Book
Rebels in the Field: Cadre and the Development of Insurgent Military Power, Oxford University Press (2025)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Shaky Foundations: Rebel Fighting Capacity and the Limits of Pre-Conflict Endowments,” Journal of Peace Research, volume 63, no. 1 (2026)
“Rebels Fire and Maneuver Too: How Small-unit Combat Leaders Sustain Insurgent Warfare, Journal of Strategic Studies, volume 49, no.2 (2026)
“Veterans, Novices, and Patterns of Rebel Recruitment,” Security Studies, volume 34, no. 1 (2025, with Evan Perkoski): 59-93
“The Rebel and the Politician: Developing a Typology of Insurgent Civil–Military Relations.” Armed Forces & Society, volume 51, no. 3 (2023): 757–793
- Recipient of the 2024 Charles C. Moskos prize for best article published by an emerging scholar in Armed Forces & Society
“Who Can Keep the Peace? Insurgent Organizational Control of Collective Violence.” Security Studies, volume 26, no. 3 (2017): 482-516
“Fatality Thresholds, Causal Heterogeneity, and Civil War Research: Reconsidering the Link Between Narcotics and Conflict.” Political Science Research and Methods, volume 7, no. 1, (2019, with Noel Anderson): 85-105
Book Reviews
2021. Theodore McLauchlin. 2020. Desertion: Trust and Mistrust in Civil Wars. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. Perspectives on Politics, volume 19, no. 4.
Works in Progress
Rebels and Politicians: Civil-Military Relations in Asymmetric Conflict
“Building Strong Militaries: Security Force Assistance in the Context of Ukraine and Iran”
“A Typology of Rebel Public Health Behavior,” with Catherine Worsnop and Davin O’Regan
“The Worst Case Scenario? Assessing the Impact of a Complete ISAF Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan”
Other Publications
“What the First Week of Fighting in Ukraine Tells Us About a Potential Insurgency,” CISSM Policy Brief, March 7, 2022.
“How the Taliban Exploited Afghanistan’s Human Geography,” War on the Rocks, September 2, 2021
“From Guerrilla to Maneuver Warfare: A Look at the Taliban’s Growing Combat Capability,” Modern War Institute, June 6, 2018
“A Closer Look at ISIS in Iraq,” Political Violence @ a Glance, June 16, 2014
“Insurgent Organizational Structure and the Control of Collective Violence” Précis, Fall 2013
Rebels in the Field: Cadre and the Development of Insurgent Military Power, Oxford University Press (2025)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Shaky Foundations: Rebel Fighting Capacity and the Limits of Pre-Conflict Endowments,” Journal of Peace Research, volume 63, no. 1 (2026)
“Rebels Fire and Maneuver Too: How Small-unit Combat Leaders Sustain Insurgent Warfare, Journal of Strategic Studies, volume 49, no.2 (2026)
“Veterans, Novices, and Patterns of Rebel Recruitment,” Security Studies, volume 34, no. 1 (2025, with Evan Perkoski): 59-93
“The Rebel and the Politician: Developing a Typology of Insurgent Civil–Military Relations.” Armed Forces & Society, volume 51, no. 3 (2023): 757–793
- Recipient of the 2024 Charles C. Moskos prize for best article published by an emerging scholar in Armed Forces & Society
“Who Can Keep the Peace? Insurgent Organizational Control of Collective Violence.” Security Studies, volume 26, no. 3 (2017): 482-516
“Fatality Thresholds, Causal Heterogeneity, and Civil War Research: Reconsidering the Link Between Narcotics and Conflict.” Political Science Research and Methods, volume 7, no. 1, (2019, with Noel Anderson): 85-105
Book Reviews
2021. Theodore McLauchlin. 2020. Desertion: Trust and Mistrust in Civil Wars. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. Perspectives on Politics, volume 19, no. 4.
Works in Progress
Rebels and Politicians: Civil-Military Relations in Asymmetric Conflict
“Building Strong Militaries: Security Force Assistance in the Context of Ukraine and Iran”
“A Typology of Rebel Public Health Behavior,” with Catherine Worsnop and Davin O’Regan
“The Worst Case Scenario? Assessing the Impact of a Complete ISAF Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan”
Other Publications
“What the First Week of Fighting in Ukraine Tells Us About a Potential Insurgency,” CISSM Policy Brief, March 7, 2022.
“How the Taliban Exploited Afghanistan’s Human Geography,” War on the Rocks, September 2, 2021
“From Guerrilla to Maneuver Warfare: A Look at the Taliban’s Growing Combat Capability,” Modern War Institute, June 6, 2018
“A Closer Look at ISIS in Iraq,” Political Violence @ a Glance, June 16, 2014
“Insurgent Organizational Structure and the Control of Collective Violence” Précis, Fall 2013