Research Interests: International Security, Public Opinion, Revenge and Revanchism, Leaders, Domestic Politics of International Relations, US foreign policy, Experimental Method
Revenge and Deterrence
- Cycle of Suffering: When Retaliation Provokes Rather Than Deters
- Dead Hand of Revenge: Decapitation Threat and the Design of Nuclear Command and Control System
- The Tragedy of Restraint: Why an Outgroup’s Restraint Is Discounted
Social Movement and Foreign Policy
- Public Backlash against Anti-war Protest: Evidence from Israel (with Hannah Kazis-Taylor)
- Bringing the War Home: The Effects of Anti-War Protests on Public Opinion (with Jessica Weeks)
Leaders
- Introducing the Cosmopolitan Leaders Dataset (CLD)
- Belligerent Cosmopolitans: How Pre-Office Foreign Experience Influences the Conflict Behavior of Leaders (with Qi Jing)
- Cosmopolitan Leaders and Treaty Ties: How Pre-Office Foreign Experience Shapes International Cooperation
- Bringing the World Home? How Leaders’ Pre-Office Foreign Experience Shapes International Economic Cooperation (with Yumi Park, Andrew C. McWard)
- Napoleon complex: Leader height, selection and conflict behavior
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