Peer-Reviewed Publication

[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.

Revise and Resubmit

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


Walling off the Enemy: Border Barriers and Local Armed Uprisings [Security Studies]


Rising Powers’ Territorial Compromise: The Cases of China and India [International Relations]

Under Peer Review

Military Insubordination and International Coercion (with Najmus Sakib)


External Security Arrangement and Military Intervention in Authoritarian Politics 


Reliability as Resolve: Reputational Transference in International Relations 

Work in Progress 

Book Project:


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


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



Research Paper:


The Logic of Institutionalized Defense Cooperation Between Rival States



Coauthored Paper:


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


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



Survey Experiments


The Ethnonationalist Advantage in Foreign Policy: Experimental Evidence from India


Microfoundations of U.S. Signaling of Military Support to Allies: Experimental Evidence from Taiwan