PUBLICATIONS

I have published more than 50 articles, reports, and op-eds in outlets including The Washington Quarterly, Foreign Policy, Politico Europe, War on the Rocks, Lawfare, and many more. Below is a list of my publications:

• Can the Global Order be Saved? Not Without Punishing Russia, Inkstick, December 2025
• The Axis of Upheaval: Gauging the Growing Military Cooperation Among Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea (with Andrea Kendall-Taylor), Center for a New American Security, July 2025
• Why EU enlargement is a strategic necessity for the United States, The Loop – European Consortium for Political Research, June 2025
• A US Strategy for Advancing EU Enlargement, The Washington Quarterly, April 2025
• Friends with Benefits: How Russia’s Opportunistic Partnerships Stymie Nonproliferation Efforts (with Astrid Chevreuil and Léonie Allard), Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 2025
• Averting AI Armageddon: U.S.-China-Russia Rivalry at the Nexus of Nuclear Weapons and Artificial Intelligence (with Jacob Stokes, Colin H. Kahl, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor), Center for a New American Security, February 2025
• Russia Wants a New World Order (with Kate Johnston), Inkstick, January 2025
• In Russia’s perceived war with the West, arms control is collateral damage, European Leadership Network, January 2025
• Exploiting Russian Weakness: Leaning in to Support the Pro-Western Orientation of Moldova and Georgia (with Andrea Kendall-Taylor), Center for a New American Security, October 2024
• For Putin, the EU Is a Bigger Threat Than NATO (with Kate Johnston), Foreign Policy, July 2024
• NATO and the EU Need to Get Real on Ukrainian Membership, Inkstick, July 2024
• Sanctions by The Numbers: The Russian Energy Sector (with Jocelyn Trainer, Uliana Certan, and Kristen Taylor), Center for a New American Security, April 2024
• It’s time for Congress to commit to better US-EU relations (with Jason C. Moyer), The Hill, February 2024
• Navalny’s Legacy: Envisioning a Post-Imperial Russia Amidst Ukrainian Crisis, The National Interest, February 2024
• The EU Should Do More to Help Armenia Shake Off Russia (with Anna Avanesyan),  World Politics Review, January 2024
• Potential Russian Uses of Paramilitaries in Eurasia (with Kim Marten, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Carisa Nietsche, and Kristen Taylor), Center for a New American Security, January 2024
• Wanted: A reality check on Ukraine’s EU accession, Encompass Europe, December 2023
• Assessing the Evolving Russian Nuclear Threat (with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Michael Kofman, and Heli Hautala), Center for a New American Security, October 2023
• The Future of European Integration Hinges on Poland, Foreign Policy, October 2023
• A Sovereign European Union Must Answer to the People, Lawfare, October 2023
• The US is indispensable in the Western Balkans — for now (with Kristen Taylor), Euractiv, July 2023
• Moldova Needs More From Europe Than a Symbolic Summit (with Jason C. Moyer), The Wilson Center, May 2023
• Russia Won’t Sit Idly by After Finland and Sweden Join NATO (with Heli Hautala), War on the Rocks, March 2023
• Democracy under Threat: How the Personalization of Political Parties Undermines Democracy (with Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Joseph Wright, Jia Li, Carisa Nietsche, and Nikolai Rice), Center for a New American Security, February 2023
• European Integration’s New Geopolitical Momentum, European Leadership Network, January 2023
• How Finnish and Swedish NATO Accession Could Shape the Future Russian Threat (with Jim Townsend, Heli Hautala, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor) Center for a New American Security, January 2023
• The political spillover of Spain’s unresolved Catalan question (with Michael Angeloni), EU Observer, January 2023
• Relations Between the US and France are Worse than they Appear, Inkstick, November 2022
• Europe and the US must compete with China (with Carisa Nietsche), Politico Europe, October 2022
• The Energy Crisis Could Fragment the European Union (with Gibbs McKinley), The Hill, October 2022
• Italy’s New Far-Right Government Threatens EU Unity (with Jason Moyer), Wilson Center, September 2022
• Russia in the Arctic: Gauging How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Will Alter Regional Dynamics (with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Heli Hautala, and James Frey), Center for a New American Security, September 2022
• European Views on Monarchy Are Far From Uniform, Inkstick, September 2022
• Competitive Connectivity: Crafting Transatlantic Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Lisa Curtis, Jacob Stokes, Carisa Nietsche, and Joshua Fitt), Center for a New American Security, September 2022
• NATO’s Madrid Summit: A missed opportunity for European strategic responsibility, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, July 2022
• Threading the needle on Ukraine’s EU integration, Encompass Europe, June 2022
• Can Macron Play Nice with Other Europeans?, Inkstick, May 2022
• Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Bolsters Macron’s Pro-EU Platform Ahead of French Election (with Jason Moyer), Wilson Center, April 2022
• The EU’s Half-Hearted Quest For Defense Autonomy (with Madison Sargeant), Inkstick, February 2022
• How France can promote EU interests in the UN Security Council (with Francis Shin), Euractiv, December 2021
• Polar Bear in the Room: America Must Talk to Russia About the Arctic, The National Interest, November 2021
• Navigating Relations with Russia in the Arctic: A Roadmap for Stability (with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, and Lawson Brigham), Center for a New American Security, November 2021
• Reimagining the Eastern Partnership: It is time for the European Union to embrace the Associated Trio, New Eastern Europe, October 2021
• Band-Aid Solution: How to Repair Transatlantic Security Communications, The National Interest, October 2021
• The Other German Elections (with Jack Walter), American-German Institute, September 2021
• Brussels should follow Biden’s lead in engaging Russia, Euractiv, September 2021
• The Hidden Fortunes of France’s Far-Right, Inkstick, July 2021
• Western Balkan Border Changes Must Remain An EU Red Line, Global Security Review, May 2021
• The Future Combat Air System and the EU’s Strategic Autonomy Malaise, Center for European Policy Analysis, April 2021
• Georgia’s Fading EU Mirage, Center for European Policy Analysis, March 2021
• It’s Time for the US and Europe to Step Up and Stand With Belarus, The Transatlanticist, August 2020
• Changing German Views Point to a Brighter Future for EU Foreign Policy, American-German Institute, July 2020
• Is Germany Trolling Trump?, American-German Institute, June 2020
• United States: Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) (with Elena Lazarou), European Parliamentary Research Service, November 2019