| Democracy, political similarity, and international alliances, 1816-1992 B Lai, D Reiter Journal of Conflict Resolution 44 (2), 203-227, 2000 | 419 | 2000 |
| Institutions of the offensive: Domestic sources of dispute initiation in authoritarian regimes, 1950–1992 B Lai, D Slater American Journal of Political Science 50 (1), 113-126, 2006 | 352 | 2006 |
| The effect of civil war on education, 1980—97 B Lai, C Thyne Journal of peace research 44 (3), 277-292, 2007 | 351 | 2007 |
| “Draining the swamp”: an empirical examination of the production of international terrorism, 1968–1998 B Lai Conflict Management and Peace Science 24 (4), 297-310, 2007 | 335 | 2007 |
| Rally ‘round the union jack? Public opinion and the use of force in the United Kingdom, 1948–2001 B Lai, D Reiter International Studies Quarterly 49 (2), 255-272, 2005 | 249 | 2005 |
| Examining the goals of US foreign assistance in the post-cold war period, 1991-96 B Lai Journal of Peace Research 40 (1), 103-128, 2003 | 180 | 2003 |
| Impact of regime type on the influence of US foreign aid B Lai, DS Morey Foreign Policy Analysis 2 (4), 385-404, 2006 | 117 | 2006 |
| Terrorism and foreign policy B Lai Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| The effects of different types of military mobilization on the outcome of international crises B Lai Journal of Conflict Resolution 48 (2), 211-229, 2004 | 61 | 2004 |
| Democratic progress and regress: The effect of parties on the transitions of states to and away from democracy B Lai, R Melkonian-Hoover Political Research Quarterly 58 (4), 551-564, 2005 | 57 | 2005 |
| An empirical examination of religion and conflict in the Middle East, 1950–1992 B Lai Foreign policy analysis 2 (1), 21-36, 2006 | 47 | 2006 |
| Explaining terrorism using the framework of opportunity and willingness: An empirical examination of international terrorism B Lai Research Paper, Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, April, 2004 | 23 | 2004 |
| Examining the role of region and elections on representation in the UN Security Council B Lai, VA Lefler The Review of International Organizations 12, 585-611, 2017 | 19 | 2017 |
| Examining the number of incidents of terrorism within states, 1968–1977 B Lai American Political Science Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 | 17 | 2003 |
| When do natural disasters lead to negotiations in a civil war? S Nemeth, B Lai Journal of Peace Research 59 (1), 28-42, 2022 | 16 | 2022 |
| UN Security Council nonpermanent membership: Equitable distribution for equitable representation B Lai, VA Lefler Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 2-6, 2009 | 15 | 2009 |
| Nationalism and its effects on attitudes about trade, cooperation, and immigration BH Lai, NF Martini Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 14, 1-22, 2021 | 14 | 2021 |
| Reducing the Effects of Moral Hazard: Institutional Designs Within International Alliances B Lai, J Day Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2007 | 7 | 2007 |
| Autocratic Regimes and Diversionary Uses of Force O Chyzh, B Lai, SML Mitchell International Studies Association Annual Meeting. http://www. saramitchell …, 2011 | 4 | 2011 |
| Examining the escalation of terrorist violence to civil war B Lai, K Larsen MidWest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April, 3-6, 2008 | 4 | 2008 |
