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Multiplex Communities and the Emergence of International Conflict
Caleb Pomeroy, Niheer Dasandi, Slava Jankin Mikhaylov
Advances in community detection reveal new insights into multiplex and multilayer networks. Less work, however, investigates the relationship between these communities and outcomes…
Disunited Nations? A Multiplex Network Approach to Detecting Preference Affinity Blocs using Texts and Votes
Caleb Pomeroy, Niheer Dasandi, Slava J. Mikhaylov
This paper contributes to an emerging literature that models votes and text in tandem to better understand polarization of expressed preferences. It introduces a new approach to es…
What Drives the International Development Agenda? An NLP Analysis of the United Nations General Debate 1970-2016
Alexander Baturo, Niheer Dasandi, Slava J. Mikhaylov
There is surprisingly little known about agenda setting for international development in the United Nations (UN) despite it having a significant influence on the process and outcom…
Understanding State Preferences With Text As Data: Introducing the UN General Debate Corpus
Alexander Baturo, Niheer Dasandi, Slava J. Mikhaylov
Every year at the United Nations, member states deliver statements during the General Debate discussing major issues in world politics. These speeches provide invaluable informatio…