George Mason University
Center for Global Policy

The Center for Global Policy at George Mason University, directed by Professor Jack A. Goldstone, conducts research on a wide range of global policy issues. Center faculty undertake basic academic research on such topics as foreign trade, democratization and state-building, and transnational networks, and analyze specific policy issues for a variety of government agencies. The Center's faculty work in four main clusters:
  • Conflict, Terrorism, Democratization, and State-Building
  • International Trade, Finance, and International Organizations
  • Culture, Opinion, and Global Policy
  • Information Technology, Learning, and Development

The Center also develops and serves as the home to several major cross-national data projects and resources for global policy. These include the Polity IV project of regime characteristics, the Armed Conflict and Intervention project, the US Government's Political Instability Task Force/State Failure project, and the Genocide/Politicide Project. The Center publishes an annual Global Report on general system performance and state fragility.


A Global Model for Forecasting Political Instability
Jack A. Goldstone, Robert H. Bates, David L. Epstein, Ted Robert Gurr, Michael B. Lustik, Monty G. Marshall, Jay Ulfelder, and Mark Woodward

Black and white, 19 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables, 2 appendices
Publisher: American Journal of Political Science, January 2010
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Global Report 2009: Conflict, Governance, and State Fragility
Monty G. Marshall and Benjamin R. Cole

Color, 40 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables
Executive Summary
Color, 8 pages
Publisher: Center for Global Policy, George Mason University, and Center for Systemic Peace, 2010
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The Center offers graduate students the opportunity for training and research in comparative and international studies, and organizes seminars and conferences on a variety of topics in international policy.

If you would like to contact the Center regarding its research or use of its data bases, please contact CGP Director of Research Monty G. Marshall at mmarsha5@gmu.edu or call (703) 993-8177.


Center for Global Policy

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