Hiroto Sawada (2024) "The Mercurial Commitment: Revisiting the Unintended Consequences of Military Humanitarian Intervention and Anti-atrocity Norms." International Studies Quarterly 68(2): sqae023. Link | Preprint
Research
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Journal Articles
Working Papers
Hiroto Sawada (2026) "Asymmetric Climate Vulnerability and War: Why Empirical Evidence on Extreme Weather Events and Conflict Seems Mixed." Job market paper. Submitted. Link | SSRN
Gaku Ito, Duc Tran, Hiroto Sawada, Ghulam Dastgir Khan, and Yuichiro Yoshida (2026) "Pain, Attitudes, and Behavior: Divergent Legacies of Herbicidal Warfare in Vietnam." Submitted. Link | SSRN
Hiroto Sawada, Raphael Boleslavsky, Kristopher W. Ramsay, and Mehdi Shadmehr (2026) "Designing Signals for Deterrence." Link | arXiv
Hiroto Sawada (2026) "Climate Adaptation and War: How Investment in Disaster Preparedness Can Make Conflict More (or Less) Likely." Link
Selected Works in Progress
Hiroto Sawada "Climate Resilience and War: How Rapid Recovery from Disasters Can Backfire."
Gaku Ito, Duc Tran, Hiroto Sawada, Ghulam Dastgir Khan, and Yuichiro Yoshida "To Help and to Be Helped: How Social Norms Shape Attitudes and Behavior in Post-Conflict Societies."