Diplomatic Contacts Database (DIPCON 3)
DIPCON database records all embassies sent by all states to other states in the international system between 1960 and 2020, generally at five-year intervals (there are some time frames when the intervals are shorter to allow researchers to gauge, especially during periods of substantial change, whether or not diplomatic contacts are shifting quickly). Microstates (states with populations fewer than 200,000) are dropped from the data. This version is authored by Patrick Rhamey, Kirssa Cline, Nicholas Thorne, Jacob Cramer, Jennifer L. Miller, and Thomas J. Volgy, and the earlier version is discussed in “The Diplomatic Contacts Database,” Tucson: School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona (Version 3.0). For more information, please contact Patrick Rhamey (rhameyjp@vmi.edu) or Thomas Volgy (volgy@arizona.edu).
The Regional Bilateral Diplomatic Visits (RBDV) Database (2000-2025)
(Data still under construction...will open soon)
Please do not use these data without permission of the author (volgy@arizona.edu)
Interstate and Conventional Wars, 2008-2026 (August)
*Using COW criteria for interstate wars; also provides alternative war cases using Jason Lyall's classification of conventional war (Divided Armies,: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War, Princeton University Press, 2020). AI assisted with both types of classifications.
Regional Conflict Profiles for Sixteen Regions of IR, 1960-2025
This section contains two files: Notes that explain the coding process; and a Regional Conflict Profiles spreadsheet, comparing regions across militarized international disputes, interstate wars, and civil wars, by decades.
Since these data have been compiled using an AI to assist in scraping of data for the years not covered by extant databases, they are in constant update status. Please do not use these data without permission of the author