Peer-Reviewed Publications
“In the Army We Trust: Public Confidence in Global South Militaries,” with Nicholas Lotito, forthcoming at Journal of Conflict Resolution.
“‘Train the World’: Examining the Logics of Foreign Military Training,” with Theodore McLauchlin and Lee Seymour, International Studies Quarterly (2024).
“Does Extremism Lead to Terrorism? Rebel Goals and Tactics in Civil Wars,” with Page Fortna, Perspectives on Politics (2024).
“The Market for Foreign Bases,” with Brian Blankenship, Security Studies (2023).
“Soldiers’ Dilemma: Foreign Military Training and Liberal Norm Conflict,” International Security 46(4): 48-90 (2022).
“Purchasing Power: U.S. Overseas Defense Spending and Military Statecraft,” with Brian Blankenship, Journal of Conflict Resolution 64 (2-3): 545-573 (2020). Ungated version Replication materials: Data Do-file
“‘A Force for Good': Army-Building after War in Liberia,” Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 11 (3): 273-293 (2020).
“After War: Inside the U.S. Civilian Struggle to Build Peace,” Political Science Quarterly 128 (3): 489-516 (2013).
Book Chapters
“A Vision for the Future of Defense Institution Building,” with Alexandra Kerr and David Cate, in Effective, Legitimate, Secure: Insights for Defense Institution Building, Alexandra Kerr and Michael Miklaucic, eds. (Washington, DC: National Defense University Press, 2017).
“Russia: Friend or Foe on Afghanistan?” in Coalition Challenges in Afghanistan: The Politics of Alliance, Gale Mattox and Stephen Grenier, eds. (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015).
Work in Progress
Exporting Might and Right: Security Assistance and Liberal International Order, draft book manuscript.
“Putting the Civilian Back in Civil-Military Relations: How Civilians Condition the Effects of Security Assistance,” with Rachel Tecott Metz, revise & resubmit at International Studies Quarterly.
“Explaining Conditionality Failure in Principal-Agent Relationships,” with Alexandra Chinchilla, research project.
“Sources of International Human Capital,” with Jonathan Caverley and Jesse Dillon Savage, research project.