Please REPOST! Open access article Conflict Management & Peace Science from Hata, Iida, Izumikawa and myself: "Does a patron state’s hardline posture reassure the public in an allied state?" doi.org/10.1177/073889…. In this quasi-natural experiment, where the 2019 Hanoi summit outcome served as a

Happy to share this new article @EJIR, with Saori Katada, on how China used strategic narratives to help follower states engage geoeconomic initiatives like the AIIB, BRI, RCEP without alienating the US 1/n.

“‘타이완 전쟁’ 시 한국 스스로 방어해야…북한 남침해도 중국 격퇴가 우선” "ROK must defend itself in Taiwan contingency... Even if DPRK attacks ROK, repelling China is a priority" Discussion with Michael O'Hanlon Elbridge Colby youtu.be/K51XfkJ-b-I?si… via YouTube

Join us for our first seminar of 2024! On 12 February 3pm (CET) Jim Stokes, NATO Director of Nuclear Policy will join us to discuss the role of nuclear deterrence in NATO. Register here: sv.uio.no/isv/english/re…

Excited to announce -- a bit belatedly -- that my first book manuscript has been accepted at Cambridge University Press - Politics, and should be out later this year! The title is "Seeing is Disbelieving: Why People Believe Misinformation in War, and When They Know Better." Look forward to sharing it!

Exited that my new Security Studies article is out! “Escaping Paralysis: Strategies for Countering Asymmetric Nuclear Escalation” Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Join us on 2 May 15:30-16:45 CET for an online ONP seminar with Prof Brian Blankenship (Brian Blankenship) where he will present his working paper entitled "Defense Burden-Sharing and Support for Nuclear Proliferation in NATO Countries". You can sign up here: sv.uio.no/isv/english/re…

Happening tomorrow, May 2 (15:30-16:45): join us for an online seminar with Prof Brian Blankenship. We will discuss defense burden-sharing and support for nuclear proliferation in NATO countries. Prof Tongfi Kim @tongfi-kim.bsky.social will serve as discussant. Registration here: sv.uio.no/isv/english/re…

To understand the nuclear ties between Russia and North Korea, particularly Russia's motives and the implications for the globe, it now seems like a good time to revisit an op-ed I wrote 7 months ago. thediplomat.com/2023/11/the-pr…

My article is online at International Studies Quarterly! I illuminate the importance of institutional design that shapes the career incentives of bureaucrats. To do so, I examine behavior of US federal bureaucrats who distribute Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits. academic.oup.com/isq/article-ab…

I’ve had a string of good fortune in the first half of 2024, and so will be sharing several important research works with the world over the coming months! Proud to share the first installment, which went online today Texas National Security Review [thread].

Happy to share that an article drawn from the first part of my book project is now online at International Studies Quarterly, on why rising powers like China become revisionist powers. It is based on a manuscript that previously won ISSS@ISA's Patricia Weitsman award 1/n academic.oup.com/isq/article/68…

“As North Korea’s deployment of the new missile launchers attests, South Korea has found itself in an asymmetric arms race that is impossible to win,” write Ian Bowers and Henrik Stålhane Hiim (@henrihi82). ow.ly/yhmb30sHtvl

Excited to share the latest journal article I coauthored with Lisa Hultman and Herman Wieselgren, titled “Principled and pragmatic: reconciling competing arguments for ICC attention,” published EJIR (European Journal of International Relations). Found at: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…