Publications

2026 Srebrenica: Lessons Learned and Unlearned Benjamin A. Valentino · Srebrenica 30 godina poslije genocida: Sjećanje, odgovornost i izazovi · Scholar only — 2025 Atomic Arguments and Counter-Arguments: How Exposure to Conflicting Information Influences American Public Support for the Use of Nuclear Weapons Benjamin A. Valentino · International Studies Quarterly 12 2024 Responsibility in War Benjamin A. Valentino · The Individualization of War: Rights, Liability, and Accountability in · Scholar only — 2023 Public Opinion and the Nuclear Taboo Across Nations: An Exchange – The Authors Reply Benjamin A. Valentino · Security Studies · Scholar only 6 2023 Quantifying Participation Biases on Social Media Benjamin A. Valentino · EPJ Data Science 33 2023 Situationism and the Individualization of Responsibility in War Benjamin A. Valentino · The Individualization of War 0 2022 An interpretable model for real-time tracking of economic indicators Benjamin A. Valentino · ACM/IMS Transactions on Data Science 3 2022 Inconstant Care: Public Attitudes Toward Force Protection and Civilian Casualties in the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel Benjamin A. Valentino · Journal of Conflict Resolution 9 2022 Kettles of Hawks: Public Opinion on the Nuclear Taboo and Noncombatant Immunity in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Israel Benjamin A. Valentino · Security Studies 115 2021 Taboo or Not Taboo: A Rebuttal and Research Agenda Benjamin A. Valentino · International Studies Review — 2021 Using Impression Data to Improve Models of Online Social Influence Benjamin A. Valentino · Scientific Reports 17 2020 Does the Non-Combatant Immunity Norm Have Stopping Power? Benjamin A. Valentino · International Security 19 2020 Social media data reveals signal for public consumer perceptions Benjamin A. Valentino · Proceedings of the First ACM International Conference on AI in Finance 3 2020 The Stopping Power of Norms: Saturation Bombing, Civilian Immunity, and US Attitudes toward the Laws of War Benjamin A. Valentino · INTERNATIONAL SECURITY · Scholar only — 2020 Weighing Lives in War: How National Identity Influences American Public Opinion about Foreign Civilian and Compatriot Fatalities Benjamin A. Valentino · Journal of Global Security Studies 23 2019 Animals Are People Too: Explaining Variation in Respect for Animal Rights Benjamin A. Valentino · Human Rights Quarterly 35 2019 Do Americans approve of Trump’s pardons for court-martialed military officers? Benjamin A. Valentino · Washington Post, Monkey Cage — 2019 Final solutions: Mass killing and genocide in the 20th century Benjamin A. Valentino · Cornell University Press · Scholar only · needs review 1,253 2019 Just War and Unjust Soldiers: American Public Opinion on the Moral Equality of Combatants Benjamin A. Valentino · Ethics & International Affairs 42 2019 Living with a Nuclear North Korea Benjamin A. Valentino · The Wall Street Journal — 2019 On Reciprocity, Revenge, and Replication: A Rejoinder to Walzer, McMahan, and Keohane Benjamin A. Valentino · Ethics & International Affairs · Scholar only 5 2019 What do Americans really think about conflict with nuclear North Korea? Benjamin A. Valentino · Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 62 2019 Who supports animal rights? Benjamin A. Valentino · Washington Post, Monkey Cage 3 2018 Not Just a War Theory: American Public Opinion on Ethics in Military Combat Benjamin A. Valentino · International Studies Quarterly 44 2017 More Than Words: “Genocide,” Holocaust Analogies, and Public Opinion in the United States Benjamin A. Valentino · Journal of Human Rights 18 2017 Revisiting Hiroshima in Iran: American Attitudes about Nuclear Weapons and Non-Combatant Immunity Benjamin A. Valentino · International Security 279 2017 The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty: Opportunities Lost Benjamin A. Valentino · The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 23 2016 An inflated view of the facts? Benjamin A. Valentino · How preferences and predispositions shape conspiracy beliefs about the · Scholar only 2 2016 An Inflated View of the Facts? How Preferences and Predispositions Shape Conspiracy Beliefs About the Deflategate Scandal Benjamin A. Valentino · Research & Politics 32 2016 At Home Abroad: Public Attitudes towards America’s Overseas Commitments Benjamin A. Valentino · Sustainable Security: Rethinking American National Security Strategy — 2016 Atomic Attraction Benjamin A. Valentino · The Indian Express — 2016 Moral Character or Character of War? American Public Opinion on the Targeting of Civilians in Times of War. Benjamin A. Valentino · Daedalus 11 2016 Naming Crimes: Genocide and Public Opinion in the United States Benjamin A. Valentino · Open Global Rights — 2016 Sustainable Security: Rethinking American National Security Strategy Benjamin A. Valentino · Oxford, UK: University Press 38 2016 Triggers for mass killing: Report on a research project for the Political Instability Task Force Benjamin A. Valentino · Hanover: Dartmouth College, February · Scholar only 4 2016 Would the U.S. Drop the Bomb Again? Benjamin A. Valentino · The Wall Street Journal — 2015 Use of Force: The American Public and The Ethics of War Benjamin A. Valentino · Open Global Rights 3 2014 State Finance and National Power: Great Britain, China, and the United States in Historical Perspective Benjamin A. Valentino · Finanza statale e potere nazionale: Gran Bretagna, Cina e Stati Uniti in una · Scholar only 6 2014 Why We Kill: The Political Science of Political Violence against Civilians Benjamin A. Valentino · Annual Review of Political Science 364 2013 Atomic Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Taboos, Traditions, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons. Benjamin A. Valentino · American Political Science Review 339 2011 A War of One’s Own: Understanding the Gender Gap in Support for War. Benjamin A. Valentino · Public Opinion Quarterly 216 2011 The True Costs of Humanitarian Intervention: The Hard Truth Behind a Noble Notion. Benjamin A. Valentino · Foreign Affairs 135 2010 Bear any Burden?: How Democracies Minimize the Costs of War. Benjamin A. Valentino · The Journal of Politics 154 2009 Lost in Transition: A Critical Analysis of Power Transition Theory Benjamin A. Valentino · International Relations 191 2008 Mass Killing of Civilians in Times of War, 1945-2000 Benjamin A. Valentino · Peace and Conflict 2008 13 2006 A Balanced Foreign Policy Benjamin A. Valentino · How to Make America Safe: New Policies for National Security. Cambridge, MA · Scholar only 7 2006 Covenants Without the Sword: International Law and the Protection of Civilians in Times of War Benjamin A. Valentino · World Politics 219 2006 The Perils of Limited Humanitarian Intervention: Lessons from the 1990s Benjamin A. Valentino · Wisconsin International Law Journal 15 2006 Time to Offshore Our Troops Benjamin A. Valentino · New York Times 11 2004 A Victory, But Little Is Gained Benjamin A. Valentino · New York Times 1