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WRITINGS

Political Essays, Insights 
& Perspectives 

Political Insight Articles

I have contributed a series of articles to the leading publication, Political Insight, over the past decade, covering the end of the Obama presidency, the 2016 election, the first Trump term, the Biden presidency, and the second Trump term.

Journal Papers

I have written over a dozen papers for academic journals, covering a range of issues addressing U.S. politics and grand strategy.

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What’s So Extraordinary About Rendition?

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The International Journal of Human Rights (2011)

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The Unpredictably Factor: Nixon, Trump and the Application of the Madman Theory in U.S. Grand Strategy

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Cambridge Review of International Affairs (2021)

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The Clinton

Administration’s Policy

of Democracy Promotion

in Ukraine

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Journal of Applied History (December 2023)

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Grand Strategy,

Grand Rhetoric: 

The Forgotten Covenant

of Campaign 1992

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Politics

(2020)

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Exploiting Inherited Wars of Choice: Obama’s Use of Nixonian Methods to Secure the Presidency

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American Politics Research

(2013)

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A Lost Opportunity:

The Flawed Implementation of Assertive Multilateralism (1991-1993)

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European Association for American Studies (2013)

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Think Tank Work

In 2012, I consulted with The Bow Group. This resulted in my paper on the new UK National Security Council and
two further pieces for their in-house publication, Crossbow.

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The First Steps in

Improving Intelligence

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Crossbow

(July 2012)​​​

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The US Election and 

the Special Relationship

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Crossbow

(September 2012)

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