Terrorism

Works In Progress (available on request):

  • ​"Modeling Dynamic Violence: Integrating Events Data Analysis and Agent-Based Modeling." (With Steve Shellman and Joe Young)
  • "Geographical Approaches in the Study of Terrorism." Paper prepared for inclusion in the Oxford Handbook of Terrorism. (With Brian Lange, Megan Thomas, and Joe Young.)

Published (see Publications page):

  • "The Local Geography of Transnational Terrorist Attacks." Conflict Management and Peace Science. (With Alex Braithwaite, Josiah Marineau, and Joseph Young.)
  • "Terrorism, Spoiling, and the Resolution of Civil Wars." (With Joseph K. Young.) Journal of Politics.
  • Global Shell Games: Experiments in Transnational Relations, Crime, and Terrorism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (With Daniel Nielson and J.C. Sharman)
  • "Funding Terror." 2014. University of Pennsylvania Law Review. (With Shima Baradaran, Daniel Nielson, and J.C. Sharman)
  • "Radicalism of the Hopeless: Refugee Flows and Transnational Terrorism." Journal of Conflict Resolution. (With Daniel Milton and Megan Spencer.)
  • "Terrorism and Civil War: A Spatial and Temporal Approach to a Conceptual Problem." 2012. Perspectives on Politics. (With Joe Young)
  • "Killing Civilians or Holding Territory? How to Think About Terrorism." 2012. International Studies Review. (With Victor Asal, Luis De La Calle, and Joseph Young.)
  • "More Combatant Groups, More Terror? Empirical Tests of an Outbidding Logic." 2012. Terrorism and Political Violence. (With Joe Young)
  • "Games Rivals Play: Terrorism in International Rivalries." 2012. Journal of Politics. (With Jim Piazza and Joe Young)
  • "Can Peace Be Purchased? A Sectoral-Level Analysis of Aid's Influence on Transnational Terrorism" 2011. Public Choice. (With Joe Young)
  • "Promises and Pitfalls of Terrorism Research." 2011. International Studies Review. (With Joe Young)
  • "Terrorism, Democracy, and Credible Commitments." 2011. International Studies Quarterly. (With Joe Young)
  • "Fighting Fire with Fire?: How (Not) to Neutralize an Insurgency." 2007. Civil Wars. (With Joe Young) 
Funding: 
  • "Terror, Conflict Processes, Organizations, & Ideologies: Completing the Picture.'" National Science Foundation Grant. $467,000. (With Steve Shellman, Ryan Bakker, Remco Chang, and Joe Young.)