America Is Its Own Worst Enemy
It’s not unprecedented for a powerful country to simply shoot itself in the foot.
Research
ADB Distinguished Speaker Lecture: The Complementarity Between Cities and State Capacity
Public capacity complements urban density because externalities abound in cities and urban scale makes it possible to share infrastructure that needs to be managed.
How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?
Does shaming human rights violators shape attitudes at home?
Arctic research cooperation in a turbulent world
Rapid Arctic change requires multifaceted approaches with Arctic peoples at the forefront
Asking about Complex Policies
As political issues have increased in complexity, public opinion researchers increasingly ask respondents about sophisticated political topics that may require substantive knowledge and analytic skill
Off-Balance: How US Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes
A growing literature has challenged some of the more influential accounts regarding the role of courts in the development of social and economic policy in the United States.
Displaced Learners: Early Integration of Ukrainian Refugee Students into Italy’s Schools
The paper examines the early integration of Ukrainian refugee students into Italy's education system following the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
What IR Theory Predicts About Trump 2.0
An academic assessment of the U.S. president’s foreign-policy revolution.
Thinking (about peace science) in time
In this Presidential Address, I lay out three research streams in which my findings were valid when published, but which may have been time-bound to a particular period in global history.
How AI Can Support Democracy Movements: Summary Report of a Research and Practice Workshop
In recent years, democracy movements have experienced a historic decline in their ability to challenge autocratic governments effectively.
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