Daniel S. Smith

Daniel S. Smith's research examines political conflict, governance, and historical political institutions, including topics such as civil war violence, counterinsurgency strategy, and how premodern and imperial states (like Rome and Eurasian empires) organized political succession and rule. Much of the work uses historical and comparative data to study long-run patterns in state formation, authority, and political behavior, including democratic and autocratic tendencies. One earlier publication on urban stream water quality suggests a possible unrelated background in environmental science.

Publication output has been modest and somewhat uneven over the last decade, averaging about one paper per year over the last five years, with occasional gaps followed by small bursts of output.

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