Mara Revkin

Journal article International Organization · July 1, 2025 The legitimacy of armed forces in the eyes of civilians is increasingly recognized as crucial not only for battlefield effectiveness but also for conflict resolution and peace building. However, the concept of “military legitimacy” remains under-theorized ... Full text Open Access Cite

Civilian Harm and Military Legitimacy: Evidence from the Battle of Mosul

Journal article International Organization · 2025 Open Access Link to item Cite

The Dangerous Rise of "Dual-Use" Objects in War

Journal article Yale Law Journal · 2025 Link to item Cite

Reintegrating Iraqis Returning Home After Conflict: Lessons from Variation Between Four Communities

Report · 2025 Link to item Cite

Transitional Justice in Authoritarian Settings

Preprint · 2025 Full text Open Access Cite

The Progressive Case for American Power

Journal article Foreign Affairs · July 1, 2024 Cite

Evidence-Based Transitional Justice: Incorporating Public Opinion Into the Field, with New Data from Iraq and Ukraine

Journal article Yale Law Journal · 2024 Open Access Link to item Cite

The Progressive Case for American Power: Retrenchment Would Do More Harm Than Good

Other Foreign Affairs · 2024 Link to item Cite

The Israel-Hamas Conflict: International Law, Accountability, and Challenges in Modern Warfare

Other Judicature International · 2024 Link to item Cite

Introducing the Fragility Index: A Tool for Evidence-Based Transitional and Recovery Programming

Journal article · 2024 Link to item Cite

The Dangerous Rise of Dual-Use Objects in War

Preprint · 2024 Full text Cite

No Peace Without Punishment? Reintegrating Islamic State “Collaborators” in Iraq

Journal article The American Journal of Comparative Law · December 31, 2023 AbstractHow does variation in the severity of punishment affect public opinion toward the reintegration of former enemy “collaborators” after war? We study this question in the context of Iraq where the Isla ... Full text Cite

Retribution or Reconciliation? Post-Conflict Attitudes Toward Enemy Collaborators

Journal article American Journal of Political Science · 2023 Link to item Cite

Is There a "Right to Forget" Atrocities? The International Law on Memory with New Evidence from South Sudan

Journal article · 2023 Cite

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of ‘Perpetual’ War in Iraq

Book section · 2023 Link to item Cite

How Religious Are “Religious” Conflicts?

Journal article International Studies Review · 2023 Link to item Cite

Understanding Multidimensional Fragility in South Sudan: A Baseline Study of Kajo-Keji, Yei, Bor, and Wau Counties

Report · 2023 Link to item Cite

Reflections on Authoritarianism

Journal article Arab Law Quarterly · 2022 Link to item Cite

When Do “Closed Camps” Become Prisons by Another Name?

Journal article Yale Journal of International Law Online · 2022 Link to item Cite

How Does Subnational Variation in Repression Affect Attitudes Toward Police? Evidence from Iraq’s 2019 Protests

Journal article Violence: An International Journal · 2022 Link to item Cite

The Blind Spots of International Humanitarian Law

Journal article · 2022 Cite

Law, Morality, and Blame: Attitudes Toward Civilian Casualties in Mosul

Journal article · 2022 Cite

Roundtable: Police Reform in Global Perspective

Report · 2022 Link to item Cite

Insurgent Legality: State-Building and Failure of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

Journal article Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting · 2021 Link to item Cite

Competitive Governance and Displacement Decisions Under Rebel Rule: Evidence from the Islamic State in Iraq

Journal article Journal of Conflict Resolution · 2021 Link to item Cite

The Islamic State's Pattern of Sexual Violence: Ideology and Institutions, Policies and Practices

Journal article Journal of Global Security Studies · 2021 Link to item Cite

Pathways to Reintegration: Iraq Families Formerly Associated with ISIL

Report · 2021 Link to item Cite

Can the Women, Peace and Security Agenda and International Humanitarian Law Join Forces?: Emerging Findings and Promising Directions

Report · 2021 Link to item Cite

What Explains Taxation by Resource-Rich Rebels? Evidence from the Islamic State in Syria

Journal article Journal of Politics · 2020 Link to item Cite

Perspectives on the Rebel Social Contract: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

Journal article World Development · 2020 Link to item Cite

After the Field

Book section · 2020 Cite

Perceptions of Police, Security, and Governance in Iraq

Report · 2020 Link to item Cite

West Mosul: Perceptions on Return and Reintegration Among Stayees, IDPs, and Returnees

Report · 2019 Link to item Cite

How the Iraqi Crackdown on the Islamic State May Actually Increase Support for the Islamic State

Islamic Law and Constitutions

Journal article · November 1, 2018 This article explores the scholarly interest in the relationship between constitutions and the Islamic legal tradition. It begins with an overview of constitutional texts and what they say about Islam. It then considers whether the Islamic religion in g ... Full text Cite

When Terrorists Govern: Protecting Civilians in Conflicts with State-Building Armed Groups

Journal article Harvard National Security Journal · 2018 Link to item Cite

“I Am Nothing Without a Weapon”: Understanding Child Recruitment and Use by Armed Groups in Syria and Iraq

Book section · 2018 Link to item Cite

Islamic Law and Constitutions

Book section · 2018 Link to item Cite

After the Islamic State: Balancing Accountability and Reconciliation in Iraq

Report · 2018 Link to item Cite

To Punish or to Pardon? Reintegrating Rebel Collaborators After Conflict in Iraq

Report · 2018 Link to item Cite

A “Most Serious Crime”: Pakistan’s Unlawful Use of the Death Penalty

Report · 2016 Link to item Cite

The Legal Foundations of the Islamic State

Report · 2016 Link to item Cite

Deprivatizing Islamic Law: An Argument for Judicial Interpretation of Shari'a in American Courts

Journal article Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law · 2015 Link to item Cite

Triadic Legal Pluralism in North Sinai: A Case Study of State, Shari‘a , and ‘Urf Courts in Conflict and Cooperation

Journal article UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law · October 24, 2014 To the extent that legal scholars have addressed the post-authoritarian transitions underway in the Middle East, the scope of their work has been primarily confined to the formal infrastructure of state-manufactured law. Attention has focused on the act ... Full text Cite