2026. “Socialization, Self-Selection, and the Life Experiences of World Leaders: Why Business Experience Influences Defense Spending.” (with Matthew Fuhrmann) The Journal of Politics 88 (4).
2025. “State Repression and Elite Support for International Human Rights: Evidence from South Korean Legislators’ Democratization Experiences.” Journal of Peace Research 62 (7).
2025. “High-Level Leader Visits: A Promising Area of Study in IR.” (with Ali Balcı, Jonathan Moyer, Collin Meisel, Kylie McKee, Alexander Baturo, Byungwon Woo, Seulah Choi, Minseon Ku, Eric Van Rythoven, Marcus Holmes) Forthcoming at International Studies Perspectives.
2024. “U.S. Diplomatic Visits and Allies' Military Spending.” Foreign Policy Analysis 20 (4).
2024. “Fear or Anger? Leaders' Childhood War Trauma and Interstate Conflict Initiation.” International Studies Quarterly 68 (2).
Winner of the 2024 Patricia Weitsman Award from the International Security Studies Section (ISSS), International Studies Association (ISA)
2024. “Travel to Allies or Adversaries? A Compositional Analysis of U.S. Diplomatic Visits.” (with Jonghoon Lee) Social Science Quarterly 105 (4).
2024. “Presidential Hawkishness, Domestic Popularity, and Diplomatic Normalization.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 54 (1).
2024. “The Long-run Impact of Childhood Wartime Violence on Preferences for Nuclear Proliferation.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 68 (1).
2022. “Nuclear Weapons and Low-Level Military Conflict.” (with Kyung Suk Lee, Hwalmin Jin, and Matthew Fuhrmann) International Studies Quarterly 66 (4).
"War Casualties, Government Partisanship and Culpability, and Incumbent Vote Share."
"Nearer the Enemy: Military Service Proximity to a Hostile Border and Foreign Policy Attitudes."
"Presidential Presence: US Crisis Reassurance in Divided Government." (with Jonghoon Lee)
"Do Arms Transfers Deter? Weapon Prestige, Delivery Status, and Interstate Conflict" (with Hoshik Nam)
"When Do Visits Lead to Concessions? Alliedness and Host-State Responses to U.S. Presidential Visits" (with Hashim Malallah, Chamseul Yu)
"From Diplomas to Diplomacy: Are Western-Educated Leaders More Prone to Visit the West?" (with Joowon Yi)
"Nuclear Taboo or Nuclear Absolutism? Learning About Nuclear Weapons Through History" (with Sangmin Lee, Taehee Whang, Chamseul Yu)
Funded by the Korea Foundation (2026 Policy-Relevant Research Support Program)
"Are Business Leaders Less War-Prone? Evidence from U.S. Presidents and 30 High-Income Countries" (with Matthew Fuhrmann)
"Serving with an Ally and Support for Security Cooperation"
"Learning in Nuclear Proliferation"
"Zero-Sum Mindset and Alliance Management" (with So Jin Lee)
"Does Historical Learning Reproduce the Effects of Direct Wartime Experience? " (with Sangyong Son)
"Status by Visits" (with Ali Balcı, Joowon Yi)
"Why Young South Koreans Are Cooling on the Bomb." Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), April 28, 2025.
"Upgrading U.S.-ROK Nuclear Deterrence: The Role of the Nuclear Consultative Group." National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), March 6, 2025.
"Dousing South Korea's nuclear desires." East Asia Forum, Apr 16, 2024.
"Why a South Korean nuclear program won’t deter North Korean provocations." NK News, Feb 13, 2023. (With Hwalmin Jin, Kyung Suk Lee, and Matthew Fuhrmann)