Brendan Connell

Migration and Economic Coercion

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 21:36:53 +0000

Migration and Economic Coercion Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 06/03/2021 - 15:36

Migration and Economic Coercion

By: Brendan J Connell, Samantha L Moya, Adrian J Shin

Abstract:

Sender costs of economic sanctions exacerbate the enforcement problem associated with multilateral coercive measures. When third-country sanctioners share strategic interests with the target state, they have commercial and diplomatic incentives to defect from multilateral sanctions arrangements. In addition to these well-documented sender costs, this article argues that migration pressure from the target state has become an important consideration for potential sanctioners. Economic sanctions often increase the economic distress on the target country, which in turn causes more people to migrate to countries where their co-ethnics reside. Countries hosting a large number of nationals from the target country face a disproportionately high level of migration pressure when sanctions increase emigration from the target country. Therefore, policymakers of these countries oppose economic sanctions on the target country as an attempt to preempt further migration. Analyzing the sanctions bills in the European Parliament from 2011 to 2015, we find empirical support for our prediction.

Learn more here: Migration and Economic Coercion

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Congratulations to GIPS Paper Prize awardees Matthew Harvey, Brendan Connell and Hannah Paul!

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:27:56 +0000

Congratulations to GIPS Paper Prize awardees Matthew Harvey, Brendan Connell and Hannah Paul! Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/12/2021 - 10:27

Congratulations to Matthew Harvey, Brendan Connell, and Hannah Paul on their GIPS Paper Prize awards!

The Graduates in Political Science (GIPS) Paper Prize is a department-level prize designed to provide graduate student participants with funding and feedback on their ongoing research projects. The goal of the GIPS Paper Prize is to recognize the development and encourage the publication of scholarly research by graduate students in the Political Science department.

First Place: Matthew Harvey, “The Sublime and The Pale Blue Dot: Optimism in an Era of Ecological Crisis”
Second Place: Brendan Connell, “A ‘Diplomatic Advantage?’ Diplomacy, Ideas, and State Access to Capital”
Third Place: Hannah Paul, “Personalizing Politics: An Experimental Examination of the Effects of a Refugee’s First-Person Narrative on Political Attitudes”

Thank you to everyone who participated! We had several very good submissions and hope for even more next year!

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Electoral Rules, Interest Group Pressures, and the Price of Democratic Default

Anonymous — Tue, 28 May 2019 14:22:47 +0000

Electoral Rules, Interest Group Pressures, and the Price of Democratic Default Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 05/28/2019 - 08:22

Brendan J Connell. "Electoral Rules, Interest Group Pressures, and the Price of Democratic Default." International Studies Quarterly. (forthcoming)

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