our publications
2026
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., Sukin, L., & Rosendorf, O. (2026). The Promise of AI-Generated Video Designs for Survey Experiments in International Relations: An Experimental Test. APSA Preprints
Smetana, M., Haynes, I., Sukin, L., Rosendorf, O., & Vranka, M. (2026). Does Public Opinion Shape Elite Support for Defending Allies? Evidence on the Microfoundations of Collective Defense from the British Parliament. SSRN Pre-print
Smetana, M., Sukin, L., Vranka, M., Rosendorf, O., & Haynes, I. (2026). Retrenchment Signaling and the Erosion of NATO Credibility under Trump 2.0.SSRN Pre-print
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O. (2026). Allied commitments and public support for military interventions: A cross-national experiment. Research & Politics
2025
Smetana, M., Sukin, L., Herzog, S., & Vranka, M. (2025). Atomic responsiveness: How public opinion shapes elite beliefs and preferences on nuclear weapon use. European Journal of International Security
Rzazade, Z. (2025). Whose “drone revolution”? Expert-media gaps in perceptions of drone warfare. European Security
Smetana, M., & Onderčo, M. (2025). “Hope the Russians Love Their Children Too”: Russian Public Support for the Use of Nuclear Weapons after the Invasion of Ukraine. Journal of Global Security Studies
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O. (2025). Public support for arms control in the third nuclear age: cross-national survey and elite cues experiment in NATO countries. European Journal of International Relations
2024
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O. (2024). Elite-public gaps in support for nuclear and chemical strikes: New evidence from a survey of British parliamentarians and citizens. Research & Politics.
Smetana, M. (2024). Microfoundations of domestic audience costs in nondemocratic regimes: Experimental evidence from Putin’s Russia. Journal of Peace Research.
2023
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O. (2023). Algorithmic aversion? Experimental evidence on the elasticity of public attitudes to “Killer robots.” Security Studies
Onderco, M., Smetana, M., & Etienne, T. W. (2023). Hawks in the making? European public views on nuclear weapons post-Ukraine. Global Policy
Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O. (2023). The “Commitment Trap” Revisited: Experimental Evidence on Ambiguous Nuclear Threats. Journal of Experimental Political Science
2022
Smetana M., Vranka M., & Rosendorf O. (2022). The lesser evil? Experimental evidence on the strength of nuclear and chemical weapon “taboos”. Conflict Management and Peace Science
Smetana, M., & Onderco, M. (2022). From Moscow With a Mushroom Cloud? Russian Public Attitudes to the Use of Nuclear Weapons in a Conflict With NATO. Journal of Conflict Resolution
Smetana, M., & Onderco, M. (2022). Elite-Public Gaps in Attitudes to Nuclear Weapons: New Evidence from a Survey of German Citizens and Parliamentarians. International Studies Quarterly
Rosendorf, O., Smetana, M., & Vranka, M. (2022). Autonomous Weapons and Ethical Judgments: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward the Military Use of “Killer Robots.” Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
2021
Rosendorf O., Smetana M., & Vranka M. (2021). Disarming Arguments: Public Opinion and Nuclear Abolition, Survival, 63:6, 183-200
Smetana M., & Vranka M. (2021). How moral foundations shape public approval of nuclear, chemical, and conventional strikes: new evidence from experimental surveys.International Interactions. 47(2) 374-390