Maritime Strategy

“So What? Re-Assessing the Military Implications of Chinese Control of Taiwan,” Texas National Security Review, forthcoming. (please contact the author for a copy)

“AUKUS: When Naval Procurement Sets Grand Strategy,” International Journal, 78, no. 3 (September 2003), 327-334. (pdf)

“Too Important to Be Left to the Admirals: The Need to Study Maritime Great Power Competition,” with Peter J. Dombrowski, Security Studies, 29, no. 4 (August 2020). (pdf)

“Cruising for a Bruising: Maritime Competition in an Anti-Access Age,” with Peter J. Dombrowski, Security Studies, 29, no. 4 (August 2020). (pdf)

Academic Writing

Policy Writing

“The Taiwan Fallacy: American Power Does Not Hinge on a Single Island,” Foreign Affairs, August 7, 2024. (pdf)

“The Arctic Shipping Silver Bullet,” 360° View of Policies Needed to Secure Shipping Chokepoints, Woodrow Wilson Center, February 13, 2024, with Rebecca Pincus.

“A Man-of-War is the Best Ambassador: European Naval Deployments as Costly and Useful Diplomatic Signals,” Europe in the Indo-Pacific, Hague Center for Strategic Studies, eds. Paul van Hooft and Alessandra Barrow, May 2023.

"A Liberal Case for Seapower?" War on the Rocks, February 26, 2021 (with Sara McLaughlin Mitchell).

“Amphibs in Sea Control and Power Projection” Proceedings, 144 no. 4 (April 2018). (pdf)

"Sub-Optimal: The Pivot and Australia's New Fleet” Foreign Affairs, March 14, 2016