Democracy, human rights, and terrorism are major foreign policy issues. However, among these issues, what do U.S. leaders care about most? This study assesses the degree to which Washington responds militarily to threats to democratic institutions, human rights abuses, and terrorist activity in...

This study analyzes which firms leave multi-stakeholder initiatives for corporate social responsibility. Based on an analysis of all active and delisted business participants from the United Nations Global Compact between 2000 and 2015 (n=15,853), we find that small and medium-sized enterprises...

This article takes its starting point in two recent and related empirical developments: First, through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) companies address global challenges and opportunities. Second, national governments increasingly regulate CSR. This poses a puzzle: if private actors face...