Book Project
Building on my dissertation, I am working on a book project examining the effectiveness of counterinsurgency. The book theorizes a novel pathway of counterinsurgency effectiveness by drawing on the literature on irregular war, state building, military pathologies of warfare, and insurgent politics, as well as counterinsurgency historiography from multiple conflicts. The book offers new evidence on Pakistani counterinsurgency in the North West frontier regions since 2002, Indian counterinsurgency campaigns in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, British counterinsurgency in Malaya and Kenya, and US campaigns in Vietnam and Iraq. Related papers examine US counterterrorism campaigns, with a focus on the US Drone War in Pakistan.
Research
Explaining Counterterrorism Effectiveness: Evidence from U.S. Drone War in Pakistan. Forthcoming Fall 2018. International Security. (Available here)
Drones, Surveillance, and Violence: Theory and Evidence from a US Drone Program. with Dylan Moore. Revise and Resubmit at International Studies Quarterly. (Available here)
Politics and Threat Perception: Explaining Pakistani Strategy on the North West Frontier. with Paul Staniland and Sameer Lalwani. 2018. Security Studies. (Available here)
Drones, Surveillance, and Violence: Theory and Evidence from a US Drone Program. with Dylan Moore. Revise and Resubmit at International Studies Quarterly. (Available here)
Politics and Threat Perception: Explaining Pakistani Strategy on the North West Frontier. with Paul Staniland and Sameer Lalwani. 2018. Security Studies. (Available here)