Selected Research and Commentary

Threading the Needle: The Logic of Conventional Coercion in Nuclear Crises, Forthcoming in Texas National Security Review - link here - Appendix

Swords and Shields: Conventional Warfighting in a Nuclear World - book project

Public Opinion and Nuclear Use: Evidence from Factorial Experiments (2023) - Journal of Politics - link here

Counterproductive Counterproliferation? Evaluating Kinetic Attacks on Nascent Nuclear Programs, Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail, MIT Press - link here

Nuclear Responsibility and the Shift in U.S. Disarmament Rhetoric, forthcoming in Reconceptualizing Nuclear Responsibility, Bloomsbury Publishing - link here

Upload Pending? How China’s Nuclear Modernization Affects U.S. Nuclear Strategy - Under Review

The Nuclear Balance and Elite Military Opinion towards Using Conventional Military Force - working paper

The October 2022 Tactical Nuclear Weapons Crisis: How Conventional Defeat Increases the Risk of Nuclear Escalation - Revise and Resubmit at Texas National Security Review

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and NATO’s Crisis of Nuclear Credibility (2022) - War on the Rocks - link here

Preventing Aggression and Desperation: General Deterrence, Intrawar Coercion, and U.S. Foreign Policy Towards China - Under Review