Forthcoming. America's
Middlemen: Power at the Edge of Empire. Cambridge University
Press.
2014. Constructive Illusions: Misperceiving the Origins of International Cooperation. Cornell University Press.
Reviewed in Foreign
Affairs (capsule), Perspectives
on Politics, and the subject of a Roundtable
in H-Diplo.
Winner of APSA's 2015 Jervis-Schroeder Award for
Best Book in International History and Politics
Peer Reviewed Papers
Forthcoming. "Reciprocity,
Hierarchy, and Obligation: From Kula to Potlach." With John G.
Oates. Journal of International Political Theory. (Special
Issue)
2016. "Intending
War Rightly: Right intentions, public intentions, and consent."
Review of International Studies. 42 (4), 634-653.
2015. “Hierarchy
and Judicial Institutions: Arbitration and Ideology in the
Hellenistic World.” With Amy Hsieh. International
Organization. 69 (3), 697-729.
2015. “Brokering Cooperation: Intermediaries to US Non-State Allies, 1776-1945.” European Journal of International Relations. 21(3), 691-717.
2013. “Causes, Contrasts, and Counterfactuals.”European Journal of International Relations. 19 (4), 823-846.
2013. “The Bloodstained Spear: Public Reason and Declarations of War.” International Theory, 5 (2). 238-272.
2010. “Necessary Illusions: Misperception, Cooperation, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.” Security Studies, 19 (3), 376-406.
Reviews
2016. “Uncommon Effects and Uncommon Causes.” International Studies Review. 18(2). 409-411. [Review of Lebow’s Constructing Cause in International Relations.]
2016 “Thinking Holistically about Transparency.” International History and Politics Newsletter. 1 (2), 7-9.
2015. Review of Brian C.
Rathbun’s Diplomacy’s Value. In Perspectives on Politics.13 (3),
920-922.
2010. “Do Our Philosophical Commitments Matter?” Qualitative & Multi-Method Research. 8: 4-9.
[Review of Patrick Thaddeus Jackson’s The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations.]
Works in Progress
Theories of Cooperation
“A Perfect Theory for Bananafish: Reevaluating the Role of Intersubjectivity in International Politics.”
“The Problem of Social Integration in International Relations Theory.”
“Amity Lines and Escalation Ladders: Schmitt and Schelling on Deliberation and the Expansion of War.” [With Austin Carson]
Ethics and International Relations
“Politics
for the People: A Progressive-Era View of Policy Relevance.”
Qualitative Methods and Philosophy of Science
“A Distributed Cognition Approach to Case Selection.”