Our PI, Efe Tokdemir, and Burak Kazim Yılmaz published an article titled “Pave the Way to Diversion: Increased Salience of Foreign Policy at the Times of Economic Hardships” in the Journal of Conflict Resolution!
Using an LLM to classify presidential speeches, they examine how leaders’ rhetorical emphasis on foreign policy helps explain the relationship between economic hardship and the diversionary use of force.
Open access available: https://lnkd.in/eV5xfAUN