Taking Root: Human Rights & Public Opinion in the Global South. Oxford University Press (2017)

Frontiers and Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel. University of California Press (2003).

For discussions relating James Ron's 2003 book, Frontiers and Ghettos, to the recent Gaza tragedy, see his post on the UC Press website, A Sad Prediction Born Out By Events and his longer post, In 2003, My Book Anticipated the Gaza Horror.

International Recognition of Palestine and the Risk of a West Bank "Frontier." E-International Relations (2025).

American Jews and American Muslims have a Common Antagonist. New York Times (2019)

To Protect Human Rights Abroad, Preach to Trump Voters. Foreign Policy (2019)

No, American’s Don’t Support Airstrikes that Kill Civilians, Even When they Target Terrorists. Washington Post (2019)

Across the Globe, Governments are Cracking Down on Civic Organizations. This is Why. Washington Post (2017)

Human Rights Groups are Secretly U.S. Agents. True or False? Washington Post (2016)

What Region Gets the Most Coverage for its Human Rights Abuses? Columbia Journalism Review (2013)

Canada Adrift in Religious World. Toronto Star (2010)

Why are the United States and Israel at the Top of the Human Rights Hit Lists? Foreign Policy (2009)

Trapped in a Vengeful Machismo. Toronto Star (2006)

Can Canada Curb Civil Wars? Toronto Star (2006)

Finding Bias in Human Rights Reporting. Globe & Mail (2005)

Responsibility for Abu Ghraib may be Difficult to Unravel. Baltimore Sun (2004)

Lift the Sanctions – Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction. Globe & Mail (2003)

Relief Business Bears Watching. Baltimore Sun (2001)

Une ‘commission verite’ pour les Etats-Unis. Le Monde (2001)

US Has Own Record of Atrocities. Boston Globe (2000)

Desperate Logic of Arms. International Herald Tribune (2001)

A Lease Could Break the Palestine-Israel Deadlock. International Herald Tribune (2000)

(abbreviated selection)

Do Global Publics View Human Rights Organizations as Handmaidens of U.S. Empire? Political Studies Quarterly 135/1: 9-35 (2020)

Local Resources for Local Rights? The Mumbai Fundraiser’s Dilemma. Journal of Human Rights 16/3: 370-387 (2017)

Hands Off My Regime! The Backlash Against Foreign Funding to Local NGOs. World Development 84: 299-311 (2016)

Universal Values, Foreign Money: The Political Economy of Local Human Rights Organizations. Review of International Political Economy 23/1: 29-64 (2016)

Who Survived? Ethiopia’s Regulatory Crackdown on NGOs. Review of International Political Economy 22/2: 419-456. (2015)

Who Trusts Local Human Rights Organizations? Evidence from Three World Regions. Human Rights Quarterly 37: 188–239 (2015)

Human Rights Familiarity and Socio-Economic Status: A Four Country Study. Sur: International Journal of Human Rights 11/20: 335-351 (2014)

The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo-American Media, and Human Rights. International Studies Quarterly 57/3: 474-491 (2013)

Rights-Based Development: Implications for NGOs. Human Rights Quarterly 34/2: 472-506 (2012)

State-Level Transitional Justice Impacts: What Do We Know? International Journal of Transitional Justice 4/3: 329-354 (2010)

Seeing Double: Human Rights through Qualitative & Quantitative Eyes. World Politics 61/2: 360-401 (2009)

Public Health, Conflict, & Human Rights: An Agenda for Collaborative Research. Conflict & Health 11/1: 1-38 (2008) Do Human Rights Violations Cause Internal Conflict? Human Rights Quarterly 29/3: 674-705 (2007)

Shaping the Northern Media’s Human Rights Coverage, 1986-2000. Journal of Peace Research 44/4: 385-406 (2007)

What Shapes the West’s Human Rights Focus? Contexts 5/3: 23-28 (2006)

Transnational Information Politics: Human Rights NGO Reporting, 1986-2000. International Studies Quarterly 49/3: 557-587 (2005)

Paradigm in Distress? Primary Commodities & Civil Wars. Journal of Conflict Resolution 49/4: 443-450 (2004)

Primary Commodities & War: Congo-Brazzaville’s Ambivalent Resource Curse. Comparative Politics 37/1: 61-81.(2004)

NGO Scramble: Organizational Insecurity & the Political Economy of Transnational Action. International Security 27/1: 1-33. (2002)

Ideology in Context: Sendero Luminoso’s Tactical Escalation. Journal of Peace Research 38/5: 569-592. (2001)

Boundaries & Violence: Patterns of State Action along the Bosnia-Yugoslavia Divide. Theory & Society 29/5: 609-647 (2000)

Savage Restraint: Israel, Palestine, & the Dialectics of Legal Repression. Social Problems 47/4: 445-472. (2000)

Varying Methods of State Violence. International Organization 51/2: 275-300 (1997)

Evaluation of the International Committee of the Red Cross's Forensic Assistance to the Government of Mexico (2025)

Evaluation of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation's Assistance to Human Rights Organizations in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (2023)

Will Publics Pay to Protect Rights? A 'Real Cash' Experiment in Bogotá. University of Minnesota (2018)

Will Publics Pay to Protect Rights? A 'Real Cash' Experiment in Mexico City. University of Minnesota (2017)

The Human Rights Sector in Mumbai, India: Evidence from Activists and the Public. University of Minnesota (2016)

The Human Rights Sector in Colombia: Evidence from the Public. CIDE (2016)

The Human Rights Sector in Ecuador: Evidence from the Public. CIDE (2015)

The Human Rights Sector in Mexico: Evidence from the Public, Elites, and Activists. CIDE (2015)

The Human Rights Sector in Morocco: Evidence from the Public and Activists. University of Minnesota (2014)

The Effects of Transitional Justice Mechanisms. Prepared for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade (2009)

Public Health Research Methods: How Can They Support Conflict and Human Rights Analysis? Prepared for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (2008)

Violations of Human Rights and Civil War Onset. Prepared for the Canadian International Development Agency (2006)

Evaluating CARE’s Performance in the Eastern Zaire Refugee Camps, 1994-1996. Prepared for CARE-USA (1998)

Civilian Protection in the former Yugoslavia. Prepared for the International Committee of the Red Cross (1996)

Weapon Transfers & Violations of the Laws of War in Turkey. Human Rights Watch (1995)

Israel’s Interrogation of Palestinians from the Occupied Territories. Human Rights Watch (1994)

Israeli Undercover Operations against “Wanted” & Masked Palestinians. Human Rights Watch (1993)

James Ron and Richard Wood - How Faith Identity Shapes Support for Deportation in the U.S. (September 24, 2025)

https://dornsife.usc.edu/iacs/2025/09/23/religion-deportation-james-ron/

James Ron - In 2003, My Book Anticipated the Gaza Horror (September 6, 2025).

https://www.jamesron.org/post/james-ron-in-2003-my-book-anticipated-the-gaza-horror James Ron - Shame: A Letter to my Children (July 31, 2025)

https://www.jamesron.net/post/shame

A Sad Prediction Born Out By Events (August 13, 2025)

https://www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/a-sad-prediction-born-out-by-events

Opiate of the Masses? Evidence from Surveys in Mexico and Colombia (June 16, 2025) https://dornsife.usc.edu/iacs/2025/06/16/opiate-of-the-masses-evidence-from-surveys-in-mexico-and-colombia-james-ron-richard-wood/

A Human Rights Funding Tragedy Foretold (May 5, 2025)

https://dornsife.usc.edu/iacs/2025/05/06/a-human-rights-funding-tragedy-foretold-james-ron-may-2025/

Homicides and Disappearances in Mexico: Visualizing the Publicly Available Data (April 5, 2025)

https://www.jamesron.org/post/the-burden-of-violence-in-mexico-visualizing-the-publicly-available-data Palestinians in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza: A Primer (April 2025) https://www.jamesron.org/post/palestinians-in-israel-the-west-bank-and-gaza-a-primer

Police Critics are Not Anti-Capitalists (September 16, 2020) https://www.jamesron.org/post/surveys-police-critics-are-not-anti-capitalists Populism and Mistrust of Multinationals (October 7, 2020)

https://www.jamesron.org/post/populism-and-trump-s-rhetoric-of-distrust-for-multinationals