Research

Book Chapters

Title	Volume & Publisher	Year
The Sun Never Sets: Defense, Economics, and the Fate of Modern Empires Chapter 14 — edited by Graham Wrightson and Jerry W. Jones	in The Many Faces of War and Peace: A Survey of War Throughout the Ages, Marine Corps University Press	2026

Title	Venue	Year
The Sovereignty Premium: Japan's Defense Industrial Transaction in a Time of Transition	Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs, Vol. 11	2026
Tipping the Scales: Building U.S. Leverage for a Durable Settlement in Ukraine (2025-2026) with the Spring 2026 ISD Capstone team	Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University	2026
Assurances Are Not Guarantees: Budapest's Lesson for Nonproliferation	Yale Journal of International Affairs, 21(2)	2026
Pacing the Polar Shift: Reshaping US-NATO Strategy in a Contested Arctic with Samuel R. Goldenstein	Journal of Arctic Security, Vol. 3	2026
Controls at the Gate: Do People's Republic of China Export Licenses Delay U.S. Defense Deliveries?	Georgetown Security Studies Review, 13(2)	2026
More Dependent, Less Deterred: Taiwan's Silicon Shield in the New Geoeconomic Order Honorable Mention — 2026 Graduate Student & Emerging Scholar Essay Award	North American Taiwan Studies Association	2026
Constructive Competition: A Strategic Framework for U.S. Engagement and Policy Alternatives to the Belt and Road Initiative with Ian Jones	Georgetown Security Studies Review, 12(1)	2024
Decentralized Deterrence: Reinvigorating the Army's Deterrence Impact in the Face of a Modernized People's Liberation Army Winner, 3rd Place — 2021 Gen. William E. DePuy Writing Contest	Military Review, 102(2)	2022
Engaged Containment: A Viable Solution to the North Korea Problem Winner, Best Graduate Submission Award	The Gold Star Journal	2021

Title	Conference & Venue	Date
Reproducibility and Geographic Transfer of Satellite-Based Electrification Predictions: Testing High-Resolution Electricity Access Models Across Africa and Asia	Measuring Development Conference 2026 World Bank & CEGA	Apr 2026
From Iron Girls to Pretty Lady Cadre: The Impact of China's Gender Exclusionary Policy and Norms upon U.S.-China Security Engagement with Christina Cordell	10th Annual Women, Peace, and Security Conference U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI	May 2024
Geoeconomics as Deterrence	Euro-Atlantic Conflict Studies Working Group 22nd Annual Conference "Nicolae Bălcescu" Land Forces Academy, Sibiu, Romania	May 2023
The Sun Never Sets: The Influence of Europe's Colonial Legacy on Modern Asia-Pacific Development	Many Faces of War VIII — War and Peace South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD	Mar 2023