Welcome! I'm an associate professor and the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies
at the University of Toronto. Here
you can find my current and past research, CV,
teaching info, and other writing.
My research examines how global forces like war, hegemony, and technological change shape democracy and domestic reforms. Some of my work has appeared in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, International Theory, and Perspectives on Politics. I've also written for public outlets like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, The New Republic and others. The links (and in many cases full-text PDFs) to all my writing are here.
BOOK
My book Aftershocks:
Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth
Century is available from Princeton
University Press. It examines how sudden shocks to the
global order create powerful waves of domestic reforms, both
toward and away from democracy. Named one of the Best Books of 2017, Foreign
Affairs. Critical
Dialogue in Perspectives on Politics.
H-Diplo Roundtable. Wash
Post rec.
