publications
“Strategies of a Rising Power: Chinese Economic Influence in Regional International Organizations.” 2025. British Journal of Political Science. [pdf] [journal] [appendix] [replication]
Winner of the 2025 Perry World House/Foreign Affairs Emerging Scholars Policy Prize
Coverage: Foreign Affairs
working papers
“Electoral Incentives and the Choice of Infrastructure Development Aid”
“Aid and Conflict, by Donor”
“Aid, Debt, and Policy Concessions” (with Liam Bethlendy)
“Foreign Pressure, Reputation Effects, and Chinese Cooperation at the UNSC”
“Top-Down Management Leaves Detectable Patterns in Influence Campaign Topic Choice” (with Jacob N. Shapiro, Roland Adorjani, and Meysam Alizadeh)
“Divisive Usage of Race and Religion in Russian Information Operations Increase Hate Crimes in U.S.” (with Jacob N. Shapiro and Meysam Alizadeh)
policy/commentary
Foreign Aid With Chinese Characteristics. Foreign Affairs. December 2025.
Mask Diplomacy: Chinese Narratives in the COVID Era. Stanford Internet Observatory. 2020. (with Vanessa Molter)
Addressing Hybrid Threats. Swedish Defence University. 2018. (with Gregory F. Treverton, Andrew Thvedt, Kathy Lee, and Madeline McCue)
Hybrid Threats: Russian Interference in the 2016 US Election. SMA, Inc. 2018. (with Gregory F. Treverton)