Research
Books and Special Issues
Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program. Cambridge University Press (with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange).
2020. Bridging the Theory‐Practice Divide in International Relations. (with Dan Maliniak, Sue Peterson, and Ryan Powers). Available at Amazon.
2017. Special Issue on International Organizations and Development Finance. Review of International Organizations. (with Dan Nielson and Brad Parks).
2008. Greening Aid? Understanding the Environmental Impact Of Development Assistance. Oxford University Press (with Robert L. Hicks, Bradley C. Parks, and J. Timmons Roberts). Available at Amazon.
2006. Delegation And Agency In International Organizations. Cambridge University Press (with Darren G. Hawkins, David A. Lake, and Daniel L. Nielson). Available at Amazon.
2020. Bridging the Theory‐Practice Divide in International Relations. (with Dan Maliniak, Sue Peterson, and Ryan Powers). Available at Amazon.
2017. Special Issue on International Organizations and Development Finance. Review of International Organizations. (with Dan Nielson and Brad Parks).
2008. Greening Aid? Understanding the Environmental Impact Of Development Assistance. Oxford University Press (with Robert L. Hicks, Bradley C. Parks, and J. Timmons Roberts). Available at Amazon.
2006. Delegation And Agency In International Organizations. Cambridge University Press (with Darren G. Hawkins, David A. Lake, and Daniel L. Nielson). Available at Amazon.
Published Papers
2021. “Does Social Science Inform Foreign Policy? Evidence from a Survey of U.S. National Security, Trade, and Development Officials.” International Studies Quarterly. (with Paul Avey, Mike Desch, Eric Parajon, Ryan Powers, and Sue Peterson).
2021. “Trump’s Foreign Policy Was a Disaster. But Is the Damage Lasting?” International Studies Perspectives. (with Emily Jackson and Eric Parajon).
2021. “Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects.” World Development. (with Axel Dreher; Andreas Fuchs; Roland Hodler; Bradley Parks; Paul Raschky).
2021. "Aid, China, and Growth," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. (with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange),
2019. “Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance,” Journal of Development Economics. (with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, and Paul A. Raschky).
2019. “Policy-Relevant Publications and Tenure Decisions in International Relations.” PS. Political Science and Politics. (with Dan Maliniak and Sue Peterson).
2018. "Apples and and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa." International Studies Quarterly. 62(1) (with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange).
2018. “Is International Relations a Global Discipline? Hegemony, Insularity, and Diversity in the Study of International Relations.” Security Studies. 1-32 (with Dan Maliniak, Ryan Powers, and Sue Peterson).
2017. “Tracking Underreported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited.” Journal of Conflict Resolution. 61(4): 935-963 (with Austin Strange, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, and Bradley Parks).
2017. “International Organizations and Development Finance.” Review of International Organization. 12(2) (with Daniel Nielson and Brad Parks).
2016. "Ground Truthing Chinese Development Finance in Africa: Field Evidnce from South Africa and Uganda." Journal of Development Studies. 52(6) (with Edwin Muchapondwa, Dan Nielson, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange).
2016. "The IR of the Beholder: Examining Global IR Using the 2014 TRIP Survey." International Studies Review. 18(1) (with Mariana Navarrete Morales, Nicholas J. Bell, and Wiebke Wemheuer-Vogelaar).
2016. "Foreign Aid and Conflict: What we Know and Need to Know." Peace and Conflict 2016. Routledge Press (with Caroline Bergeron and Brad Parks).
2015. “Knowledge Without Power: International Relations Scholars, U.S. Foreign Policy, and the Iraq War.” International Politics. 52(1): 20-44 (with Sue Peterson, Dan Maliniak, and James Long).
2014. "Rising Powers and the Regime for Development Finance." International Studies Review.
2012. "International Activity: A More Sustainable Direction." Acting as if Tomorrow Matters. Environmental Law Institute, Washington DC (with John Dernbach, Brad Parks, and Timmons Roberts).
2011. “More Dollars than Sense: Refining our Knowledge of Development Finance Using AidData.” World Development, Vol. 39, Number 11 (with Ryan Powers, Dan Nielson, Darren Hawkins, Timmons Roberts, Mike Findley, Brad Parks, Sven Wilson, and Rob Hicks).
2011. “International Relations in the U.S. Academy.” International Studies Quarterly, Volume 55, Number 2 (with Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Susan Peterson).
2010. "The American School of International Political Economy." International Political Economy: Debating the Past, Present, and Future. Routledge (with Daniel Maliniak). Edited by Nicola Phillips, and Catherine Weaver.
2009. “Controlling coalitions: Social lending at the multilateral development banks.” Review of International Organizations, Volume 4, Number 4: 407-433 (with Mona M. Lyne and Daniel L. Nielson).
2009. “The American School of International Political Economy.” Review of International Political Economy, Vol 16: 1, 6-33 (with Daniel Maliniak).
2009. "Has Foreign Aid Been Greened?" Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Jan/Feb, 2009 (with Brad Parks, Timmons Roberts, and Rob Hicks). Reprinted in Green Planet Blues: Four Decades of Global Environmental Politics. Edited by Ken Conca and Geoff Debelko, Westview Press, 2010.
2008. “Delegation Success and Policy Failure: Collective Delegation and the Search for Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.” Law and Contemporary Problems. Volume 71, Number 1: 283.
2008. “Women in International Relations.” Politics and Gender. Volume 4, Issue 1 (with Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Susan Peterson).
2007. “Divided Discipline? Comparing Views of U.S. and Canadian IR Scholars.” International Journal. Volume 62, Number 2 (with Michael Lipson, Dan Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Sue Peterson).
2007. “Schoolhouse Rock: Pedagogy, Politics, and Pop.” International Studies Perspectives.
2006. “Delegation Under Anarchy: States, International Organizations, and Principal-Agent Theory.” Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press (with David Lake, Dan Nielson and Darren Hawkins).
2006. "Getting the Model Right: Single, Multiple, and Collective Principals in Development Aid." Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press (with Mona Lyne and Dan Nielson).
2006. “Who Delegates? Alternative Models of Principals in Development Aid.” Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press (with Mona Lyne and Dan Nielson).
2006. “Bridging the Rationalist-Constructivist Divide: Re-engineering the Culture of the World Bank.” Journal of International Relations and Development. Volume 9, Number 2 (with Catherine Weaver and Daniel Nielson).
2005. “Theory, Data, and Hypothesis Testing: World Bank Environmental Reform Redux.” International Organization. Volume 59, Number 3 (with Dan Nielson).
2003. “Delegation to International Organizations: Agency Theory and World Bank Environmental Reform,” International Organization. Volume 57, Number 2, 2003 (with Dan Nielson). Reprinted in International Institutions In The New Global Economy. Vol. 6. L.L. Martin. The International Library Of Writings on the New Global Economy, Edward Elgar Publishers, New York. 2005. Also reprinted in International Environmental Politics. R. Mitchell. Sage Publishers, New York. 2008.
2021. “Trump’s Foreign Policy Was a Disaster. But Is the Damage Lasting?” International Studies Perspectives. (with Emily Jackson and Eric Parajon).
2021. “Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects.” World Development. (with Axel Dreher; Andreas Fuchs; Roland Hodler; Bradley Parks; Paul Raschky).
2021. "Aid, China, and Growth," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. (with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange),
2019. “Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China's Foreign Assistance,” Journal of Development Economics. (with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, and Paul A. Raschky).
2019. “Policy-Relevant Publications and Tenure Decisions in International Relations.” PS. Political Science and Politics. (with Dan Maliniak and Sue Peterson).
2018. "Apples and and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa." International Studies Quarterly. 62(1) (with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange).
2018. “Is International Relations a Global Discipline? Hegemony, Insularity, and Diversity in the Study of International Relations.” Security Studies. 1-32 (with Dan Maliniak, Ryan Powers, and Sue Peterson).
2017. “Tracking Underreported Financial Flows: China’s Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited.” Journal of Conflict Resolution. 61(4): 935-963 (with Austin Strange, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, and Bradley Parks).
2017. “International Organizations and Development Finance.” Review of International Organization. 12(2) (with Daniel Nielson and Brad Parks).
2016. "Ground Truthing Chinese Development Finance in Africa: Field Evidnce from South Africa and Uganda." Journal of Development Studies. 52(6) (with Edwin Muchapondwa, Dan Nielson, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange).
2016. "The IR of the Beholder: Examining Global IR Using the 2014 TRIP Survey." International Studies Review. 18(1) (with Mariana Navarrete Morales, Nicholas J. Bell, and Wiebke Wemheuer-Vogelaar).
2016. "Foreign Aid and Conflict: What we Know and Need to Know." Peace and Conflict 2016. Routledge Press (with Caroline Bergeron and Brad Parks).
2015. “Knowledge Without Power: International Relations Scholars, U.S. Foreign Policy, and the Iraq War.” International Politics. 52(1): 20-44 (with Sue Peterson, Dan Maliniak, and James Long).
2014. "Rising Powers and the Regime for Development Finance." International Studies Review.
2012. "International Activity: A More Sustainable Direction." Acting as if Tomorrow Matters. Environmental Law Institute, Washington DC (with John Dernbach, Brad Parks, and Timmons Roberts).
2011. “More Dollars than Sense: Refining our Knowledge of Development Finance Using AidData.” World Development, Vol. 39, Number 11 (with Ryan Powers, Dan Nielson, Darren Hawkins, Timmons Roberts, Mike Findley, Brad Parks, Sven Wilson, and Rob Hicks).
2011. “International Relations in the U.S. Academy.” International Studies Quarterly, Volume 55, Number 2 (with Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Susan Peterson).
2010. "The American School of International Political Economy." International Political Economy: Debating the Past, Present, and Future. Routledge (with Daniel Maliniak). Edited by Nicola Phillips, and Catherine Weaver.
2009. “Controlling coalitions: Social lending at the multilateral development banks.” Review of International Organizations, Volume 4, Number 4: 407-433 (with Mona M. Lyne and Daniel L. Nielson).
2009. “The American School of International Political Economy.” Review of International Political Economy, Vol 16: 1, 6-33 (with Daniel Maliniak).
2009. "Has Foreign Aid Been Greened?" Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Jan/Feb, 2009 (with Brad Parks, Timmons Roberts, and Rob Hicks). Reprinted in Green Planet Blues: Four Decades of Global Environmental Politics. Edited by Ken Conca and Geoff Debelko, Westview Press, 2010.
2008. “Delegation Success and Policy Failure: Collective Delegation and the Search for Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.” Law and Contemporary Problems. Volume 71, Number 1: 283.
2008. “Women in International Relations.” Politics and Gender. Volume 4, Issue 1 (with Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Susan Peterson).
2007. “Divided Discipline? Comparing Views of U.S. and Canadian IR Scholars.” International Journal. Volume 62, Number 2 (with Michael Lipson, Dan Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Sue Peterson).
2007. “Schoolhouse Rock: Pedagogy, Politics, and Pop.” International Studies Perspectives.
2006. “Delegation Under Anarchy: States, International Organizations, and Principal-Agent Theory.” Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press (with David Lake, Dan Nielson and Darren Hawkins).
2006. "Getting the Model Right: Single, Multiple, and Collective Principals in Development Aid." Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press (with Mona Lyne and Dan Nielson).
2006. “Who Delegates? Alternative Models of Principals in Development Aid.” Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press (with Mona Lyne and Dan Nielson).
2006. “Bridging the Rationalist-Constructivist Divide: Re-engineering the Culture of the World Bank.” Journal of International Relations and Development. Volume 9, Number 2 (with Catherine Weaver and Daniel Nielson).
2005. “Theory, Data, and Hypothesis Testing: World Bank Environmental Reform Redux.” International Organization. Volume 59, Number 3 (with Dan Nielson).
2003. “Delegation to International Organizations: Agency Theory and World Bank Environmental Reform,” International Organization. Volume 57, Number 2, 2003 (with Dan Nielson). Reprinted in International Institutions In The New Global Economy. Vol. 6. L.L. Martin. The International Library Of Writings on the New Global Economy, Edward Elgar Publishers, New York. 2005. Also reprinted in International Environmental Politics. R. Mitchell. Sage Publishers, New York. 2008.
Working Papers
“Going it Alone vs Multilateralism(s): An Experimental Approach on Public Support for Military Intervention,” with Daniel Maliniak and Brittany Parowski. (Under Review at Review of International Organizations)
“Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries,” with Richard Bluhm, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange.
"The Unipolar Fallacy: Common Agency, American Interests, and the International Financial Institutions," with Mark Copelovitch, Daniel Nielson, and Ryan Powers. Prepared for presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 28-31, 2014.
“Constructing Constructivism through Surveys and Text Analysis,” with Kristin Ritchey.
“What’s In a Citation? Engaged, Critical, and Drive by Citations,” with Lindsay Hundley and Katie Paulson- Smith.
"Do Maps Matter in Aid Allocation Decisions?" with Ashley Napier*, Mike Findley, Rebecca Latourell, Dan Nielson, Rachel Trichler, and Kate Weaver. Working Paper.
“Agency Choice and Aid Allocation: The Politics and Consequences of Institutional Reform at the Global Environmental Facility,” with Chris Marcoux and Claire Peters.
“Foreign Aid in Hard Times: The Political Economy of Aid Effort,” with Ishita Ahmed, Brooke Russell, and Chris Marcoux.
"Aid, China, and Growth." with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, and Austin M. Strange. Prepared for presentation at the Workshop "Tracking International Aid and Investment from Developing and Emerging Economies," Heidelberg University, September 22-23, 2017.
"Principles, Principals, and Power: Institutional Reform and Aid Allocation at the Global Environment Facility (GEF)," with Christopher Marcoux and Claire Peters. Working Paper, 22 April 2012.
“Principles and Principals? The Possibilities for Theoretical Synthesis and Scientific Progress in the Study of International Organizations,” with Catherine Weaver. Chapter for the Politics of International Organization: Theoretical Synthesis in the Study of International Relations.
“Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries,” with Richard Bluhm, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange.
"The Unipolar Fallacy: Common Agency, American Interests, and the International Financial Institutions," with Mark Copelovitch, Daniel Nielson, and Ryan Powers. Prepared for presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 28-31, 2014.
“Constructing Constructivism through Surveys and Text Analysis,” with Kristin Ritchey.
“What’s In a Citation? Engaged, Critical, and Drive by Citations,” with Lindsay Hundley and Katie Paulson- Smith.
"Do Maps Matter in Aid Allocation Decisions?" with Ashley Napier*, Mike Findley, Rebecca Latourell, Dan Nielson, Rachel Trichler, and Kate Weaver. Working Paper.
“Agency Choice and Aid Allocation: The Politics and Consequences of Institutional Reform at the Global Environmental Facility,” with Chris Marcoux and Claire Peters.
“Foreign Aid in Hard Times: The Political Economy of Aid Effort,” with Ishita Ahmed, Brooke Russell, and Chris Marcoux.
"Aid, China, and Growth." with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, and Austin M. Strange. Prepared for presentation at the Workshop "Tracking International Aid and Investment from Developing and Emerging Economies," Heidelberg University, September 22-23, 2017.
"Principles, Principals, and Power: Institutional Reform and Aid Allocation at the Global Environment Facility (GEF)," with Christopher Marcoux and Claire Peters. Working Paper, 22 April 2012.
“Principles and Principals? The Possibilities for Theoretical Synthesis and Scientific Progress in the Study of International Organizations,” with Catherine Weaver. Chapter for the Politics of International Organization: Theoretical Synthesis in the Study of International Relations.
Short Articles and Other Publications
“Chinese Infrastructure Projects Help Spread Economic Activity in the Global South,” with Richard Bluhm, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin Strange. VoxChina, December, 2021.
“Poll: Biden Gets High Marks for Foreign Policy,” with Irene Entringer, Alex Murphy, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy. May 13, 2021.
“Foreign policy is Biden’s best bet for bipartisan action, experts say – but GOP is unlikely to join him on climate change,” with Josh Busby, Josh Kertzer, Jonathan Monten, Dina Smeltz, and Jordan Tama, The Conversation. December 9, 2020.
“Poll: How Biden and Trump Differ on Foreign Policy,” with Irene Entringer, Alex Murphy, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy. October 22, 2020.
“Trump, COVID-19, and the Future of International Order,” with Helen Milner, Sue Peterson, Ryan Powers and Erik Voeten. Foreign Policy, October 8, 2020.
“Beyond IR’s Ivory Tower,” with Cullen Hendrix, Julia MacDonald, Sue Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, September 28, 2020.
“What Foreign-Policy Experts Make of Trump’s Coronavirus Response,” with Emily Jackson, Eric Parajon, Sue Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, May 8, 2020.
"There Really Is An Expert Consensus: Multilateralism Still Matters" with Eric Parajon, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Lawfare, January 18, 2019.
"Financier Of First Resort: China's Bid To Be Lender Of Choice In The Developing World," with Samantha Custer. Strategic Asia, 2019.
"Belt and Road projects direct Chinese investment to all corners of the globe. What are the local impacts?" with Bradley Parks, Richard Bluhm, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, and Austin M. Strange. The Washington Post, September 11, 2018.
"Would Clinton or Trump Be Better at Foreign Policy? Here's What International Relations Scholars Think," with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Hannah Petrie, and Ryan Powers. The Washington Post, October 26, 2016.
"Chinese Aid is Helping African Economies, but Not in the Places that Need It Most," with Brad Parks, Roland Hodler, Axel Dreher, Paul Raschky, and Andreas Fuchs. The Washington Post, October 7, 2016.
"How to Count What Counts: TIS the season for Syllabi Metrics?" with Katie Paulson-Smith. International Studies Quarterly, March, 31, 2016.
“Many in the West fear Chinese ‘aid’ to Africa. They’re wrong. Here’s why,” with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin M. Strange. The Washington Post, October 20, 2015.
"China Is Not a Rogue Donor: The Data Behind Chinese Aid." Foreign Affairs, October 15, 2015.
“Snap Poll: Will China, Iran, And Russia Cooperate With the United States?” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, October 9, 2015.
“Are African leaders misusing Chinese development finance? The price of country ownership,” Africa at LSE. The London School of Economics and Political Science, August 31, 2015
“Snap Poll: Is A Soccer Scandal More Scandalous If It Involves Putin?” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, June 22, 2015
Review of Organizational Progeny: Why governments are losing control over the proliferating structures of global governance (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press), by Tana Johnson. Review of International Organizations, April 17, 2015.
“Measuring what policymakers want from academics,” with Ana O’Harrow. The Washington Post, April 5, 2015.
“Snap Poll: Is the Iran Deal Good for Your Country’s National Security?” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, March 18, 2015.
“The Best International Relations Schools in the World,” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, February 3, 2015
“Snap Poll: How Likely Is War With Russia In The Next 10 Years?” , with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, January 28, 2015.
“Snap Poll: Does Obama Need To Put Troops In Ukraine to Prove America Is Tough?” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, June 2, 2014.
“International relations scholars think that the U. S. spends too much on defense.” With Nicholas Bell, Daneil Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, and Darin Self. The Monkey Cage, March 12, 2014.
“Snap Poll: The View from the Ivory Tower,” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, March 7, 2014.
"Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China's Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited" with Austin M. Strange, Bradley Parks, Andreas Fuchs, and Axel Dreher, Discussion Paper Series No. 553, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics. January 2014.
“Chinese aid to Africa: the true (but not final) picture,” Interview. United Nations University. July 9, 2013.
"China's Development Finance to Africa; A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection" with Austin Strange*, Bradley Parks*, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. Center for Global Development, WP 323, April 2013.
Interview with Michael J. Tierney on TRIP and AidData Projects. Duck of Minerva, November 30, 2012.
“IR Theory and Practice: A Parting of the Ways?” The International Relations and Security Network, July 31, 2012.
“Realism, Episode III: Return of the Realist Critics.” Foreign Policy, January 25, 2012.
"Does Political Science Research Inform Policy Opinion of Scholars?" with Ryan Powers. The Monkey Cage, January 18, 2012.
“Pipeline to the Beltway?” with Paul C. Avey, Michael C. Desch, James D. Long, Daniel Maliniak, and Susan Peterson. Foreign Policy, January 3, 2012.
“The Ivory Tower Survey,” with Paul C. Avey, Michael C. Desch, James D. Long, Dankiel Maliniak, and Susan Peterson. Foreign Policy, January 3, 2012.
“The Beltway Vs. The Ivory Tower,” with Paul C. Avey, Michael C. Desch, Daniel Maliniak, James D. Long, and Susan Peterson. Foreign Policy, January 3, 2012.
“Inside The Ivory Tower,” with Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Susan Peterson. Foreign Policy, October 15, 2009.
“Poll: Biden Gets High Marks for Foreign Policy,” with Irene Entringer, Alex Murphy, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy. May 13, 2021.
“Foreign policy is Biden’s best bet for bipartisan action, experts say – but GOP is unlikely to join him on climate change,” with Josh Busby, Josh Kertzer, Jonathan Monten, Dina Smeltz, and Jordan Tama, The Conversation. December 9, 2020.
“Poll: How Biden and Trump Differ on Foreign Policy,” with Irene Entringer, Alex Murphy, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy. October 22, 2020.
“Trump, COVID-19, and the Future of International Order,” with Helen Milner, Sue Peterson, Ryan Powers and Erik Voeten. Foreign Policy, October 8, 2020.
“Beyond IR’s Ivory Tower,” with Cullen Hendrix, Julia MacDonald, Sue Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, September 28, 2020.
“What Foreign-Policy Experts Make of Trump’s Coronavirus Response,” with Emily Jackson, Eric Parajon, Sue Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, May 8, 2020.
"There Really Is An Expert Consensus: Multilateralism Still Matters" with Eric Parajon, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Lawfare, January 18, 2019.
"Financier Of First Resort: China's Bid To Be Lender Of Choice In The Developing World," with Samantha Custer. Strategic Asia, 2019.
"Belt and Road projects direct Chinese investment to all corners of the globe. What are the local impacts?" with Bradley Parks, Richard Bluhm, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, and Austin M. Strange. The Washington Post, September 11, 2018.
"Would Clinton or Trump Be Better at Foreign Policy? Here's What International Relations Scholars Think," with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Hannah Petrie, and Ryan Powers. The Washington Post, October 26, 2016.
"Chinese Aid is Helping African Economies, but Not in the Places that Need It Most," with Brad Parks, Roland Hodler, Axel Dreher, Paul Raschky, and Andreas Fuchs. The Washington Post, October 7, 2016.
"How to Count What Counts: TIS the season for Syllabi Metrics?" with Katie Paulson-Smith. International Studies Quarterly, March, 31, 2016.
“Many in the West fear Chinese ‘aid’ to Africa. They’re wrong. Here’s why,” with Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Brad Parks, and Austin M. Strange. The Washington Post, October 20, 2015.
"China Is Not a Rogue Donor: The Data Behind Chinese Aid." Foreign Affairs, October 15, 2015.
“Snap Poll: Will China, Iran, And Russia Cooperate With the United States?” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, October 9, 2015.
“Are African leaders misusing Chinese development finance? The price of country ownership,” Africa at LSE. The London School of Economics and Political Science, August 31, 2015
“Snap Poll: Is A Soccer Scandal More Scandalous If It Involves Putin?” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, June 22, 2015
Review of Organizational Progeny: Why governments are losing control over the proliferating structures of global governance (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press), by Tana Johnson. Review of International Organizations, April 17, 2015.
“Measuring what policymakers want from academics,” with Ana O’Harrow. The Washington Post, April 5, 2015.
“Snap Poll: Is the Iran Deal Good for Your Country’s National Security?” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, March 18, 2015.
“The Best International Relations Schools in the World,” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, February 3, 2015
“Snap Poll: How Likely Is War With Russia In The Next 10 Years?” , with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, January 28, 2015.
“Snap Poll: Does Obama Need To Put Troops In Ukraine to Prove America Is Tough?” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, June 2, 2014.
“International relations scholars think that the U. S. spends too much on defense.” With Nicholas Bell, Daneil Maliniak, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, and Darin Self. The Monkey Cage, March 12, 2014.
“Snap Poll: The View from the Ivory Tower,” with Daniel Maliniak, Susan Peterson, and Ryan Powers. Foreign Policy, March 7, 2014.
"Tracking Under-Reported Financial Flows: China's Development Finance and the Aid-Conflict Nexus Revisited" with Austin M. Strange, Bradley Parks, Andreas Fuchs, and Axel Dreher, Discussion Paper Series No. 553, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics. January 2014.
“Chinese aid to Africa: the true (but not final) picture,” Interview. United Nations University. July 9, 2013.
"China's Development Finance to Africa; A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection" with Austin Strange*, Bradley Parks*, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. Center for Global Development, WP 323, April 2013.
Interview with Michael J. Tierney on TRIP and AidData Projects. Duck of Minerva, November 30, 2012.
“IR Theory and Practice: A Parting of the Ways?” The International Relations and Security Network, July 31, 2012.
“Realism, Episode III: Return of the Realist Critics.” Foreign Policy, January 25, 2012.
"Does Political Science Research Inform Policy Opinion of Scholars?" with Ryan Powers. The Monkey Cage, January 18, 2012.
“Pipeline to the Beltway?” with Paul C. Avey, Michael C. Desch, James D. Long, Daniel Maliniak, and Susan Peterson. Foreign Policy, January 3, 2012.
“The Ivory Tower Survey,” with Paul C. Avey, Michael C. Desch, James D. Long, Dankiel Maliniak, and Susan Peterson. Foreign Policy, January 3, 2012.
“The Beltway Vs. The Ivory Tower,” with Paul C. Avey, Michael C. Desch, Daniel Maliniak, James D. Long, and Susan Peterson. Foreign Policy, January 3, 2012.
“Inside The Ivory Tower,” with Daniel Maliniak, Amy Oakes, and Susan Peterson. Foreign Policy, October 15, 2009.
