CV

Published Articles

(Accepted), "Domestic Sources of International Reputation," with Michael Goldfien and Roseanne McManus. American Political Science Review

2022, "Shooting the Messenger: The Challenge of National Security Whistleblowing,"  with Michael Poznansky and William Spaniel. The Journal of Politics, accepted. Click here to download.  (War on the Rocks)

2021, "A Little Bit of Cheap Talk is a Dangerous Thing: States Can Communicate Intentions Persuasively and Raise the Risk of War.," The Journal of Politics, (83) 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/709145

2018 "Media Technology, Covert Action, and the Politics of Exposure,'' with Michael Poznansky. Journal of Peace Research. Vol 55, issue 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343317731508

2018 "Are Coups Really Contagious? An Extreme Bounds Analysis of Political Diffusion," with Michael K. Miller and Dorothy Ohl.  Journal of Conflict Resolution. vol. 62, issue 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002716649232

Book Project: Explaining peace and catastrophic competition during great power rivalries

Introduction (very rough - but gives you the idea).

Under Review

"Do different coercive strategies help or hurt deterrence success?"  (R & R, ISQ)

Leadership importance, institutional constraints and conflict: A document-based approach, with Michael Goldfien. (R & R Security Studies). 

Rapid power shifts and peace: A theory of grand bargains

Secret Innovation, with Michael Poznansky (this is an older version)

Violent Trust

When Do Leader Attributes Matter? Evidence from the President's Daily Brief, with Michael Goldfien and Daniel Krcmaric

The Efficiency-Stability Tradeoff: How efficient world order drives catastrophic war contagion.