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
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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
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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
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The Use and Effectiveness of Special Envoys in U.S. Conflict Diplomacy
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The Perceived Effectiveness of Foreign Policy Tools: Evidence from Diplomats in the Philippines (with Pei-Yu Wei and Dean Dulay)
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Trusty Friends? Alliance, History, and Diplomat Perceptions of International Agreements in the Philippines (with Pei-Yu Wei and Dean Dulay)
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Vive la résistance: The Diffusion of Violent Resistance in Nazi-Occupied France (with Doug Atkinson and Anthony Roney II)
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Rebel Group Fragmentation and Military Intervention in Civil Wars: An Agent-Principal Framework (with Julia Chatterley)
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Trusting the Agents of Diplomacy: U.S. Presidents' Civil-Diplomatic Relations and Foreign Policy
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Political Cover and Conflict Resolution: Presidential Credit-Claiming and Blame Avoidance in U.S. Diplomatic Foreign Policy
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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)
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Do You Hear the People Sing? Populist Discourse in the French Revolution
Sigma Journal of Political and International Studies 33, p. 61-80 (2016)
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