BOOKS
Above the Law: The United States and the International Criminal Court. 2026. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Cambridge UP] [Amazon]
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]
JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Trump, the International Criminal Court, and the Future of Global Impunity." Forthcoming, Perspectives on Politics.
"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
"Elite Misperceptions of Public Opinion in American Foreign Policy: Evidence from the International Criminal Court"
"Manhunts: Evidence from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List"