OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Defence and Peace Economics is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Economic Benefits of North Warning System Modernization	32
Modeling economic sanctions as a stochastic game: insights from Russia, Libya, and Iran	31
Geopolitical risk spillovers and interconnectedness: evidence from the MENA region and key global powers	21
Determinants of the global arms imports: a revisit	20
Drivers and Impact of European Defence Market Integration: A Literature Meta-Synthesis with Economic Focus	20
Natural resource dependence and war nexus: new insights	18
Demand for Military Expenditures and Security Alignment Choices in the Indo-Pacific	17
Modest and balanced: the US defense budget buildup during the first Trump administration, 2017–2020	17
Geopolitical Risk and Stock-Bond Interplay: A Comparative Study of Islamic and Conventional Assets in the GCC	17
Lights are flashing red! Unravelling the persistent effect of terrorism on Africa’s economic activity	14
The Spectrum of Strategic Autonomy in EU Defence Supply Chains	14
Should I Pay, Or Should I Quash? The Role of Governments’ Ideology in Ransom Payment	14
Post Service Labor Market Performance of Immigrant Veterans	14
After the war begins: Ukraine’s shock and Spain’s accelerated continuity in defence procurement	12
The Dynamics of the Global Arms Trade Network: States’ Stability and Instability	11
Long-term Consequences of Civil War in Tajikistan: The Gendered Impact on Education and Labor Market Outcomes	11
Corruption, ICT and Military Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa	10
Fertile ground for conflict: evidence revisited using spatial first differences	10
Macroeconomic consequences of the war in Ukraine on Central and Eastern European economies: a SVAR analysis	10
Scientometric Analysis of the Relationship between Expenditure on Defence and Economic Growth: Current Situation and Future Perspectives	9
The impact of armed conflicts and forced migration on labour markets: systematic literature review and future research agenda	9
Market Structures, Competition and Innovation: Grounds for an Alternative Defence Industrial Policy	9
Forecasting Costs of U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Against a Major Nuclear Strike	9
Unemployment and Military Labour Supply: A Study on Belgian Data for the Period 2005-2020	9
The Political Economy of Military Aircraft, the Case of Europe	9

Readiness Through International Cooperation: Finnish Defence Industrial Strategy in Changing Operational Environment from the Mid-1990s to the Early 2020s	9
Verification of Peace Accords and Military Expenditures in Post-Conflict Societies	8
Reassessing the military spending–economic growth nexus in the ‘shadows’: selected Balkan countries, 1990–2022	8
Extractive Politics, Redistribution, and War: On the Rationality of Kleptocratic Mismanagement	8
Within Ethnic Population Inequality and within Self-Determination Movement Violence	8
Concentration and Innovation in the Defence Industry: A Stochastic Game	7
Constraining Compliance? Reconsidering the Effect of Veto Players on Sanctions Success	7
Military spending and the fear hypothesis	7
Beyond U.S. Guarantees: can Europe defend the Baltic without American ground forces?	7
Technological Emergence and Military Technology Innovation	7
Arms Spending and War Casualties: Understanding the Strategic Trade-Offs in Warfare	6
The Impact of Military Expenditures on Economic Growth: A New Instrumental Variables Approach	6
European Defence: No Zeitenwende Yet	6
Reassessing the military expenditure–economic growth nexus in the context of geopolitical risk: evidence from Poland	6
A theoretical treatment of foreign fighters and terrorism	6
Has the iron fist against criminal gangs really worked in El Salvador?	6
Europe’s dependence on US foreign military sales: evidence for policy makers from a new database	6
Long-Run Equilibrium Between Military Expenditure and GDP with Non-Linear Structural Breaks in NATO Member States	6
Developments in Military Expenditure and the Effects of the War in Ukraine	5
Equilibrium in an asymmetric war of attrition with a fight option	5
Tourism demand recovery following terrorism ceasefire: the case of the Basque country	5
The economic costs and benefits of the European Future Combat Air System	5
International Transmission of Fiscal News Shock: Evidence from Defense Spending	5
Saudi Arabia’s defence industrial transition: from vision to reality?	5
Courtship, Honeymoon, and Stabilisation? Military Expenditures of New NATO Member Countries Before and After the 1999–2020 Enlargements	5
Cybersecurity For Defense Economists	5
Christian nationalism, apocalypticism, outgroup hate, and support for violent extremism	5
Defence Partnerships and Economic Dynamics: An Analysis in PESCO Countries	5