Peer-Reviewed Publications
Carrots as Sticks: How Effective Are Foreign Aid Suspensions and Economic Sanctions?, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 68, Issue 2, June 2024.
The Power of the “Weak” and International Organizations. Review of International Organizations, February 2024. With Duncan Snidal, Thomas Hale, Emily Jones, and Karolina Milewicz. Framework article for a special issue, which I co-organised and co-edited.
Book Manuscript
Varieties of Chokepoints: A Micro-Perspective on Geoeconomic Power (in progress)
Existing accounts of geoeconomic power cannot explain why closely related economic exchanges generate vastly different capacities for coercion. This book shifts the analysis to the product level, arguing that chokepoints arise from the specific characteristics of bilateral exchanges that generate asymmetric substitution costs. It identifies varieties of chokepoints and traces their lifecycle from emergence through activation to erosion.
Working Papers
Sanctions, Countersanctions, and Power: When and How International Organizations De-Escalate Geoeconomic Conflict. Revise & Resubmit, International Interactions.
A “conveyor belt” from international standards to stronger domestic regulation? Evidence from the international political economy of net zero governance. With Thomas Hale, Emma Lecavalier, Bhavya Gupta, and Thom Wetzer. Revise & Resubmit, Regulation & Governance.
The price of dependence: what partnerships can Europe build? With Ngaire Woods. Close to submission.
The Target Strikes Back: When and How China and Russia Adopt Economic (Counter)Sanctions. With Linda Liu. Close to submission.
Geoeconomic Power and Vulnerability: A Typology of Chokepoints and When They Arise. Close to submission.
Comparative analysis of national export control regimes. With Christina Davis, Katniss Li, and Yeling Tan. Early stage.
Data
Oxford Climate Policy Monitor. With Emma Lecavalier, Lucilla Dias, Thomas Hale, and Thom Wetzer.
Dataset on 200+ Cases of Chinese and Russian Economic Sanctions. With Linda Liu. Dataset complete; paper in progress.
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