Irrational Being and Rational Choice. (In progress)

"A Marriage Made in Hell? Terrorism and Organized Crime."with John Horgan and Alex P. Schmid
In David Canter (ed.) Faces of Terrorism. London: Wiley & Blackwell. Forthcoming 2008.

"Terrorism's Trap,"
in Dipak K. Gupta (ed.) Terrorism and Homeland Security. Belmont, CA. Wadsworth (2005), pp. 171-173.

"Is the U.S. A Rogue State?".
In Brian Loveman (ed.) Strategy for Empire. U.S. Regional Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. Wilmington, DL: Scholarly Resources (2004); pp. 289-311 (with Jonathan Graubart).

"Toward An Integrated Theoretical Framework for Analyzing Terrorism: Individual Motivations to Group Dynamics."
Dipak K. Gupta.
Democracy and Security, September 2005.

"Suicide Bombing as a Rational Strategy: Hamas and the Islamic Jihad."
Dipak K. Gupta and Kusum Mndra.
(2004, under review).

Mike Dash (2005) Thug: The True Story of India's Murderous Cult. (London: Granta Books) and Martine Van Woerkens (2002) The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)
In Terrorism and Political Violence.

Samantha Power (2002) A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (New York: Peresus Publishing).
Political Science Quarterly. Summer 2002

"Roots of Terrorism" in Roots of Terrorism.
Norwegian Institute for Peace. Conference Proceedings

"Terrorism and Humanity: What We are Fighting Against, and What We Are Fighting For"
San Diego Union Tribune. Op-Ed. Thursday, October 23, 2003.

"Exploring Roots of Terrorism."
In Root Causes of Terrorism: Proceedings from International Expert Meeting in Oslo, 9-11 June 2003, pp. 11-27.

"Lessons of September 11."Op-Ed. San Diego Union Tribune. Wednesday, September 11, 2002

2006

"Toward An Integrated Behavioral Framework for Analyzing Terrorism: Individual Motivations to Group Dynamics"
International Studies Association, San Diego.

"A Proposal for "Generalizing Individual Choice Model"
Public Choice Society Annual Meeting, San Diego. (with Taradas Banyopadhayay).

"Suicide Bombing: The Rationality of the Ultimate Sacrifice."
Public Choice Society Annual Meeting, San Diego.

"Generalizing Individual Choice Model"
Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta India (with Taradas Banyopadhayay).

2001 

"Public Choice and Collective Action: The Case of Collective Identity."
Public Choice Society.  San Antonio, Texas.

2000

"University As A Peacemaker"
Conference on Border Region.  Punjab University, Chandigarh, India.

1999

"Homo Collectivus: Economics and Social Psychology"
Society for Behavioral Economics Annual Conference, San Diego (with Prof. Taradas Bandyopadhayay, University of California, Riverside).

"Political Psychology and Early Warning of Political and Humanitarian Crisis"
Annual Conference of International Society for Political Psychology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

1998

"Role of Education and Democracy in Economic Development."
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-economics annual meeting. Vienna. Austria.

1997

"Role of Political Risk in Foreign Direct Investment."
Seattle, Washington.  Western Economic Association Conference (with Harinder Singh).

"Where is the Revolution?  An Explanation of the Diffusion Contentious Politics of Race in the U.S."
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-economics annual meeting. Montreal. Canada.

1996;

"Measuring Human Rights Abuse"
Paper presented at the Political Psychology Conference, Vancouver, Canada (with A. P. Schmid and A. Jongman).

"Collective Identity and Collective Action"
International Society for Behavioral Economics.  University of Geneva, Switzerland.

1994 ;

"Forecasting Political and Humanitarian Crisis:  Problems and Some Intriguing Possibilities." 
International Political Science Association Meeting, Berlin (with A. Jongman and R. Kraaij).

"Assessing Country Performance in the Field of Human Rights."
Paper presented at the XIII ISA Congress, Bielefield, Germany (with A. Jongman and A. P Schmid).

1993 

"Collective Identity and Collective Actions." 
International Conference on Behavioral Economics.  Moscow.  Russian Academy of Sciences.

1992 

"Government Coercion of Dissidents: Deterrence or Provocation?"
Paper presented at the Fourteenth Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society of Political Psychology, San Francisco (with H. Singh).

"Collective Identity and Collective Movements" 
Paper Presented at the International Workshop on Social Movements and Culture.  University of California, San Diego.

"The Paradox of Rebellion:  A Comparative Analysis of Race Relations in the United States." 
Paper presented at the Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics, University of California, Irvine.

1990

"Where Is The Revolution?" 
Paper Presented at the Thirteenth Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society of Political Psychology, Washington D.C.

1988

"On The Methodology of Constructing a Composite Indicator of Political Instability: A Cross-National Model." 
Paper presented at the fourth annual conference of Society for Advancement of Behavioral Economics.  San Diego. 

1987

"Collective Rebellious Behavior and Expected Utility Model:  A General Framework." 
Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology, San Francisco (with H. Singh).

1986

"Political Psychology and Neoclassical Theory of Economic Growth:  The Possibilities and Implications of Attempted Re-synthesis." 
Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Meeting of International Society of Political Psychology,  Amsterdam, Holland.

1985

"The Policy Implications of Introducing Political Psychology into the Theories of Economic Development." 
Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting of International Political Psychology, George Town University, Washington D.C. 

"Ethics and Efficiency in Public Policy Analysis." 
Paper presented at the Western Conference of the American Society of Public Administrators, Monterey, California

1984 

"Special Districts to the Rescue of the Local Government Finance" 
Paper presented at the conference entitled Local Government Revenue organized by The Center of Public Economics, San Diego State  University

1983 

"Political Instability and Economic Growth"
Sixth Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society of Political Psychology,  St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, England, July 1983 (with Prof. Y.P. Venieris).

1982 

"The Special Assessment District in California:  The Use of Direct Benefit Financing in Response to Revenue Limitations,"
Regional  Conference of the American Society of Public Administration, Anaheim, California, October 1982.

"The Possibilities and Implications of Reintroducing Conflict in the Theories of Economic Development,"
Western Economic Association International Conference, Los Angeles, July 1982.

"Direct Benefit Financing: An Opportunity for Local Governments,"
Western Economic Association International Conference, Los Angeles, July l982 (with Drs. L. M. Rea and G. W. Sparrow).

1981

"Sociopolitical and Economic Dimensions of Development: A Cross-section Model,"
Paper presented at London School of Economics, Atlantic International Economic Conference, August 1981 (co-authored with Y. P. Venieris).

"Rent Control in California: A Legal Economic Evaluation,"
Western Social Science Conference, San Diego, April 1981 (co-authored with  L. M. Rea).

1980

"An Econometric Model of Dynamic Economic and Political Change," 
Western Economic Association, San Diego, 1980.

"Analysis of Political Violence - A Dilemma for Policy-makers." 
38th Annual Institute of World Affairs Conference, San Diego, l980.

"Sociopolitical Interaction in a Macromodel"
(co-authored with Dr. Y. P. Venieris), Western Economic Association Conference, San Diego, 1980.

1979

"Some Links Between the Socio-Political and Economic Environment: The Case Of Great Britain,"
Atlantic Economic Association Annual Conference, (with Y. P. Venieris).

"Planning Standards and the Conservation of Finite Resources: Rationale for Pricing,"
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, National Conference, San Diego, California, August 1979 (with Dr. L. M. Rea).

"Political Violence and Development: An Inquiry into Socio-Economic Costs,"
at International Studies Association, West, Portland, Oregon, l979 (with Dr. Woodrow Jones, Department of Political Science).

"A Case for Reintroduction of Conflict in the Theories of Economic Development: Paradigm Lost!"
Western Social Science Conference, Lake Tahoe.
 
"Use of Micro-Data to Predict Levels of Alienation Among Young Male Workers,"
Western Social Science Conference, Lake Tahoe, 1979 (with Dr. Roger Frantz, Department of Economics).

1978

"Tax Abatement for Improved Dwellings:  Who Benefits?"
Western Social Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, 1978.

1977

"Abatement of Property Tax as an Incentive to Home Improvement," 
University of San Diego, School of Law, 1977.