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Karen Rasler

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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International Relations and Foreign PolicyPolitical Conflict and GovernanceInternational Development and AidDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesHistorical Economic and Social Studies

Publications

103

Citations

2,428

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

45

Publishing since 1980

Research summary
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Karen Rasler studies international relations and political conflict, with particular attention to how wars shape the development of states and how governments' use of repression affects protest and nonviolent resistance movements. Her work also examines rivalries between countries and the onset of revolutions. She combines historical and comparative approaches to understand the dynamics of conflict and governance.

International relations and foreign policyPolitical conflict and repressionProtest and nonviolent resistance movementsWar and state formationInternational rivalry and revolution

Publication activity was low in the late 2010s, spiked sharply in 2021-2022, and has since dropped off, giving an uneven overall pattern.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications1718192020: 3 publications202021: 18 publications18212022: 13 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies×13
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics×2
  • Societies and political orders in transition×1
  • Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa)×1
  • Sociological Perspectives×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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