| States, scarcity, and civil strife in the developing world CH Kahl Princeton University Press, 2006 | 703 | 2006 |
| State failure task force report: Phase III findings JA Goldstone, TR Gurr, B Harff, MA Levy, MG Marshall, RH Bates, ... McLean, VA: Science Applications International Corporation 30, 2000 | 287 | 2000 |
| In the crossfire or the crosshairs? Norms, civilian casualties, and US conduct in Iraq CH Kahl International Security 32 (1), 7-46, 2007 | 209 | 2007 |
| Constructing a separate peace: Constructivism, collective liberal identity, and democratic peace CH Kahl security studies 8 (2-3), 94-144, 1998 | 187 | 1998 |
| Population growth, environmental degradation, and state-sponsored violence: The case of Kenya, 1991-93 CH Kahl International Security 23 (2), 80-119, 1998 | 175 | 1998 |
| Political instability task force report: Phase IV findings RH Bates, DL Epstein, JA Goldstone, TR Gurr, B Harff, CH Kahl, K Knight, ... McLean, VA: Science Applications International Corporation 230, 2003 | 78 | 2003 |
| COIN of the Realm-Is There a Future for Counterinsurgency CH Kahl Foreign Aff. 86, 169, 2007 | 77 | 2007 |
| Not time to attack Iran: Why war should be a last resort CH Kahl Foreign Affairs, 166-173, 2012 | 67 | 2012 |
| Trump’s grand strategic train wreck C Kahl, H Brands Foreign Policy 31, 2017, 2017 | 60 | 2017 |
| Aftershocks: Pandemic politics and the end of the old international order C Kahl, T Wright St. Martin's Press, 2021 | 57 | 2021 |
| Demographic change, natural resources and violence: The current debate C Kahl Journal of International Affairs, 257-282, 2002 | 54 | 2002 |
| Iran and the bomb: Would a nuclear Iran make the Middle East more secure CH Kahl, KN Waltz Foreign Aff. 91, 157, 2012 | 43 | 2012 |
| How we fight CH Kahl Foreign Aff. 85, 83, 2006 | 30 | 2006 |
| Atomic kingdom: If Iran builds the bomb, will Saudi Arabia be next? CH Kahl Center for a New American Security, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| US Strategy after the Arab Uprisings: Toward Progressive Engagement CH Kahl, M Lynch The Washington Quarterly 36 (2), 39-60, 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
| State Failure Task Force Report: Phase III Findings. McLean, VA, Science Applications International Corporation JA Goldstone, TR Gurr, B Harff, MA Levy, MG Marshall, RH Bates, ... | 23 | 2000 |
| Plight or Plunder? Natural Resources and Civil War CH Kahl Guns and Butter: The Political Economy of International Security, 77-98, 2005 | 16 | 2005 |
| If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran CH Kahl Center for a New American Security, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| State Failure Task Force Report: Phase III JA Goldstone, TR Gurr, B Harff, MA Levy, MG Marshall, RH Bates, ... Science Applications International Corporation, 2000 | 14 | 2000 |
| Risk and Rivalry CH Kahl, MG Dalton, M Irvine Center for a New American Security, 2012 | 12 | 2012 |
