Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of International Relations at Duke Kunshan University
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2024 - Present
DKU Faculty
Recent Publications
Anti-fossil Fuel Activism and Climate Change*
Chapter · January 1, 2026 This chapter explores the anti-fossil fuel movement’s influence on climate change activism in the United States, focusing on four pivotal campaigns: anti-Keystone XL, fossil fuel divestment, anti-coal, and anti-fracking. The movement has successfully frame ... Full text CiteCan you have it both ways? Attribution and plausible deniability in unclaimed coercion
Journal Article European Journal of International Security · November 1, 2024 States and non-state actors conduct unclaimed coercive attacks, inflicting costs on adversaries to signal resolve to prevail in a dispute while refraining from claiming or denying responsibility. Analysts argue that targets often know who is responsible, w ... Full text CiteDoes plausible deniability work? Assessing the effectiveness of unclaimed coercive acts in the Ukraine war
Journal Article Contemporary Security Policy · January 1, 2023 States conduct unclaimed coercive acts, imposing costs on adversaries to signal resolve but denying (or not claiming) responsibility. Some scholars posit that unclaimed acts have considerable potential to coerce targets, while containing escalation risks. ... Full text CiteEducation
Columbia University ·
2015
Ph.D.