Peer-Reviewed Publications

“Desperate Measures: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Warring Powers,” Texas National Security Review, Spring 2020. [pdf]

Commentary and Other Writing

“Defending Taiwan: But…What are the Costs?,” The Washington Quarterly, December 19, 2023. With Rachel Metz.

“A Tsunami of Ships and Aircraft: #Reviewing Victory at Sea,” The Strategy Bridge, Oct 5, 2022.

“Review of Needs and Opportunities in the Modern History of the U.S. Navy,” H-War, March 22, 2022.

“The Russian Sanctions Regime and the Risk of Catastrophic Success,” War on the Rocks, March 8, 2022. With Suzanne Freeman.

“Don’t Count your Submarines before They’re Built,” War on the Rocks, September 29, 2021.

“How will the coronavirus pandemic affect U.S. military readiness – and national security?” Washington Post Monkey Cage, March 19, 2020. With Rachel Tecott.

“The Secret Ingredients of ‘Collaborative Leadership,’” Center for International Maritime Security Next War, January 17, 2019.

“Under Duress: The Effects of Wartime Economic Isolation,” Precis, MIT Center for International Studies, Spring 2018. 

“Teaching Tacticians,” The Strategy Bridge, April 21, 2015.  

“Performance Over Process,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, vol. 140, no. 10 (October 2014), 46–50.

“Leading Where: Reflection on ‘Saltwater Leadership,’” Center for International Maritime Security Next War, October 14, 2014.  

“Drones and the Human-War Relationship,” Center for International Maritime Security Next War, April 14, 2014. 

“Triggering Innovation and Initiative,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, vol. 139, no. 11 (November 2013), 70-74.

photo (above): Dwight Eisenhower’s personal library in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.