Publications


When Salience Undermines Representation: Democratic Dilemmas in Security and Counterterrorism Policy (with Tiberiu Dragu)

Political Science Research and Methods,  2025. Forthcoming.


Constraining to Deter (with Scott A. Tyson

American Journal of Political Science, 2024. Forthcoming



The Political Consequences of Green Policies: Evidence from Italy (with Italo Colantone, Yotam Margalit, and Marco Percoco)

American Political Science Review, 2024, 118(1), 108-126



Political Instability and the Failure of Deterrence (with Scott A. Tyson)

The Journal of Politics, 2022, 84(1), 180-193



Counterterrorism policy in an uncertain world (with Tiberiu Dragu)

The Journal of Politics, 2021, 83(4), 1857–1860



Autocratic Stability in the Shadow of Foreign Threats (with Jessica S. Sun and Scott A. Tyson)

American Political Science Review, 2020, 114(4), 1247-1265

Winner of the "Best Paper in International Relations" Award for the 2018 MPSA Annual Meeting



The Partisan Politics of Counterterrorism: Reputations, Policy Transparency, and Electoral Outcomes

Political Science Research and Methods, 2019, 7(2), 253-269



Valence Uncertainty and the Nature of the Candidate Pool in Elections

Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2017, 29(2), 327-350



Working Papers



Repression and Autocratic Consolidation (with Jessica S. Sun and Scott A. Tyson)


Carpe Diem: When and How Criminal Groups Infiltrate Political Institutions (with Enrico Cavallotti and Nicola Mastrorocco)




Work in Progress



Protect the Brand (with Giovanna Invernizzi and Scott A. Tyson)


Competing to Deter (with Scott A. Tyson)


Eager Hearts and Radicalized Minds (with Jessica S. Sun and Scott A. Tyson)