Research

Access my current CV here.


Selected Publications

• "Understanding the Determinants of ICC Involvement: Legal Mandate and Power Politics" (with Benjamin Appel & Shahryar Minhas). International Studies Quarterly 68(2).
• "Not Too Distant: Grievance, Opportunity, and the Onset of Civil War" (with Benjamin Appel and Caleb Lucas). 2023. Civil Wars 24(4): 497-523.
• "Cheap Talk or Costly Commitment? Leader Statements and the Implementation of Civil War Peace Agreements" (with Deniz Cil). 2022. Journal of Peace Research 59(3): 409-424.
• "Battles and Bargains: Escalation, Commitment, and Negotiations in Civil War" (with Elizabeth Menninga). 2021. International Studies Quarterly 65(2): 406-422.
• "Selling Out or Standing Firm: Explaining the Design of Civil War Peace Agreements" (with Deniz Cil).  2020.  International Studies Quarterly 64(2): 329-342. 
• "Third Party Actors and the Intentional Targeting of Civilians in War" (with Benjamin Appel). 2019. British Journal of Political Science  49(4): 1453-1474.
• ​“The (In)compatibility of Peace and Justice? The International Criminal Court and Civil War Termination" 2017.  International Organization  71(2): 213-243. [Replication Files]
• “Led Astray? Leaders and Civil War Duration” 2018.  Journal of Conflict Resolution  62(6): 1179-1204. [Replication Files]
• "Leader Incentives and Civil War Outcomes" 2016.  American Journal of Political Science  60(1): 70-84.
• "International Law and the Consolidation of Peace Following Territorial Changes" (with Paul Huth).  2015.  Journal of Politics  77(1): 161-174.
• "Compliance with International Humanitarian Law: Democratic Third Parties and Civilian Targeting in Interstate War" (with Benjamin Appel).  2014.  Journal of Conflict Resolution  54(4): 713-740.​

Selected Working Papers:

• "Leader Accountability in Civil War" (with Myung Jung Kim).​ under review.
• "Fighting Words: How leader sentiment affects conflict behavior in Uganda." (with Moonyoung Kim and Elizabeth Menninga).
• "Varieties of Recurrence: Rethinking the Return to Violence after Civil Conflict."