Research & Publications
Scholarly Publications
“Leveraging National Security: Private Equity and Bankruptcy in the United States Defense Industry”
Business and Politics (2024)
“Private Equity Firms, Defense Contractors, and US National Security”
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