Written Work

Academic Work

Koverny: Mechanisms of Self-Censorship in Russian Media – An analysis of Russian media which focuses on the systems of coercion that incentive journalists to self-censor, thus removing the need for “hard” controls on media.

Efficacy of US Counter-Terror Policies – A review of the academic literature about American counter-terror policies in the military, political, and economic arenas.

Death of a Thousand Cuts: Why the US Cannot Oppose Iran Alone – A JCPOA-era policy brief on the US/Iranian relationship with a review of the potential steps forward.

Civil War Duration and the Yemeni Conflict – A brief history of the Yemeni Civil War and an attempt to understand its longevity through the lens of conflict theory literature.

Immigration and Nationalism: Making Inroads Toward Understanding – A statistical analysis of the relationship between immigration and support for blood-and-soil nationalism in Eastern European countries.

An Alternative Model of Peace: The Shortcomings of Democratic Peace Theory – A critical examination of the so-called Democratic Peace Theory (an axiom in political science that argues democratic nation-dyads are less conflict prone than non-democratic nation-dyads).

Russian Machine Politics and the Ukrainian Model – A comparison of how political life developed in the post-Soviet period in Russia and Ukraine.

The Hegemony of Nations: Inter-Capitalist Monopoly Conflict – An attempt to understand the tension between Liberal and Realist tendencies in American foreign policy, and what this philosophical tug-of-war may mean for the US-Iran relationship.