Can international law protect abortion rights? Drawing from past work on domestic mechanisms that give international law teeth, we argue that a strong civil society composed of women’s groups and
Jun 2025
International Human Rights Law and Women’s Access to Abortion
Can international law protect abortion rights? Drawing from past work on domestic mechanisms that give international law teeth, we argue that a strong civil society composed of women’s groups and
Jan 2024
How does international shaming and praising affect domestic support for joining international agreements? Many scholars have examined the role of shaming in leading countries to support international agreements, and a
Oct 2023
Introducing ViNSAR: Dyadic Data on Violent Non-State Actor Rivalry
A growing line of research examines causes and consequences of militant group competition. However, empirical work on these topics has limitations. Most quantitative research uses relatively rough proxies for competition,
Jul 2023
Does Police Militarization Increase Repression?
Does police militarization influence government use of repression? While comparative work examines police militarization, violence, human rights abuses, and torture, it does not integrate militarized police within existing theories of
Apr 2023
The Causes and Implications of Indigenous Military Recruitment Under Colonialism
During the age of colonialism, colonial powers frequently utilized native populations for military service. For example, over 11 million colonial soldiers served in World War II alone. Yet, the long-run
Dec 2022
Governing the Final Frontier: Risk Reduction in Outer Space
Space capabilities are critical to the global economy, military power, and daily life. For example, the United States’ Global Positioning System enables everything from withdrawing cash from ATM machines to
Aug 2022
Regulating Destruction: The Politics of Multilateral Weapons Governance
This dissertation examines why and how states pursue multilateral agreements to govern weapons, and how their purpose in doing so shapes the process and outcome of agreements. Weapons governance is
