2023
Lees, N., & Petersohn, U. (n.d.). To Escalate, or Not to Escalate? Private Military and Security Companies and Conflict Severity. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1-24. doi:10.1080/1057610x.2021.1935700DOI: 10.1080/1057610x.2021.1935700
2022
Petersohn, U., Gottwick, V., Penel, C., & Kellgren-Parker, L. (2022). The Commercial Military Actor Database. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 66(4-5), 899-923. doi:10.1177/00220027211072528DOI: 10.1177/00220027211072528
Penel, C., & Petersohn, U. (2022). Commercial Military Actors and Civilian Victimization in Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and Asia, 1980–2011. Journal of Global Security Studies, 7(1). doi:10.1093/jogss/ogab029DOI: 10.1093/jogss/ogab029
2021
Petersohn, U. (n.d.). Onset of new business? Private military and security companies and conflict onset in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia from 1990 to 2011. Small Wars & Insurgencies, 1-32. doi:10.1080/09592318.2020.1866404DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2020.1866404
Petersohn, U. (2021). The anti-mercenary norm and the market for combat force. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 76(1), 106-128. doi:10.1177/0020702021994519DOI: 10.1177/0020702021994519
2020
Petersohn, U. (2020). Everything in (dis)order? Private Military and Security Contractors and International Order. Journal of Future Conflict.
2018
Petersohn, U. (2018). The force of relationships: the influence of personal networks on the market for force. European Security, 27(1), 98-113. doi:10.1080/09662839.2018.1425296DOI: 10.1080/09662839.2018.1425296
2017
Panke, D., & Petersohn, U. (2017). President Donald J. Trump: An agent of norm death?. International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, 72(4), 572-579. doi:10.1177/0020702017740159DOI: 10.1177/0020702017740159
2016
Panke, D., & Petersohn, U. (2016). Norm challenges and norm death: The inexplicable?. Cooperation and Conflict, 51(1), 3-19. doi:10.1177/0010836715597948DOI: 10.1177/0010836715597948
2015
Petersohn, U. (2015). The Social Structure of the Market for Force. Cooperation and Conflict, 50(2), 269-285. doi:10.1177/0010836714545686DOI: 10.1177/0010836714545686
Petersohn, U. (2015). Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), Military Effectiveness, and Conflict Severity in Weak States, 1990–2007. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 61(5), 1046-1072. doi:10.1177/0022002715600758DOI: 10.1177/0022002715600758
The Markets for Force: Privatization of Security Across World Regions (Book)
Dunigan, M., & Petersohn, U. (2015). The markets for force: Privatization of security across world regions.
2014
Petersohn, U. (2014). Reframing the Anti-mercenary norm: Private Military and Security Companies and Mercenarism. International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Studies, 69(4), 475-493. doi:10.1177/0020702014544915DOI: 10.1177/0020702014544915
Petersohn, U. (2014). The Impact of Mercenaries and Private Military and Security Companies on Civil War Severity between 1946 and 2002. International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations, 40(2), 191-215. doi:10.1080/03050629.2014.880699DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2014.880699
2013
Petersohn, U. (2013). The Effectiveness of Contracted Coalitions. Armed Forces and Society, 39(3), 467-488. Retrieved from http://afs.sagepub.com/content/39/3/467.abstract
2012
Why international norms disappear sometimes (Journal article)
Panke, D., & Petersohn, U. (2012). Why international norms disappear sometimes. European Journal of International Relations, 18(4), 719-742. doi:10.1177/1354066111407690DOI: 10.1177/1354066111407690
2011
The Other Side of the COIN: Private Security Companies and Counterinsurgency Operations (Journal article)
Petersohn, U. (2011). The Other Side of the COIN: Private Security Companies and Counterinsurgency Operations. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 34(10), 782-801. doi:10.1080/1057610x.2011.604832DOI: 10.1080/1057610x.2011.604832
Military Privatisation: Changing the Military-Civil Force Mix (Journal article)
Petersohn, U. (2011). Military Privatisation: Changing the Military-Civil Force Mix. European Political Science, 10(2), 146-156. doi:10.1057/eps.2011.3DOI: 10.1057/eps.2011.3
2010
Sovereignty and Privatizing the Military: An Institutional Explanation (Journal article)
Petersohn, U. (2010). Sovereignty and Privatizing the Military: An Institutional Explanation. Contemporary Security Policy, 31(3), 531-552. doi:10.1080/13523260.2010.521706DOI: 10.1080/13523260.2010.521706
Hired Guns. Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom (Book)
Petersohn, U., Webber, M., Cotton, S., Burkhard, Q., Zander-Cotugno, M., O'Connell, E., & Dunigan, M. (2010). Hired Guns. Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Arlington, VA: RAND Corporation.
The Limits of Military Outsourcing (Book)
Petersohn, U. (2010). The Limits of Military Outsourcing. Zurich: CSS.
2009
Die Rolle der Bundeswehr im Kosovo Konflikt (The Bundeswehr in the Kosovo-Conflict) (Chapter)
Petersohn, U., & Eitelhuber, N. (2009). Die Rolle der Bundeswehr im Kosovo Konflikt (The Bundeswehr in the Kosovo-Conflict). In H. Münkler, & K. Malowitz (Eds.), Humanitäre Intervention (pp. 203-220). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Responsibility Without Capability: Norms, Credibility, and the Challenges of Humanitarian Intervention (Chapter)
Petersohn, U. (2009). Responsibility Without Capability: Norms, Credibility, and the Challenges of Humanitarian Intervention. In A. Grant (Ed.), The Crisis in Sudan (pp. 10). Kingston: Queens Centre for International Affairs.
Selektiver Schutz universaler Menschenrechte. Ein multikausaler Erklärungsansatz des Interventionsverhaltens von Demokratien (Selective Interventionism in the Age of Universal Human Rights. A Multi-Causal Explanation of Humanitarian Interventions) (Book)
Petersohn, U. (2009). Selektiver Schutz universaler Menschenrechte. Ein multikausaler Erklärungsansatz des Interventionsverhaltens von Demokratien (Selective Interventionism in the Age of Universal Human Rights. A Multi-Causal Explanation of Humanitarian Interventions). Wiesbaden: Nomos Verlag.
2008
Outsourcing the Big Stick: The Consequences of Using Private Military Companies (Book)
Petersohn, U. (2008). Outsourcing the Big Stick: The Consequences of Using Private Military Companies. Cambridge: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. Retrieved from http://wcfia.harvard.edu/
2006
Die Nutzung privater Militärfirmen durch US-Streitkräfte und Bundeswehr (The Use of Private Military Companies by the US Armed Forces and the Bundeswehr) (Book)
Petersohn, U. (2006). Die Nutzung privater Militärfirmen durch US-Streitkräfte und Bundeswehr (The Use of Private Military Companies by the US Armed Forces and the Bundeswehr) (Vol. S36). Berlin: SWP.
