In my research, I am interested in understanding when, why and how different countries negotiate with each other. When and why will countries come to the negotiating table to resolve problems instead of resorting to more coercive measures? What types of strategies do they use in those negotiations, and why do those strategies differ from country to country and negotiation to negotiation? When and why will countries be able to reach cooperative agreements, and what are the resulting agreements likely to look like? Examining international negotiations in a wide variety of settings, I seek to answer these types of questions.
BOOK
State Strategies in International Bargaining: Play by the Rules or Change Them? Cambridge University Press, 2015.
State Strategies in International Bargaining: Play by the Rules or Change Them? Cambridge University Press, 2015.
ARTICLES
Please Help Us (or Don't): External Interventions and Negotiated Settlements in Civil Conflicts. 2021, Journal of Conflict Resolution 65(2-3): 480-505. (with Amy Skoll)
What Do I Get? How States' Negotiation Alternatives Influence the Concessions They Receive in Multilateral Negotiations. 2020, European Journal of International Relations 26(3): 896-921.
``Reserved Ratification'': An Analysis of States' Entry of Reservations Upon Ratification of Human Rights Treaties. 2020, British Journal of Political Science 50(2): 687-712. (with Shaina Western)
Trade Balance and Policy Complexity: Explaining Political Elites' Focus on International Trade at the Domestic Level. 2020, International Interactions
46(1): 28-50. (with Timothy W. Taylor)
To Link or Not to Link? Agenda Change in International Bargaining. 2016,
British Journal of Political Science 46(2): 371-393.
Levels of Linkage: Across-Agreement v. Within-Agreement Explanations of Consensus Formation Among States. 2014, International Studies Quarterly 58(1): 44-54.
(with Shaina Western)
The Effects of Power and Structure on State Bargaining Strategies. 2013, American Journal of Political Science 57(2): 411-427.
Issue Characteristics, Issue Linkage, and States' Choice of Bargaining Strategies in the European Union. 2010, Journal of European Public Policy 17(5): 694-707.
The Shadow of the Future and Bargaining Cooperation in the Context of a Three-Phase International Cooperation Problem. 2009, Journal of Politics 71(2): 719-732. (with David Bearce and Katharine Floros)
Please Help Us (or Don't): External Interventions and Negotiated Settlements in Civil Conflicts. 2021, Journal of Conflict Resolution 65(2-3): 480-505. (with Amy Skoll)
What Do I Get? How States' Negotiation Alternatives Influence the Concessions They Receive in Multilateral Negotiations. 2020, European Journal of International Relations 26(3): 896-921.
``Reserved Ratification'': An Analysis of States' Entry of Reservations Upon Ratification of Human Rights Treaties. 2020, British Journal of Political Science 50(2): 687-712. (with Shaina Western)
Trade Balance and Policy Complexity: Explaining Political Elites' Focus on International Trade at the Domestic Level. 2020, International Interactions
46(1): 28-50. (with Timothy W. Taylor)
To Link or Not to Link? Agenda Change in International Bargaining. 2016,
British Journal of Political Science 46(2): 371-393.
Levels of Linkage: Across-Agreement v. Within-Agreement Explanations of Consensus Formation Among States. 2014, International Studies Quarterly 58(1): 44-54.
(with Shaina Western)
The Effects of Power and Structure on State Bargaining Strategies. 2013, American Journal of Political Science 57(2): 411-427.
Issue Characteristics, Issue Linkage, and States' Choice of Bargaining Strategies in the European Union. 2010, Journal of European Public Policy 17(5): 694-707.
The Shadow of the Future and Bargaining Cooperation in the Context of a Three-Phase International Cooperation Problem. 2009, Journal of Politics 71(2): 719-732. (with David Bearce and Katharine Floros)