Research
Limited Liability Multilateralism: The American Military, Armed Intervention, and IOs
I am currently working on a book that explains when and why American leaders seek the endorsement of international organizations (IOs) such as the UN or NATO for military interventions. The book sets forth a new theory and then tests it by means of an in-depth comparison of U.S. decision making leading up to several post-cold war interventions. I derive my information primarily from about 100 interviews with current and former senior U.S. government officials, as well as from a number of other sources. [read more].
Modern European Classics on Military Intervention: From Vitoria to Mill (with Jennifer Welsh)
This edited book collects a dozen original essays by leading contemporary scholars in the fields of international relations and political theory, such as Michael Doyle, Pierre Hassner, Andrew Hurrell, Jennifer Pitts, and Richard Tuck. Individual chapters illuminate and reconstruct the international theory of either one classical thinker or several among them, focusing specifically on the topic of military intervention. The editors’ introduction identifies some core normative challenges associated with military intervention—both historically and today—and illustrates them by reference to concrete examples. [read more].