Southern California Symposium (UC — Irvine), January 2011
• London School of Economics, Political Science and Political Economy Conference (PSPE), London (UK), May 2010
• University of California — Davis, Conflict Processes Speaker Series, April 2010
• California Polytechnic State University, Economics and Finance Seminar Series, Orfalea College of Business, April 2010
• University of Chicago, Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security (PIPES), April 2010
• Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences (UC — Irvine), Modeling Conflict and Its Governance, February 2010
• Princeton University, International Relations Seminar Series, May 2009
• Cowles Foundation Workshop on Rationality and Conflict (Yale University), January 2009
• University of Rochester, Department of Political Science, November, 2008
• Yale University, Department of Political Science, November, 2008
• University of California — Berkeley, Department of Political Science, November 2008
• Rice University, Department of Political Science, November, 2008
• Rutgers University, Department of Political Science Seminar Series, October, 2008
• University of Oxford, Workshop on Dialogue and Innovation in Contemporary Political Science, June 2008
• University of California — Los Angeles, Political Science Department Seminar Series, April 2008
• Project on Polarization and Conflict, London (UK), March 2008
• University of Wisconsin — Madison, IR Colloquium, February 2008
• Project on Polarization and Conflict, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), December 2008
• University of Essex, Disaggregating the Study of Civil War and Transnational Violence, November 2007
• Project on Polarization and Conflict, Gaillac (France), June 2007
• University of California — Berkeley, IR Seminar Series, April 2007
• Washington University — St. Louis, Political Economy Speaker Series, April 2007
• Center for the Study of Civil War Workshop, New York University, February 2007
• Liberty Fund Colloquium on National Identity, Montreal (Canada), January 2007
• Project on Polarization and Conflict, Córdoba (Spain), December 2006
• Columbia University, Department of Political Science, November 2006
• University of California — Davis, Opening the Black Box of War Conference, October 2006
• Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer Institute, University of Michigan, July 2006
• University of Rochester, Watson Center, May 2006
• Harvard University, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, May 2006
• Conflict and Cooperation Conference, Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University), April 2006
• Texas A&M University, Department of Political Science, March 2006
• Dartmouth College, Department of Government, January 2006
• Stanford University, Department of Political Science, January 2006
• New York University, Department of Political Science, November 2005
• University of California — Davis, Intelligence Failure Mini-conference, June 2005
• University of California — Irvine, Department of Political Science, May 2005
• Yale University, Department of Political Science, March 2004
• Dartmouth College, Dickey Center, December 2003
• University of California — Berkeley, Positive Political Theory Seminar, November 2003
• New York University, Political Economy Workshop, April 2003

REFEREEING

• American Economic Review
• American Journal of Political Science
• American Political Science Review
• British Journal of Political Science
• Conflict Management and Peace Science
• Economics and Politics
• Economics of Governance
• European Journal of International Relations
• International Interactions
• International Journal of Game Theory
• International Organization
• International Studies Quarterly
• International Theory
• Journal of Conflict Resolution
• Journal of Peace Research
• The Journal of Politics
• Journal of Public Economics
• Journal of Theoretical Politics
• Political Analysis
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• RAND Journal of Economics
• Security Studies
• SERIEs
• Social Choice and Welfare
• World Politics
• Cambridge University Press
• Oxford University Press
• Stanford University Press
• University of Chicago Press
• Routledge
• National Science Foundation

UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Editorial Board, International Studies Review, 2015-
• Editorial Board, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2014-
• Editorial Board, International Interactions, 2013-
• Editorial Board, International Studies Quarterly, 2006-
• Editorial Board, Research & Politics, 2014-
• Editorial Board, International Organization, 2011-14
• Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science, 2010-14
• Section Organizer, European Political Science Association, 2011 (Dublin, Ireland)
• Project on International Affairs, Seminar Series Co-coordinator with J. Lawrence Broz, 2005-2009
• UCSD Representative Assembly, 2015-16
• Graduate Curriculum Reform Committee, 2017-18
• Omnibus Search Committee, 2017-18
• Methods Search Committee, 2011-13
• International Relations Search Committee, 2006-2007, 2009
• International Relations Field Coordinator, 2006-2008, 2013
• Graduate Admissions Committee, 2009-10
• Curriculum Committee, 2006-08
• Social Sciences Computing Committee, 2005-
• Department of Political Science Space Committee, 2002-04
• Panel Organizer, American Political Science Association, 2004

COURSES TAUGHT

1. Game Theory (graduate)
2. Formal Models in International Relations (graduate)
3. History of International Relations (graduate)
4. International Security (graduate)
5. Introduction to International Relations (undergraduate)
6. National Security Strategy (undergraduate)
7. Foreign Policy of the United States (undergraduate)
8. The Analytics of Conflict (undergraduate)
9. War and Society (undergraduate)

DISSERTATION COMMITTEES (Chair, Member)

• Kyle Beardsley (PhD, 2006), Duke University (initially at Emory University)
• Jessica Weiss (PhD, 2008), Cornell University (initially at Yale University)
• Chris Wignall (PhD Economics, 2010), Quant Economics, Inc.
• Mark Culyba (PhD, 2011), McKinsey & Co.
• Chulyong Kim (PhD Economics, 2011)
• Jennifer Keister (PhD, 2011), Initiative for Global Development (University of Notre Dame)
• Molly Racenberg (PhD, 2011), Central Intelligence Agency
• Danielle Jung (PhD, 2012), Emory University
• Troy Kravitz (PhD, 2013), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Cameron S. Brown (PhD, 2014), AIPAC Director of Jerusalem Office (initially postdoc at Hebrew University, Israel)
• Rupal Mehta (PhD, 2014), University of Nebraska (initially Harvard Post-Doc)
• R. Blake McMahon (PhD, 2015), Air Force Research Institute
• David Lindsey (PhD, 2015), Baruch College (initially Niehaus Fellow, Princeton University)
• Clara H. Suong (PhD, 2018), Postdoc, New York University
• Kelly S. Matush (PhD, 2018), Texas Tech University (initially postdoc at Dartmouth College)
• Dotan Haim (PhD, 2018), American University (initially postdoc at Dartmouth College)
• Lauren Lee (PhD, 2018), University of Mississippi
• Brandon Merrell (ABD, 2015)