Vesna Danilovic is an associate professor of political science in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo. She is the author of When the Stakes Are High: Deterrence and Conflict among Major Powers (University of Michigan Press). Her work has also been published in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Conflict Management and Peace Science, International Interactions, and edited books. She served on the editorial boards of Journal of Politics and International Interactions, and is currently serving on the editorial team of International Studies Quarterly.

• PhD, University at Buffalo

crisis bargaining, deterrence, causes of war, major power conflicts, and liberal peace

• PSC 102 – Introduction to International Politics
• PSC 199 – UB Seminar-Issues in U.S.​ Foreign Policy
• PSC 330 – International Relations Problems
• PSC 333 – International Relations Theory
• PSC 335 – American Foreign Policy
• PSC 544 – International Theory
• PSC 644 – International System Evolution
• PSC 645 – Conflict Processes
• PSC 648 – International Relations Research

• “Exogenous Factors and the Crisis Bargaining Process” (with Joe Clare), Conflict Management and Peace Science Vol. 40, No. 6 (November 2023), pp. 634-54.
• “The Conditions for War and Peace in Interstate Crises” Conflict Management and Peace Science Vol. 40, No. 6 November (2023), pp. 580-83.
• “The Geopolitics of Major Power Interventions in Civil Wars” (with Joe Clare), Political Research Quarterly Vol. 7. No. 1 (March 2022), pp. 20-34.
• “Flexibility and Firmness in Crisis Bargaining” (with Joe Clare), Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 65, No. 6 (July 2021), pp. 1039-66.
•  “Reputation in Deterrence and Decision-Making” (with Joe Clare and Colin Tucker), in Nukhet Sandal, ed., Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies (Oxford University Press 2020).
• “Deterrence and Crisis Bargaining” (with Joe Clare), in Renée Marlin-Bennet, ed., Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. (Oxford University Press, 2017).
• “Reputation for Resolve, Interests, and Conflict,” (with Joe Clare) Conflict Management and Peace Science Vol. 29, no.
  1 (February 2012), pp. 3-27.
• “Multiple Audiences and Reputation Building in International Conflicts,” (with Joe Clare), Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 54, No. 6 (December 2010)., pp. 860-82.
• “Kantian Liberal Peace (Revisited),” (with Joe Clare) American Journal of Political Science Vol. 51. No. 2 (April 2007), pp. 397-414.
• “Global Power Transitions and Regional Interests,” (with Joe Clare) International Interactions Vol. 33, No. 3, (July 2007), pp. 289-304.
• When the Stakes Are High: Deterrence and Conflict among Major Powers, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2002.
• “The Sources of Threat Credibility in Extended Deterrence,” Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 45, No. 3 (June 2001), pp. 341-69.
• “Conceptual and Selection Bias Issues in Deterrence,” Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 45, No. 1 (February 2001), pp. 97-125.