- 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 - Coverage: World Policy Review 19 June 2019; Le Monde 24 May 2019; Foreign Policy 9 Feb 2019; Salon 18 Jan 2019; InSight Crime 22 Nov 2018 
- 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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