Dr. Daniel S. Geller

Education:

• Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1977
• A.M., Rutgers University, 1972
• A.B., Drew University, 1970

Fields:

• International Relations (Conflict Analysis; Defense Policy; Foreign Policy).
• Comparative Politics (Subfield--Latin American Politics).
• Political Theory (Normative and Empirical).

Publications:

Journal Articles

• "Nuclear Weapons and the Indo-Pakistani Conflict: Global Implications of a Regional Power Cycle," International Political Science Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2003.
• "Status Quo Orientation, Capabilities, and Patterns of War Initiation in Dyadic Rivalries," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2000.
• "Power Differentials and War in Rival Dyads," International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 2, 1993.
• "Capability Concentration, Power Transition, and War," International Interactions, Vol. 17, No. 3, 1992.
• "Power Transition and Conflict Initiation," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1992.
• "Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Crisis Escalation," The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 34, No. 2, 1990.
• "Power System Membership and Patterns of War," International Political Science Review, Vol. 9, No. 4, 1988.
• "The Impact of Political System Structure on Probability Patterns of Internal Disorder," American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 31, No. 2, 1987.
• "Economic Modernization and Political Instability in Latin America: A Causal Analysis of Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism," The Western Political Quarterly,Vol. 35, No. 1, 1982.
• "A Preliminary Test of the Theory of Dependency," Comparative Politics,Vol. 7, No. 3, 1975. Co-author with Robert R. Kaufman and Harry I. Chernotsky.

Books

• The Construction and Cumulation of Knowledge.
  Co-editor with John A. Vasquez. Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell Ltd., 2004.
• Nations at War: A Scientific Study of International Conflict.
  Co-author with J. David Singer. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
• Domestic Factors in Foreign Policy: A Cross-National Statistical Analysis.
  Cambridge, Massachusetts: Schenkman, 1985.
  

Book Chapters

• "Toward a Scientific Theory of War."  In Paul F. Diehl (ed.), The Scourge of War: New Extensions on an Old Problem.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004.
  
• "Explaining War: Empirical Patterns and Theoretical Mechanisms." In Manus I. Midlarsky (ed.), Handbook of War Studies II. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
• "Material Capabilities: Power and International Conflict." In John A. Vasquez (ed.), What Do We Know About War? Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000.
• "The Stability of the Military Balance and War Among Great Power Rivals." In Paul F. Diehl (ed.), The Dynamics of Enduring Rivalries.Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1998.
• "Relative Power, Rationality, and International Conflict." In Jacek Kugler and Douglas Lemke (eds.), Parity and War: Evaluations and Extensions of The War Ledger. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996.
• "Modeling the Conflict Patterns of Nations." In J. David Singer and Richard J. Stoll (eds.), Quantitative Indicators in World Politics. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984.

Translations

• "Empirical Patterns in the Onset and Seriousness of War." Co-author with J. David Singer. In Kenichiro Hirano (ed.), Japan, Asia, and the Global System: Toward the Twenty-First Century. Tokyo, Japan: Kokusai Shoin Co., 1998.

Monographs

• "Regime Environment and Structure as Determinants of Foreign Policy Behavior: The Application of a System of Recursive Equations to a Developmental Model." CREON Papers. Columbus: Ohio State University, The Mershon Center, 1979.

Consultantships:

• U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Verification and Compliance(VC/TA), Washington, DC, May 2000 – present.

Government Experience:

• William C. Foster Fellow, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,
  Intelligence, Technology, and Analysis Division (IVI/ITA), Washington, DC, June 1998 - March 1999.
• U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control (AC/TA), Washington, DC, April 1999 - July 1999.

Academic Awards and Grants:

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Grant (Collaborative Research on the Militarized Interstate Dispute Data Set), 2000-03.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant (paper presentation IPSA World Congress, Berlin, Germany), 1994.
• University of Mississippi Foundation Research Grant (Mathematical Conflict Analysis), 1994.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant (paper presentation IPSA World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1991.
• United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Research Grant (nuclear weapons/crisis escalation), 1988-89.
• Research Fellowship, Correlates of War Project, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1987.
• Achilles Fellowship, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe (SHAPE), Casteau, Belgium, 1986.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant (paper presentation IPSA World Congress, Paris, France), 1985.
• Sloan Fellowship, MIT-Harvard Program on Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control, Cambridge, 1984.
• University of Mississippi Faculty Research Grant, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1993.
• Ter Marsch Dissertation Award, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, 1978.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Support, Grant No. GS40348, 1975-1976.
• Walter C. Russell Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, 1974-75.

Research Affiliations:

• Correlates of War Project, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Penn State University, 1987 – present.