Kaori Kushima

Returning home to politics: The political determinants of ousted leaders’ trajectories after exile 

International Political Science Review, Apr, 2026  Peer-reviewed

How ‘high-quality’ observers disagree: unravelling election observation criteria through a text analysis of monitoring reports 

Political Science, 1-19, Feb, 2026  Peer-reviewed

From revolution to democracy: the role of international election monitoring in founding elections 

Contemporary Politics, 1-22, Dec, 2024  Peer-reviewed

Our rule is only temporary: promises of the military after a coup and their influence on domestic and international reactions 

International Politics, 60(6) 1187-1208, Aug, 2023  Peer-reviewed

What do you call the political upheaval? The conceptual linkage between revolutions and coups 

Democratization, 30(5) 836-854, Apr, 2023  Peer-reviewed

Losing Power Safely: Explaining the Variation in Dictators’ Responses to Anti-Regime Protest 

Politics and Policy, 50(2) 274-297, 2022  Peer-reviewed

Coup d'état and a Democratic Signal: The Connection between Protests and Coups after the Cold War 

Journal of Peace Research, 59(6) 828-843, 2022  Peer-reviewed

Coups and Framing: How Do Militaries Justify the Illegal Seizure of Power? 

Democratization, 27(5) 816-835, Mar, 2020  Peer-reviewed

Democratic Revolution as a Cause of Coup d’états ―Unstable Civil-Military Relations in the Philippines after “People Power”― 

International Public Policy Studies, 23(1) 1-20, Oct, 2018  Peer-reviewed