I am a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University where my research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, war termination, and coercive diplomacy. I am also a Foreign and Defense Policy Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and an inaugural Wilson Center China Fellow. I continue to serve in the United States Air Force Reserve for which I work as a strategic planner at INDOPACOM. I hold a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University.
Winner of the 2020 International Security Section of the American Political Science Association Best Book by an Untenured Faculty Member
The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime (March 2019)