Dissertation
My dissertation project, Explaining Effectiveness in Modern Counterinsurgency, studies the variation in outcomes of counterinsurgency campaigns. The dissertation integrates research on insurgent organizations, military organizational pathologies, politics of state-building, and repression to build a theory of counterinsurgency effectiveness. The dissertation provides detailed evidence - collected through field work and archival sources - from conflicts in South Asian and colonial contexts, specifically British Kenya, French Algeria, India, and Pakistan. Related papers examine the effectiveness of the US counterterrorism campaigns, with a focus on the US drone deployment in Pakistan.
Research
Politics and Threat Perception: Explaining Pakistani Strategy on the North West Frontier. with Paul Staniland and Sameer Lalwani. Forthcoming. Security Studies. (Available here)Explaining Counterterrorism Effectiveness: Evidence from US Counterterrorism in Pakistan. Revise and Resubmit at International Security.
Drones, Surveillance, and Violence: Theory and Evidence from a US Drone Program. with Dylan Moore. (Available here)
Drones, Surveillance, and Violence: Theory and Evidence from a US Drone Program. with Dylan Moore. (Available here)
- Press: Reuters - July 1, 2016
- Press: The Express Tribune - April 28, 2016