Peer-Reviewed & Other Scholarly Work

• Genetic Superpower: International Rivalry in the Age of Weaponizable Biotechnology, forthcoming from Oxford University Press in January 2027, Bridging the Gap series
• “US-China Rivalry in the Age of Weaponizable Biotechnology,” in Analyzing China’s Domestic and Foreign Policies (2024)
• The Technologies and International Politics of Genetic Warfare,” Strategic Studies Quarterly (2021)

Policy Analysis & Commentary

• “Coding War: The Lieber Code as a Prototype of Modern Technological Governance,” Articles of War, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, forthcoming
• “Scientists Saved Us from Catastrophic Risk Before,” Foreign Policy [with Sophie Mae Berman] (2026)
• “India Can Redefine What It Means to Win the Technology Race,” Bioinsecurity (2026)
• “Why America’s AI Sovereignty Is Weaker Than It Looks,” Bioinsecurity (2026)
• “Soon Enough to Matter,” Bioinsecurity (2026)
• “The Case for Science Diplomacy Against AI-Enabled Bioweapons,” Bioinsecurity (2026)
• “Who Governs Our Biological Future?” Bioinsecurity (2026)
• “The Biotechnology Age Is Different from the Nuclear Age, or: Welcome to Bioinsecurity,” Bioinsecurity (2026)
• “The Future of Bioethics in a Changing World Order,” LSE Review of Books (2026)
• “Deterrence in the Age of Weaponizable Biotechnology,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (2025)
• “The International Bioweapons Regime Must be Strengthened, Not Exploited in Geopolitical Competition,” RSIS Commentary [with Karolina Zhukoff] (2024)
• “How to Avoid a Genetic Arms Race,” Hastings Bioethics Forum [with Jonathan D. Moreno] (2024)
• “The Ethics and Security Challenge of Gene Editing,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (2023)
• “CRISPR and Global Security,” Science eLetter (2023)

Peer-Reviewed & Other Scholarly Work

• “Broken-Windows Counterinsurgency: Militarization and Resistance in India-Administered Kashmir,” Asia Policy (2026)
• “The Effects of State Presence on the Mental Mapping of Security: Evidence from an Experiment in Kashmir,” Journal of Peace Research [with Christopher Mann] (2024)
• “India as a Restorationist State: Implications for US-India Relations and South Asian Politics,” International Politics [with Jared Schwartz and Samantha Hotz] (2023)
• “China’s Security Strategy in Pakistan: Lessons for Washington,” Asian Security [with Jared Schwartz and Farhan Zahid] (2023)
• “A Kashmir Peace Deal Now? Ripeness, Readiness, and US Role,” Modern War Institute at West Point Report (2021)
• “Reconsidering How We Think about Proxies,” Asia Policy (2021)
• Gambling with Violence: State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India, Oxford University Press (2019)
• “When Militias Provide Welfare: Lessons from Pakistan and Nigeria,” Political Science Quarterly [with Megan Turnbull] (2019)
• “Self-Defense Militias, Death Squads, and State Outsourcing of Violence in India and Turkey,” Journal of Strategic Studies (2018)
• “Genocidal Violence, Nation-Building, and the Bloody Birth of Bangladesh,” Asian Security [with Rachel Castellano] (2018)
• “Terrorist Prison Breaks,” Perspectives on Terrorism [with Trevor Cloen and Farhan Zahid] (2018)
• “How We Know What We Know About Pakistan: New York Times News Production, 1954-1971,” Modern Asian Studies (2017)
• “Why Terrorists Target Children: Outbidding, Desperation, and Extremism in the Peshawar and Beslan School Massacres,” Terrorism and Political Violence [with Farhan Zahid] (2016)
• “Channeling Islam: Religious Narratives on Pakistani Television and Their Influence on Pakistani Youth,” Asian Affairs: An American Review [with Sahar Gul and Feryaz Ocakli] (2016)
• “Violence by Proxy: Russia’s Ex-Rebels and Criminals in Chechnya,” in State Terror, State Violence: Global Perspectives (2016)
• “One Shield, Two Responses: Anti-U.S. Missile Defense Shield Protests in the Czech Republic and Poland,” Politics & Policy [with Feryaz Ocakli] (2015)
• “The Politics of Diplomatic Service Reform in Post-Soviet Russia,” Political Science Quarterly (2012)
• “Bureaucratic Partisanship and State Building: The Case of Ukrainian Foreign Ministry,” Problems of Post-Communism (2011) — Awarded James R. Millar Prize
• “Assessing the Costs of Weak Diplomatic Institutions” (Ukrainian: «Оцінюючи Втрати Внаслідок Слабких Інститутів Дипломатії»), Academic Bulletin of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (Науковий Вісник Дипломатичної Академії України) (2010)
• “Political Science and the Rules of Causal Inference” (Russian: «Политология и правила выявления причинно- следственных отношений»), Polis (2009)

Policy Analysis & Commentary

• “Safe Havens for Rebels,” Lawfare (2026)
• “The Other War the World is Ignoring,” The Interpreter [with Feryaz Ocakli] (2026)
• “Trump’s Iran Escalation Will Be the Next Iraq War,” Newsweek [with Feryaz Ocakli] (2026)
• “Cricket Diplomacy: India Playing the Long Game in Afghanistan,” Asia Times [with Avik Nandy] (2026)
• “Now Is the Time for Ukraine Peace Talks,” National Interest (2024)
• “The Putin-Prigozhin Game of Proxies,” Inkstick (2023)
• “What Kind of Neighbor is India Becoming?” India Policy (I-Policy) Commentary (2023)
• “The Indo-Pacific Is No Place for NATO,” Responsible Statecraft (2023)
• “To Support Afghan Women Activists, Prioritize Local Knowledge Over Numbers,” SouthAsiaSource [with Sophie Mae Berman] (2022)
• “Reflections on How Stanislau Shushkevich Made (Forgotten) History,” Harvard Davis Center Insights (2022)
• “How to Kill a Superpower: Do You Remember the Belavezha Agreement?” Inkstick [with Zachary Troyanovsky] (2021)
• “It’s Time for a Difficult Conversation with Delhi,” SouthAsiaSource, Atlantic Council (2021)
• “‘Do as I Do’ Diplomacy,” Inkstick (2021) — Featured in American Foreign Service Association Daily Media Digest
• “The Proxy Gambit,” Commentary & Analysis, Modern War Institute at West Point [with Maj. Alex Deep] (2021)
• “Eight Reasons Why the United States Should Promote Kashmir Peace Talks Now,” SouthAsiaSource, Atlantic Council (2021)
• “What Binds India and the US?” Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Expert Speak: Atlantic Files (2020)
• “A Divided Taliban Could Unleash a New Proxy War in Afghanistan,” New Atlanticist [with Jared Schwartz] (2020)
• “Young Kashmiris Think India and Pakistan Can Resolve Their Differences over Kashmir,” Washington Post [with Samir Ahmad] (2020) — Covered in Al Jazeera; The Telegraph; Kashmir Observer; EurAsian Times
• “What Lt. Col. Vindman’s Critics Get Wrong about Jews Who Fled the Soviet Union,” Washington Post [with Matthew Simkowitz] (2019)
• “Will the United States and China Keep India and Pakistan from Going to War?” Texas National Security Review (2019)
• “China and Pakistan Have Struck a Devil’s Bargain with Militants,” Foreign Policy [with Jared Schwartz] (2019)
• “Pakistan Is Ready for Stability in Afghanistan,” East Asia Forum [with Jared Schwartz] (2019)
• “Ending Terror in Kashmir,” Political Violence @ a Glance (2019) — Reprinted in Sri Lanka Guardian
• “Global War on Dangerous Ideas,” Greater Kashmir [with Samir Ahmad] (2019)
• “An Opportunity for Regional Leadership in South Asia,” New Atlanticist (2017)
• “Pakistani Militants Have Created Their Own Political Party. Can It Actually Win Votes?” Washington Post [with Niloufer Siddiqui] (2018)
• “Bridging the Gap between Policing and Counterinsurgency in Pakistan,” Military Review [with Farhan Zahid and Philip Hultquist] (2016)
• “When the Strong Weaponize the Weak: States and Guerrilla Warfare,” Sustainable Security, Oxford Research Group (2016)
• “Between Radicalization and Violence,” Political Violence @ a Glance (2016)
• “Peace by Assassination?” Political Violence @ a Glance [with Gage Willand] (2016)
• “The Problem with Proxies: Ideology is No Substitute for Operational Control,” Small Wars Journal [with Orr Genish] (2015)
• “Reimagining Pakistan’s Militia Policy,” Atlantic Council Issue Brief (2015)
• “In Pakistan, Domestic Threats Begin to Overshadow India,” Washington Post (2015)
• “Are There Lessons from Pakistan for Future of Fighting in Ukraine?” Washington Post (2014)
• “Between the East and West,” Moscow Times (2010)
• “Generation Putin,” Foreign Policy (2008)
• “Unwelcomed Missiles,” Russia Profile, [with Feryaz Ocakli] (2009)
• “Iran: Code Orange?” Foreign Policy in Focus (2009)
• “Learning from the Soviets in Afghanistan,” Foreign Policy in Focus (2008)
• “U.S.-Iran Relations Need Reform,” Wellesley News (2003)