Refereed Publications

1. “Transnational Volunteers: American Foreign Fighters Combating the Islamic State,” Terrorism and Political Violence, 2017. (with Joseph K. Young)

 
Book Chapters

1. “The Military Police as Police Advisors: A Potential Solution with Many Challenges” in (Stoker, Donald and Edward Westermann, eds.) Expeditionary Police Advising and Militarization: Building Security in a Fractured World. Solihull, England: Helion & Company, 2018. (with Robert Dillon)
2. “U.S. Peacebuilding in Afghanistan” in (Toshiya, Hoshino and Weston S. Konishi, eds.) U.S.-Japan Peacebuilding Cooperation: Roles and Recommendations toward a Whole-of-Alliance Approach. Boston: Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, 2011.

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Working Papers

1. “Reanalysis: Militarization and Police Violence: The Case of the 1033 Program."
2. “Police Militarization and Patriot Mobilization: The Role of Threats in Social Movement Mobilization."
3. “Police Democratization and Two-Level Games: The Pressure of Intervention.” 
4. "Policing Foreign Fighters"

Think Tank Reports, Monographs, and Other Publications

1. "For a Grander Army of the Republic: Better Names for Bases," War on the Rocks, 2020.
2. "How to Get Started Rolling Back Police Militarization," War on the Rocks, 2020.
3. "Contested Stabilization: Competing in Post-Conflict Spaces," Order from Chaos, The Brookings Institution, 2020. (with Patrick Quirk)
4. "Why Troubled Libya Isn't a Lost Cause -- Yet," The National Interest, 2019. (with Michael O'Hanlon)
5. "The Pitfalls of Seeking Security on the Cheap," Texas National Security Review, 2019. 
6. Empowered Decentralization: A City-Based Strategy for Rebuilding Libya, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2019. (with John Allen, Hady Amr, Daniel Byman, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jeffrey Feltman, Alice Friend, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Bruce Jones, Mara Karlin, Karim Mezran, Michael O’Hanlon, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Landry Signe, Arturo Varvelli, and Frederic Wehrey)
   
7. Managing the New Threat Landscape: Adapting the Tools of International Peace and Security, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2018. (with Bruce Jones, Charles T. Call, and Daniel Toubolets)
   
8. A 10-Degree Shift in Syria Strategy, Policy Brief, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2018. (with Ranj Alaaldin, Steven Heydemann, Bruce Jones, and Michael O’Hanlon)
   
9. Stability Operations in Kosovo 1999-2000: A Case Study. Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, 2018.
10. “Article Review 87 on “The ‘Hearts and Minds’ Fallacy: Violence, Coercion, and Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare.” The International Security Studies Forum, 2017. (with David Ucko)
11. Islamic State vs. Al-Qaeda: Strategic Dimensions of a Patricidal Conflict. Washington, DC: New American Foundation, 2015. (with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Nathaniel Barr, and Bridget Moreng)
12. Marine Corps Interim Publication 3-34.02 (Commander's Guide to Law Enforcement Professional Employment), U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Center, 2011. (unlisted contributor)
13. Capstone doctrine for the Department of Justice’s International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program, internal document, 2011. (unlisted contributor)
14. Lessons Learned from U.S. Government Law Enforcement in International Operations. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, 2010. (with Dilshika Jayamaha, Scott Brady, and Ben Fitzgerald)
15. “Tribal Engagement at the Tactical Level,” Small Wars Journal, 2010. (with Andrew Exum)
16. “Measuring Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare,” Armor Magazine, 117(3), May/June 2008, 36-39.

Conference Participation

1. “Fighting ISIS: Why American Volunteers,” American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, 2018 (with Joseph K. Young).
2. “Fighting ISIS: Why American Volunteers,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2018 (with Joseph K. Young).
3. Discussant. Poster session, “Terrorism and Counterterrorism,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2018.
4. “Police Democratization and Two-Level Games: The Pressure of Intervention,” Midwest Political Science Annual Meeting, 2018.
5. “Police Democratization and Two-Level Games: The Pressure of Intervention,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2018.
6. “Police Militarization and Patriot Mobilization: The Role of Threats in Social Movement Mobilization,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2017.
7. “Pro-Government Foreign Fighters,” participant on the roundtable The Changing Nature of Foreign Fighters, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2017.
8. “Transnational Volunteers: American Foreign Fighters Combating the Islamic State,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2016. (with Joseph K. Young)
9. “All Policing is Local? Identifying the Sources of Policing Legitimacy in Post-Conflict States,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2015.

 
Dissertation 
The Politics of Policing Political Violence (2019)
     Committee: Joseph Young (Chair), Thomas Zeitzoff, Stephen Tankel, Fred Wehrey
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War on the Rocks
 As a senior editor at the web-magazine War on the Rocks, I publish shorter pieces semi-regularly. A full list of my articles can be found here.