Afghans want peace. New data show they’re open to a surprising number of options. Washington Post. 30 Mar 2021
Winning the Fight Against Covid-19 in Conflict Zones. The Diplomat. 11 March 2021
The Local Politics of Policing: The Case of Duterte’s Drug War. Political Violence at a Glance. 11 Jan 2021.
Strategic Violence after Democratic Transitions in ASEAN. Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia. 2 Sep 2019
Reactions to Terrorism Can Bring Serious Harm. Political Violence at a Glance. 2 May 2019
How expansive responses to terrorism can cost civilian lives. Axios. 22 February 2019
Central Americans are fleeing violence. Could Guatemala’s judicial reform model help people feel safer? Washington Post. 13 November 2018
Saving Guatemala’s Fight Against Crime and Impunity (Report) International Crisis Group. 24 Oct 2018
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En castellano: Rescatando la lucha de Guatemala contra el crimen y la impunidad
A new ‘resource curse’ is fueling riots around the world. Washington Post. 26 April 2018
Did U.S. aid win hearts and minds in Afghanistan? Yes and no. Washington Post. 6 January 2017
What does informed consent mean when conducting a field experiment? Washington Post. 14 April 2015
The spoils of peace in Afghanistan. Washington Post. 26 September 2014
Examining Afghanistan's electoral results. Heinrich Boell Stiftung. 7 August 2014
How to win an Afghan election. Heinrich Boell Stiftung. 10 February 2014
Auf Deutsch: Wie man in Afghanistan eine Wahl gewinnt
Afghanistan’s Transition in the Making? Natural Resources, Conflict and Development. Interview with Heinrich Boell Stiftung. October 28th 2013.
Natural Resources and Conflict in Afghanistan: Seven Case Studies, Major Trends and Implications for the Transition. Afghanistan Watch/Rockefeller Brothers Fund. July 2012 pdf
Rafael Correa's domestic agenda behind Ecuador's Assange asylum. The Guardian. 17 August 2012
Ecuador's referendum message to Rafael Correa. The Guardian. 17 May 2011
Analyzing a Sea Change in Canada. New York Times. 3 May 2011
For Canada's New Democrats, a Cautionary Tale in Britain. New York Times. 2 May 2011
And the Award for Best Dictator Goes To.… New York Times. 25 February 2011
The South Sudanese Referendum Won't Depend on the Diaspora. New York Times. 10 January 2011
Complex Formulas Governing the Afghan Elections. New York Times. 17 September 2010
Ecuador's police revolt is a timely coup for its President. The Guardian. 1 Oct 2010
Crashing Britain's Two-Party System. Foreign Policy. 6 May 2010
Hung Parliaments can have happy endings. The Guardian. 6 May 2010
Election 2010: The incumbency effect. The Guardian. 4 May 2010
Election 2010: Why the centre-left dilemma just got more frustrating. The Guardian. 30 April 2010
How tactical voting will decide this election. The Guardian. 28 April 2010
How to woo the undecided voters. The Guardian. 24 April 2010
Cameron must 'do God' to get vote. The Guardian. 19 April 2010
David Cameron has failed to unite the right. The Guardian. 13 April 2010
Election 2010: Tackling the Shy Tory problem. The Guardian. 8 April 2010
Election 2010: The fence-sitters fortnight. The Guardian. 6 April 2010
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