Peer-Reviewed Publication

[3] Border Barriers and Local Armed Uprisings, Security Studies, 2025, forthcoming.


[2] The Political Economy of Peacekeeping: Resource Substitution through International Brokerage (with Nazmus Sakib), Foreign Policy Analysis, 2023, 19(3).


[1] Military in the Cabinet and Defense Spending of Civilian Governments (with Nasmus Sakib), International Interactions, 2023, 49(3), 315-344.

Under Review

Institutionalized Defense Cooperation and Regime Security [R&R, Journal of Conflict Resolution]


Military Insubordination and International Coercion (with Najmus Sakib) [R&R, Journal of Conflict Resolution]


Reliability as Resolve: Reputational Transference in International Relations [R&R, Journal of Peace Research]


Rising Powers' Territorial Compromise [R&R, International Relations]


External Security Arrangement and Military Intervention in Authoritarian Politics 

Work in Progress 

Book Project:


Forging Stability: Global Security Partnerships and Civil-Military Relations in Transitioning Democracies [Dissertation-based]



Research Paper:


The Logic of Institutionalized Defense Cooperation Between Rival States


Frontiers of Exclusion: Identity Politics, Ethnonationalism and Foreign Policy Faultlines in Postcolonial Democracies



Coauthored Paper:


Credible Compensation in Military Coalitions (with Scott Wolford and Nivedita Jhunjhunwala) 


New Leaders, State Visits, and General Deterrence (with Yuji Masumura)