Research

My research agenda examines two questions within international security.

(1) How does security cooperation shape militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) and bilateral trade flows?

(2) How do shifts in states' external alignments affect the security of ethnic minority populations living within them?

 

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

Beyond Alliances: Introducing the Security Cooperation Score (SCS) (solo-authoring). Under review at International Interactions.

Trafficking, Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Governance of Nontraditional Threats: Introducing the Transnational Security Cooperation Agreement Dataset (TSCAD) (co-authoring with Timea Balogh, Patrick Bernhard, Nahrain Bet Younadam, Dylan Forrester, Brandon J. Kinne, Enrico LaVina, Andrew Roskos-Ewoldsen, Daniel Scates, and Anya Stewart). Under review at the Journal of Conflict Resolution.

Acevedo, Emily, Alexandra J. Lazar. “Active Learning and Interpersonal Skill Set Development Among First-Generation College Students,” International Studies Perspectives, 2021.

Book Chapters:

Lazar, Alexandra J. “Caught in the Crossfire: Strategic Partnerships and the Survival of Assyrian Communities in the Middle East” chapter in Perspectives on Assyrian Studies. Editors: Sargon Donabed, Nahrain Bet Younadam, and Mariam Georgis. Syracuse University Press. 2027. Forthcoming.

Gar Culbert and Alexandra J. Lazar. “An Extraordinary Set of Circumstances: Rouda vs. Rohrabacher in California’s 48th Congressional District,” chapter in Cases in Congressional Campaigns - Split Decisions, editors: Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio. Routledge, 2019.

Working Papers:

Political Violence Exposure in Iraq and its Impact on Minority Groups (co-authoring with Dr. Shamiran Mako)

State Capacity and Terrorist Alliance Formation: A Dual-sided Theory of Demand and Supply (solo authoring)

Research Positions:

RAND Summer Associate, Arroyo Army Research Division, 2024.

  • Adjunct Staff, RAND, Arroyo Army Research Division, 2024.

Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) for Transnational Security Cooperation Agreement Database with Dr. Brandon Kinne, 2022-2023.

Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) for Defense Cooperation Agreement Dataset & Transnational Security Cooperation Agreement Database with Dr. Brandon Kinne, 2026.