The Invention of Power: Popes, Kings and the Birth of the West. New York: Public Affairs Press, forthcoming, January, 2022.
The Spoils of War: Greed, Power, and the Conflicts That Made Our Greatest Presidents (with Alastair Smith), New York: Public Affairs Press, 2016.
Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics (edited with Frank Wayman, Paul Williamson and Solomon Polachek). Cheltenham Glos, UK: Edward Elgar, 2014.
Principles of International Politics: War, Peace and World Order. Washington: CQ Press, 2013.(Translation: Korean).
The Dictator’s Handbook (with Alastair Smith), New York: Public Affairs Press, 2011. (Translations: Mandarin Chinese, Estonian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Taiwanese Chinese and Turkish). Paperback, August 2012. Second Edition, forthcoming, March 2022.
Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences (co-author as a member of Committee on Behavioral and Social Science Research to Improve Intelligence Analysis for National Security). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.
The Predictioneer’s Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future, New York: Random House, 2009. British edition published by The Bodley Head (Random House). Translated into Chinese, Greek (Priotita Publishers), Italian (Rizzoli), Japanese (Tokuma Shoten), Portuguese (Ediouro Publicações), and Vietnamese.
Principles of International Politics: People’s Power, Preferences, and Perceptions,. (4th Edition 2009; 3rd Edition 2006; 2nd Edition 2003; First Edition 2000). All Editions: Washington, D.C: CQ Press.
Strategy of Campaigning (with Kiron Skinner, Serhiy Kudelia, and Condoleezza Rice). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007.
Dissolving Boundaries (with Suzanne Werner and David Davis, eds.). London: Basil Blackwell Publishers, 2004. Also published as a special issue of International Studies Review. Volume 5, No. 4, 2004.
The Logic of Political Survival (with Alastair Smith, Randolph M. Siverson, and James D. Morrow), Cambridge, MASS: MIT Press, 2003. Paperback edition, 2005. Award for Best Book on Conflict, 2002-2003, Conflict Processes Section, American Political Science Association.
Applying the Strategic Perspective: Problems and Models (with D. Scott Bennett). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2003. Second Edition workbook for Principles of International Politics, 2nd edition. 3rd edition with Leanne C. Powner and D. Scott Bennett. 4th edition with Leanne C. Powner.
Predicting Politics. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2002. Simultaneous publication in cloth and paperback.
The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2001. Simultaneous publication in cloth and paperback editions.
Governing for Prosperity (with Hilton Root, eds.), New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. Simultaneous publication in cloth and paperback editions. Translated into Chinese, China Renmin University Press, 2007.
Red Flag Over Hong Kong (with David Newman and Alvin Rabushka), Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1996. Paperback edition in 1996. South China Morning Post, Best Seller List 1996. Translated into Japanese 1997.
European Community Decision Making: Models, Applications, and Comparisons (with Frans Stokman, eds.). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.
War and Reason (with David Lalman). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. Paperback edition in 1994.
Forecasting Political Events: The Future of Hong Kong (with David Newman and Alvin Rabushka). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. Paperback edition in 1988.
The War Trap. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. Paperback edition in 1983. Excerpted in John A. Vasquez and Marie T. Henehan, eds. The Scientific Study of Peace and War. New York: Lexington Books, 1992, pp. 141-160.
India’s Political System, revised edition (with Richard L. Park). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1979.
Strategy, Risk, and Personality in Coalition Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975.