Publications

2026 Elite Misperceptions in Foreign Policy. Joshua David Kertzer · British Journal of Political Science 23 2026 Review of Jeffrey A. Friedman’s “The Commander-in-Chief Test: Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in US Foreign Policy” Joshua David Kertzer · H-Diplo/ Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum, Roundtable — 2026 Shooting from the Hip: The Counterintuitively Intuitive Nature of Deterrence. Joshua David Kertzer · Journal of Conflict Resolution 1 2025 Diplomacy by Committee: Assessing Resolve and Costly Signals in Group Settings. Joshua David Kertzer · American Journal of Political Science 7 2025 How Political Psychologists Think Joshua David Kertzer · Critical Review 0 2025 How to Put IR Theory into Practice: American Strategists Should Think More Like Social Scientists Joshua David Kertzer · Foreign Affairs — 2025 situation they face, ideas about the options available to them, and thoughts about what might happen depending on what they choose. Additionally, advisors can shape broader … Joshua David Kertzer · Inside the Situation Room: The Theory and Practice of Crisis Decision-Making · Scholar only — 2025 Supplemental Appendix Joshua David Kertzer · Scholar only — 2025 The Role of Advisors: How Ideas Shape International Crises. Joshua David Kertzer · Inside the Situation Room 0 2024 Advisers and Aggregation in Foreign Policy Decision-Making. Joshua David Kertzer · International Organization 55 2024 Armies and Influence: Elite Experience and Public Opinion about Foreign Policy Joshua David Kertzer · Journal of Conflict Resolution · needs review 51 2024 Perspective Taking and Security Dilemma Thinking: Cross-National Experimental Evidence from China and the United States. Joshua David Kertzer · World Politics 54 2024 Reputations in the Wild: Reputation Costs from the Syrian and Crimean Crises Among Leaders and Citizens Joshua David Kertzer · Scholar only 1 2024 Tribute to the Scholarship and Legacy of Bear Braumoeller Joshua David Kertzer · H-Diplo/ Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum, Roundtable — 2023 Abstraction and Detail in Experimental Design Joshua David Kertzer · American Journal of Political Science 276 2023 Democratic Peace and Covert Military Force: An Experimental Test. Joshua David Kertzer · Journal of Conflict Resolution 23 2023 Democratic Reputations in Crises and War. Joshua David Kertzer · The Journal of Politics 47 2022 Abstraction in Experimental Design: Testing the Tradeoffs Joshua David Kertzer · Cambridge University Press, Elements in Experimental Political Science series 64 2022 Annual Review of Political Science Joshua David Kertzer · Scholar only 2 2022 Elite Experiments and Surveys. Joshua David Kertzer · Annual Review of Political Science 265 2022 Hawkish Biases and Group Decision-Making. Joshua David Kertzer · International Organization 51 2022 Re-assessing Elite-Public Gaps in Political Behavior. Joshua David Kertzer · American Journal of Political Science 349 2022 What’s Fair in International Politics? Equity, Equality, and Foreign Policy Attitudes Joshua David Kertzer · Journal of Conflict Resolution 36 2021 America is back - really? Joshua David Kertzer · Rotary Magazin für Deutschland und Österreich — 2021 American Credibility After Afghanistan: What the Withdrawal Really means for Washington’s Reputation. Joshua David Kertzer · Foreign Affairs 18 2021 Cooperation or Coercion? The Views of US Opinion Leaders on Foreign Policy Approaches Joshua David Kertzer · Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Policy brief — 2021 Divisions on US-China Policy: Opinion Leaders and the Public Joshua David Kertzer · Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Policy brief 4 2021 Do Partisan Types Stop at the Water’s Edge? Joshua David Kertzer · The Journal of Politics 87 2021 How Do Observers Assess Resolve? Joshua David Kertzer · British Journal of Political Science 128 2021 Review of Dominic D.P. Johnson’s “Strategic Instincts: The Adaptive Advantages of Cognitive Biases in International Politics” Joshua David Kertzer · H-Diplo, Roundtable — 2020 Americans Want to Engage the World: The Beltway and the Public Are Closer Than You Think Joshua David Kertzer · Foreign Affairs 7 2020 Coming Together or Coming Apart? Attitudes of Foreign Policy Opinion Leaders and the Public in the Trump Era Joshua David Kertzer · Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Policy brief · needs review 7 2020 Foreign Policy Attitudes as Networks Joshua David Kertzer · The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Political Science 13 2020 Foreign policy is Biden’s best bet for bipartisan action, experts say – but GOP is unlikely to join him on climate change Joshua David Kertzer · The Conversation 0 2020 On COVID-19, foreign policy elites are just as polarized as the public Joshua David Kertzer · The Hill — 2020 The Price of Peace: Motivated Reasoning and Costly Signaling in International Relations. Joshua David Kertzer · International Organization 123 2019 북한주민인식결정요인분석: 이미지, 비인간화, 그리고한국인들의통일에대한 태도” (Analysis of Perceptions of North Koreans: Images, Dehumanization, and South Koreans’ Attitudes towards Unification) Joshua David Kertzer · KINU 통일의식조사2018: 남북평화시대의통일의식 — 2019 Congress has NATO’s back, despite Trump’s unilateralism Joshua David Kertzer · The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage 10 2019 Little Bismarcks: A Laboratory Experiment on Variation in Rational Thinking and Rational Behavior. Joshua David Kertzer · Reasoning of State: Realists, Romantics, and Rationality in International Relations — 2019 Review of Marcus Holmes’ “Face-To-Face Diplomacy: Social Neuroscience and International Relations” Joshua David Kertzer · H-Diplo, Roundtable — 2018 A Dispositional Theory of Reputation Costs. Joshua David Kertzer · International Organization 183 2018 How the Public Defines Terrorism. Joshua David Kertzer · American Journal of Political Science 292 2018 KINU 통일의식조사 2018: 남북평화 시대의 통일의식 Joshua David Kertzer · Scholar only 4 2018 KINU Unification Perception Survey 2018: Unification Perception in the era of North-South Peace [KINU 통일의식조사 2018: 남북평화 시대의 통일의식] Joshua David Kertzer · KINU Research · Scholar only 2 2018 Microfoundations: Evidence from Cross National Survey Experiments Joshua David Kertzer · Who Fights for Reputation 0 2018 Political Psychology in International Relations: Beyond The Paradigms. Joshua David Kertzer · Annual Review of Political Science 265 2018 Public Opinion and Foreign Policy. Joshua David Kertzer · Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations 105 2018 Response to Roseanne W. McManus’s review of Resolve in International Politics Joshua David Kertzer · Perspectives on Politics · Scholar only — 2018 Review of Roseanne McManus’ “Statements of Resolve: Achieving Coercive Credibility in International Conflict” Joshua David Kertzer · Perspectives on Politics 0 2018 Trump, Psychology, and the Future of U.S. Alliances. Joshua David Kertzer · Assessing the U.S. Commitment to Allies in Asia and Beyond 2