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Working Papers

The Economic Costs of Drug-Trafficking Violence in Mexico

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Journal Articles

Traditional Governance, Citizen Engagement and Local Public Goods: Evidence from Mexico

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World Development,
Books

Frontiers in Food Policy: Perspectives on Sub-Saharan Africa

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Stanford Center on Food Security and the Environment,
Working Papers

Implementation of Basel III: Economic Impacts and Policy Challenges in the United States, Japan, and the European Union

Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center,
Journal Articles

Reassessing the All-Volunteer Force

The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2013,
Commentary

NSA's Creative Interpretations of Law Subvert Congress and the Rule of Law

Forbes,
Policy Briefs

Digital Media as a Catalyst for Political, Cultural, and Economic Change in the Asia-Pacific Region

Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center,
Journal Articles

The role of oversight committees in closed rule legislation

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The Journal of Theoretical Politics,
Journal Articles

Poor Man’s Atomic Bomb? Exploring the Relationship between “Weapons of Mass Destruction”

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The Journal of Conflict Resolution,
Working Papers

The Tortuous Trajectories of Democracy and the Persistence of Authoritarianism in Africa

CDDRL Working Papers,
Working Papers

The Mexican War on Drugs: Crime and the Limits of Government Persuasion

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CDDRL Working Papers,
Working Papers

The Art of Counting the Governed: Census Accuracy, Civil War, and State Presence

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CDDRL Working Papers,
Working Papers

The Logic of Violence in Drug Wars: Cartel-State Conflict in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia

CDDRL Working Papers,
Journal Articles

The Hidden Dangers of Chop-Shop Electronics

IEEE SPECTRUM,
Commentary

The Limits of Counterinsurgency Doctrine in Afghanistan

Foreign Affairs,
Journal Articles

Evidence on the Impact of Sustained Exposure to Air Pollution on Life Expectancy from China's Hua River Policy

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),
Books

Japan under the DPJ: The Politics of Transition and Governance

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Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center,
Working Papers

Democracy and Economic Growth: Some Regularities

CDDRL Working Papers,
Journal Articles

Industrial Policy Reconsidered in a Digital World

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Japan Spotlight,
Journal Articles

Academic Freedom, Democracy and the Public Policy Process

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Sociologia Ruralis,
Working Papers

Democracy and Economic Growth: Some Regularities

Commentary

U.S Government Surveillance: Bad for Silicon Valley, Bad for Democracy Around the World

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The Atlantic,
Commentary

Naval Gazing

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Foreign Policy,
Commentary

My Personal Journey at the Nuclear Brink

European Leadership Network,
Journal Articles

Will Demographic Change Slow China's Rise?

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The Journal of Asian Studies,