Research

Climate Adaptation and Conflict Mitigation: The Case of South Sudan. (with Ore Koren). Series: Organizational Response to Climate Change: Businesses, Governments. Cambridge University Press. (June 2025). DOI: Link

“Human Rights Organizations, Equal Opportunity, and Violence Against Refugees.” (with Naji Bsisu and Lacey Hunter). The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. (February 2025). DOI: Link 

“Targeted Sanctions, Resource Substitution, and Violence Against Civilians: Localized Evidence from African States.” (with Ore Koren). World Development. (July 2024). DOI: Link

“American Diasporas, Homeland Human Rights Conduct, and the Onset of Human Rights-Based Economic Sanctions.” International Interactions. 49, 5 (September 2023): 727-754. DOI: Link

“Bilateral Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are Donor Delivery Tactics Stimulating Economic Growth and Development?” Journal of Contemporary African Studies 37, 1 (June 2019): 128-147. DOI: Link

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“Economic Sanctions, Subnational State Capacity, and the Spatial Reallocation of Government Investments: Evidence from Developing States.” Revise and Resubmit at International Studies Quarterly.

“Assessing the Moderating Effects of International Sanctions on Conflict-Induced Refugee Flows” (with Naji Bsisu and Kate Vernalis). Revise and Resubmit at Foreign Policy Analysis.

“Economic Sanctions and Rural Rebel Group Formation in Target Countries: Evidence from African States.” In progress.

“Economic Sanctions and Peripheral Armed Conflict in Target Countries: Evidence from Developing States.” In progress.

“Economic Sanctions, Low-Priority Spending, and Climate-Related Social Conflict.” In progress.