James Ron - CV

Publications

Books

2017. Taking Root: Human Rights & Public Opinion in the Global South. Oxford University Press.

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2003. Frontiers & Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia & Israel. University of California Press

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Scholarly Articles

2020. “Do Global Publics View Human Rights Organizations as Handmaidens of U.S. Empire?” Political Science Quarterly. 135/1: 9-35.

2018. “Caregiving for Children with Type 1 Diabetes and Clinical Outcomes in Central India.” Pediatric Diabetes 19/3: 527-533.

2017. “Management of Type 1 Diabetes in a Limited Resource Context.” Journal of Diabetology 8/2: 37-44.|

2017. “Local Resources for Local Rights? The Mumbai Fundraiser’s Dilemma.” Journal of Human Rights 16/3:

370-387.

2016. “Hands Off My Regime! The Backlash Against Foreign Funding to Local NGOs.” World Development. 84: 299-311.

2016. “Universal Values, Foreign Money: The Political Economy of Local Human Rights Organizations.” Review of International Political Economy. 23/1: 29-64.

2015. “Who Survived? Ethiopia’s Regulatory Crackdown on NGOs.” Review of International Political Economy. 22/2: 419-456.

2015. “Who Trusts Local Human Rights Organizations? Evidence from Three World Regions.” Human Rights Quarterly, 37: 188–239.

2014. “Human Rights Familiarity and Socio-Economic Status: A Four Country Study.” Sur: International Journal of Human Rights. 11/20: 335-351.

2013. “The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo-American Media, and Human Rights.” International Studies Quarterly, 57/3: 474-491

2012. “Rights-Based Development: Implications for NGOs.” Human Rights Quarterly, 34/2: 472-506

2010. “State-Level Transitional Justice Impacts: What Do We Know?” International Journal of Transitional Justice 4/3: 329-354

2009. “Seeing Double: Human Rights through Qualitative & Quantitative Eyes.” World Politics 61/2: 360-401

2007. “Public Health, Conflict, & Human Rights: An Agenda for Collaborative Research.” Conflict & Health 11/1: 1-38

2007. “Do Human Rights Violations Cause Internal Conflict?” Human Rights Quarterly 29/3: 674-705

2007. “Shaping the Northern Media’s Human Rights Coverage, 1986-2000.” Journal of Peace Research 44/4: 385-406

2007. “Human Rights Institutions: Rhetoric & Efficacy.” Journal of Peace Research 44/4: 379-384

2006. “What Shapes the West’s Human Rights Focus?” Contexts 5/3: 23-28.

2005. “Transnational Information Politics: Human Rights NGO Reporting, 1986-2000.” International Studies Quarterly 49/3: 557-587

2004. “Paradigm in Distress? Primary Commodities & Civil Wars.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 49/4: 443-450

2004. “Primary Commodities & War: Congo-Brazzaville’s Ambivalent Resource Curse.” Comparative Politics 37/1: 61-81.

2002. “NGO Scramble: Organizational Insecurity & the Political Economy of Transnational Action.” International Security 27/1: 1-33

2001. “Ideology in Context: Sendero Luminoso’s Tactical Escalation.” Journal of Peace Research 38/5: 569-592

2000. “Boundaries & Violence: Patterns of State Action along the Bosnia-Yugoslavia Divide.”

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2000. “Savage Restraint: Israel, Palestine, & the Dialectics of Legal Repression.” Social Problems 47/4: 445-472.

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1997. “Varying Methods of State Violence.” International Organization 51/2: 275-300

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Guest editorials in newspapers (selected)
2019. “American Jews and American Muslims have a Common Antagonist.” New York Times

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2019. “To Protect Human Rights Abroad, Preach to Trump Voters.” Foreign Policy

2019. “No, Americans Don’t Support Airstrikes that Kill Civilians, Even When They Target Terrorists.”
Washington Post

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2018. “Democracies Need a Little Help from Their Friends.” Foreign Policy

2017. “Across the Globe, Governments are Cracking Down on Civic Organizations. This is Why.”
Washington Post

2016. “Human Rights Groups are Secretly U.S. Agents. True or False?” Washington Post

2009. “Why are the United States & Israel at the Top of the Human Rights Hit Lists?” Foreign Policy

2006. “Trapped in a Vengeful Machismo.” Toronto Star

2005. “Finding Bias in Human Rights Reporting,” Globe & Mail

2004. “Responsibility for Abu Ghraib may be Difficult to Unravel,” Baltimore Sun

2003. “Lift the Sanctions – Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction,” Globe & Mail

2003. “Protect Iraqi People from Looming Disaster,” Baltimore Sun

2002. “What Happened in Jenin?” Toronto Star

2001. “Relief Business Bears Watching.” Baltimore Sun

2001. “Self-Critical Foreign Policies Could Enhance Our
Security.” Baltimore Sun

2000. “US Has Own Record of Atrocities.” Boston Globe

2000. “Desperate Logic of Arms.” International Herald Tribune

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2000. “Suppose Israel Leased the Jordan Valley from the Palestinians.” International Herald Tribune

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Evaluations & Advisory Reports
2025. Evaluation of the Forensic Program in Central America. Prepared for an International Agency.

2023. Evaluation of Aid to Human Rights Organizations in the Middle East. Prepared for a European Bilateral
Donor.

2018. Can Local Human Rights Organizations Raise Funds from the General Public in Bogotá? Prepared for the Open Societies Foundations

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2017. Will Publics Pay to Protect Rights in Mexico City? Prepared for the Open Societies Foundations.

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2008. The State-Level Effects of Transitional Justice Mechanisms. Prepared for Global Affairs Canada.

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1998. Human Rights & Humanitarian Assistance: Evaluating CARE’s Performance in the Eastern Zaire Refugee Camps, 1994-1996. Prepared for CARE-USA

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1996. Compete or Collaborate? Civilian Protection in the Former Yugoslavia. Prepared for the International
Committee of the Red Cross: Geneva.

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1995. Weapons Transfers & Violations of the Laws of War in Turkey. Prepared for Human Rights Watch.

1994. Israel's Interrogation of Palestinians from the Occupied Territories. Prepared for Human Rights Watch

1993. Israeli Undercover Operations against "Wanted" & Masked Palestinians. Prepared for Human Rights Watch