Research & Publications
Scholarly Publications
“Leveraging National Security: Private Equity and Bankruptcy in the United States Defense Industry” (PDF)
Business and Politics (2024)
“From Mobilization to Annihilation: The Strategic Logics of Bioterrorism” (PDF)
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (2024)
“Private Equity Firms, Defense Contractors, and US National Security” (PDF)
Journal of Global Security Studies (2022)
“Corporate Hackers: Outsourcing US Cyber Capabilities” (PDF)
Strategic Studies Quarterly (2021)
“United States Defense Contractors and the Future of Military Operations” (PDF)
Defense & Security Analysis (2020)
“Acquire or Expire: Publicly Traded Defense Contractors, Financial Markets, and Consolidation in the U.S. Defense Industry” (PDF)
Defense and Peace Economics (2019)
“End of the Cycle: Assessing ETA’s Strategies of Terrorism” (PDF)
Small Wars and Insurgencies (2018)
“Empty Threats: How Extremist Organizations Bluff in Terrorist Campaigns” (PDF)
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (2018)
“More Data, New Problems: Audiences, Ahistoricity, and Selection Bias in Terrorism and Insurgency Research” (PDF)
International Studies Review (2017)
“Splinters and Schisms: Rebel Group Fragmentation and the Durability of Insurgencies” (PDF)
Terrorism and Political Violence (2017)
“Buyer Beware: How Market Structure Affects Contracting and Company Performance in the Private Military Industry” (PDF)
Security Studies (2016)
Policy Articles, Book Reviews, and Other Writing
Review of Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats by Joseph M. Brown
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews
Review of Rebel Power: Why National Groups Compete, Fight, and Win by Peter Krause
Terrorism and Political Violence
“Lessons the U.S. Can Learn from Taiwan: Public Health is a Matter of National Security”
Taiwan News
“Private Defense Companies are Here to Stay—What Does that Mean for National Security?”
The Conversation