Data Library

Sanctions data

Sanctions dataRangeUnit of analysisVariablesSource 
TIES1945-2005Sanctions episode (case id) Ties 
v4.0
ICEWS (event)1995-2018 (CAMEO in 2017 is missing)Events in ICEWS represent who did what to whom, when, and whereCAMEO (keyword: sanction; Demand (104…, 105…))icews
Hufbauer et al. (2007)1914-2006Case
(204 cases)
 Book
Updates
Nonproliferation SanctionsCaseThe Dept. of State
UN Targeted Sanctions1991-2013Article
App
EU sanctionsCFSP

Trade data

Trade dataRangeUnitVariablesSource 
Comtrade1962-2019 US dollarsCIF: imports
FOB: exports
comtrade
COW (dyadic trade)1948-2014 (most of data are missing between 1870-1948)US millions of current dollarsFlow1: imports of A from B
Flow2: imports of B from A
Cow trade 4.0
Barbieri and Keshk, 2017
Gleditsch (2002)1948-2000   Gleditsch
Updated to 2011
V4.1

GDP data

GDP dataRangeUnitVariablesSource 
Gleditsch (2002)1950-2011 US dollarsCIF: imports
FOB: exports
Gleditsch
Updated to 2011 (Can be obtained from QOG)
CEPII (Mayer and Zignago 2011)1948-2015 (1949’s gdp data is not available)Current US dollarsgdp_o: origin
gdp_d: destination
gravity

Other data

VariablesYear RangeUnit of analysis (original data set)Source
UN voting similarity v271946-2019Undirected dyad year
Agreeidealpointdistance
voting
Polity 5 (polity score)1946-2018State-year
Polity2 >= 7
polity
Polity 5Coups1946-2018State-yearpolity
State fragility index and matrix (stability)1995-2018State-year
sfi
polity
Desta2.0(PTA)1948-2020Directed dyad (alphabet)-yearT
ypememb7-withdrawal
Desta2.0
Peacedata2.01 (Rivalry)1945-2015peacescorepeace
World Bank Indicators  indicators
Doe scores  measuring how raw capabilities shape military powerhttp://doe-scores.com 
Todd Sechser’s Militarized Compellent Threats Data  Militarized Compellent Threats
Aid workers security database  Aid 

Conflict data

UCDP/PRIO Armed ConflictArmed Conflict Dataset (1946+);geo-referenced event dataset (1989+);conflict onset and termination datasets (1946+);non-state conflicts (1989+);peace agreements (1975+);external support for all warring parties (1975-2009) Link
ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Events Dataset) (1997–) Link
Social Conflict Analysis Database (SCAD) Link
Mass Mobilization Data Project Link
PRIO-GRID  
Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (systemicpeace.org) Datasets  
Correlates of War  
Issue Correlates of War  

Dyadic Cyber Incident and Campaign Dataset (DCID) Version 1.5 | Codebook

Conflict & Security (Princeton University Library)

IPE Data Resource (Benjamin A. T. Graham and Jacob R. Tucker) version 4.0

country-year codebook; dyad-year codebook

Additional data:

Conflict, political violence, and peace data, broad events datasets, terrorism, insurgency, and counterinsurgency, sanctions and arms embargoes