Topic · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics

Most cited papers in Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics

Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics

What are the most cited papers in Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics is "Studies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against a unanimous majority." (Solomon E. Asch, 1956), with 4,289 citations. Next come "International regimes" (2,371) and "The security dilemma and ethnic conflict" (1,417).

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Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 137 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Studies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against a unanimous majority. Solomon E. Asch · The Psychological Monographs	1956	4,289
2	International regimes R. J. Barry Jones · International Affairs	1983	2,371
3	The security dilemma and ethnic conflict Barry R. Posen · Survival	Mar 1993	1,417
4	Minority government and majority rule Steven M. DeLue · History of European Ideas	1991	929
5	International Integration: The European and the Universal Process Ernst B. Haas · International Organization	1961	649
6	Identity, migration and the new security agenda in Europe Ken Booth · International Affairs	1994	637
7	People, states and fear: the national security problem in international relations M. Wright · International Affairs	1984	513
8	SOME DESIRABLE PROPERTIES OF THE BONFERRONI CORRECTION: IS THE BONFERRONI CORRECTION REALLY SO BAD? Tyler J. VanderWeele, Maya B. Mathur · American Journal of Epidemiology Open access	13 Nov 2018	453
9	Costs, Commitment and Compliance: The Impact of EU Democratic Conditionality on Latvia, Slovakia and Turkey Frank Schimmelfennig, Stefan Engert, Heiko Knobel · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies	20 May 2003	445
10	Peoples Against States: Ethnopolitical Conflict and the Changing World System: 1994 Presidential Address Ted Robert Gurr · International Studies Quarterly	Sep 1994	420
11	Diplomacy: The Dialogue Between States M. Wright · International Affairs	1983	417
12	Autonomy as a Source of Conflict: Caucasian Conflicts in Theoretical Perspective Svante Cornell · World Politics	2002	405
13	Global Report on Conflict, Governance and State Fragility 2008 Monty G. Marshall, Benjamin R. Cole · Foreign Policy Bulletin	2008	400
14	Thinking about Democracy: Power Sharing and Majority Rule in Theory and Practice Arend Lijphart	10 Oct 2007	388
15	Nationhood and the national question in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Eurasia: An institutionalist account Rogers Brubaker · Theory and Society	Feb 1994	374
16	The Sustainability and Future of Unrecognized Quasi-States Pål Kolstø · Journal of Peace Research Open access	Nov 2006	332
17	The new nature of nation‐state failure Robert I. Rotberg · The Washington Quarterly	28 Jul 2002	331
18	Democracy as a contingent outcome of conflicts Adam Przeworski · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	Sep 1988	317
19	The Benefits of Ethnic War: Understanding Eurasia's Unrecognized States Charles King · World Politics	Jul 2001	294
20	What is an OSCE? R. M. Harden · Medical Teacher	1988	293
21	Rise and Demise of the Territorial State John H. Herz · World Politics	Jul 1957	291
22	Building State Failure in East Timor Jarat Chopra · Development and Change	Nov 2002	283
23	Fighting for Status: Hierarchy and Conflict in World Politics Deborah Welch Larson · Political Science Quarterly	2018	278
24	Russia's “Ethnic Revival”: The Separatist Activism of Regional Leaders in a Postcommunist Order Daniel S. Treisman · World Politics	1997	276
25	Russian ‘deniable’ intervention in Ukraine: how and why Russia broke the rules Roy Allison · International Affairs	Nov 2014	273
26	Minorities at risk: a global view of ethnopolitical conflicts James G. Kellas · International Affairs	Apr 1994	272
27	NATO's ‘Humanitarian War’ over Kosovo Adam Roberts · Survival	1999	271
28	Rebuilding State Institutions in Collapsed States Marina S. Ottaway · Development and Change Open access	Nov 2002	267
29	State Failure, State Collapse, and State Reconstruction: Concepts, Lessons and Strategies Jennifer Milliken, Keith R. Krause · Development and Change Open access	Nov 2002	261
30	How the Soviet Union is Governed, by Merle Fainsod and Jerry F. Hough Robert G. Wesson · Political Science Quarterly	1979	241
31	National Identity in Ukraine: Impact of Euromaidan and the War Volodymyr Kulyk · Europe Asia Studies	20 Apr 2016	239
32	Status and World Order Deborah Welch Larson, T. V. Paul, William C. Wohlforth · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	7 Apr 2014	235
33	Secessionist minorities and external involvement Alexis Heraclides · International Organization	1990	234
34	Spiraling to Ethnic War: Elites, Masses, and Moscow in Moldova's Civil War Stuart J. Kaufman · International Security	Oct 1996	232
35	Secession and Self-Determination: A Territorial Interpretation Lea Brilmayer · bepress Legal Repository Open access	31 Dec 1991	228
36	Friends in High Places: International Politics and the Emergence of States from Secessionism Bridget L. Coggins · International Organization	Jul 2011	227
37	The international dimensions of internal conflict Alan M James · International Affairs	Apr 1997	223
38	Foreign policy analysis: continuity and change in its second generation Richard G. Little · International Affairs	Oct 1995	222
39	The Foundations of Ethnic Politics: Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World Henry E. Hale	30 Jun 2008	222
40	Europe as Empire: The Nature of the Enlarged European Union Daunis Auers · Journal of International Relations and Development	Jun 2007	217
41	The Making of the Territorial Order: New Borders and the Emergence of Interstate Conflict David B. Carter, Hein E. Goemans · International Organization	Apr 2011	212
42	Weak States in the International System Ronald P. Barston · International Affairs	1981	211
43	When does the EU Make a Difference? Conditionality and the Accession Process in Central and Eastern Europe Tim Haughton · Political Studies Review	13 Apr 2007	209
44	The Fallacy of the ‘Failed State’ Charles T. Call · Third World Quarterly	Dec 2008	208
45	Violent borders: refugees and the right to move Boštjan Rogelj · Dela Open access	31 Dec 2017	197
46	The military doctrine of the Russian federation Charles J. Dick · The Journal of Slavic Military Studies	Sep 1994	196
47	The European Neighbourhood Policy: Conditionality Revisited for the EU's Eastern Neighbours Gwendolyn Sasse · Europe Asia Studies	Mar 2008	195
48	Deconstructing the “energy weapon”: Russia's threat to Europe as case study Karen Smith Stegen · Energy Policy	25 Aug 2011	192
49	Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart Andreas Wimmer · Survival	4 Jul 2018	191
50	Regime theory and international relations Joel Peters · International Affairs	Apr 1994	189

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