BOOKS

The Justice Dilemma: Leaders and Exile in an Era of Accountability. 2020. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs). [Cornell UP] [Amazon]

Above the Law: The United States and the International Criminal Court. Forthcoming in January 2026. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Cambridge UP]


JOURNAL ARTICLES

"When Do Leader Backgrounds Matter? Evidence from the President's Daily Brief." 2024. Conflict Management and Peace Science 41(4): 414-437 (with  Michael Goldfien and Michael Joseph). [pdf] [publisher]

"Billionaire Politicians: A Global Perspective." 2024. Perspectives on Politics 22(2): 357-371  (with Stephen Nelson and Andrew Roberts). [pdf] [publisher]

"Does the International Criminal Court Target the American Military?" 2023. American Political Science Review 117(1): 325-331. [pdf] [publisher]

"I'll Be Back? Exiled Leaders and Political Instability." 2023. Journal of Conflict Resolution 67(2-3): 402-427 (with Abel Escriba-Folch). [pdf] [publisher]

"Nowhere to Hide? Global Policing and the Politics of Extradition." 2022. International Security 47(2): 7-47. [pdf] [publisher]

"Studying Leaders and Elites: The Personal Biography Approach." 2020.  Annual Review of Political Science. 23: 133-151 (with Stephen Nelson and Andrew Roberts). [pdf] [publisher]

"Information, Secrecy, and Civilian Targeting." 2019. International Studies Quarterly 63 (2): 322-333. [pdf] [publisher]

"Should I Stay or Should I Go? Leaders, Exile, and the Dilemmas of International Justice." 2018. American Journal of Political Science 62 (2): 486-498. [pdf] [publisher]

"Varieties of Civil War and Mass Killing: Reassessing the Relationship between Guerrilla Warfare and Civilian Victimization." 2018. Journal of Peace Research 55 (1): 18-31. [pdf] [publisher]

"Dictators in Exile: Explaining the Destinations of Ex-Rulers." 2017. Journal of Politics 79 (2): 560-575 (with Abel Escriba-Folch). [pdf] [publisher]

"Who Democratizes? Western-Educated Leaders and Regime Transitions." 2017. Journal of Conflict Resolution 61 (3): 671-701 (with Thomas Gift). [pdf] [publisher] [codebook]

"Refugee Flows, Ethnic Power Relations, and the Spread of Conflict." 2014. Security Studies  23 (1): 182-216. [pdf]  [publisher]


WORK IN PROGRESS

"The Attitudes of American Foreign Policy Professionals toward the International Criminal Court"

"The United States and the Future of Global Impunity: Evidence from the International Criminal Court" 

"Manhunts: Evidence from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List"

Wanted: America's Hunt for Fugitives at Home and Abroad (book project)