RESEARCH
Research Interests
Conflict management and resolution, American foreign policy, civil wars, interstate wars, international institutions, agreements, national security, international security, third-party intervention, diplomacy, bargaining and negotiation
Publications
Turning the Tables: Direct Military Intervention and the Onset of Negotiations in Civil War
Online First at the Journal of Conflict Resolution
Diplomatic Statements and the Strategic Use of Terrorism in Civil Wars (with Gabriella Levy, David Siegel, and Chong Chen)
Online First at the Journal of Conflict Resolution
Working Projects
The Dual Impact of Peacekeeping: Divergent Effects of Peacekeeping Operations on Rebel and Government Violence against Civilians (with Sky Kunkel, Doug Atkinson, and Zach Warner)
Under Review
The Use and Effectiveness of Special Envoys in U.S. Conflict Diplomacy
The Perceived Effectiveness of Foreign Policy Tools: Evidence from Diplomats in the Philippines (with Pei-Yu Wei and Dean Dulay)
Trusty Friends? Alliance, History, and Diplomat Perceptions of International Agreements in the Philippines (with Pei-Yu Wei and Dean Dulay)
Vive la résistance: The Diffusion of Violent Resistance in Nazi-Occupied France (with Doug Atkinson and Anthony Roney II)
Rebel Group Fragmentation and Military Intervention in Civil Wars: An Agent-Principal Framework (with Julia Chatterley)
Trusting the Agents of Diplomacy: U.S. Presidents' Civil-Diplomatic Relations and Foreign Policy
Political Cover and Conflict Resolution: Presidential Credit-Claiming and Blame Avoidance in U.S. Diplomatic Foreign Policy
Rebels with a Cause: Political and Military Wings and Civil War Termination (with Rachel Scott)
Other Publications
Made in the USA: Populism beyond Europe (with Kirk Hawkins and Fred Tan)
ISPI Report, Populism on the Rise; Democracies under Challenge? (2016)
Do You Hear the People Sing? Populist Discourse in the French Revolution
Sigma Journal of Political and International Studies 33, p. 61-80 (2016)