Research

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Book Project: Rhetoric and Bargaining

My primary research investigates the role of government rhetoric during international bargaining. I compare the impact of moral and legal arguments to more strategic, material-based arguments on public preferences for compromise and subsequent dispute escalation. I use a mix of survey experimental methods, text analysis, and qualitative case studies to explore the core research question. In addition to this project, I have a number of working papers on topics such as crisis bargaining and gender and foreign policy.

military signals

"Flying to Fail: Costly Signals and Air Power in Crisis Bargaining." (2018). The Journal of Conflict Resolution.

"Hand-Tying versus Muscle-Flexing in Crisis Bargaining" (with Todd Sechser).

GENDER AND CONFLICT

"Why Can't a Woman be More Like a Man? Female Leaders in Crisis Bargaining" (with Paromita Sen).

"A Double Bind: The Domestic Politics of Female Foreign Policy." (with Paromita Sen). Work in progress.

other research

"Norms, Public Opinion, and the Use of Nuclear Weapons" (with Todd Sechser). Revise and resubmit at the International Studies Quarterly.

"Preventing the Flood: Statecraft, Policy Tools, and Border Control" (with Bill Bernhard and David Leblang).