My current work is broadly focused on matters of war and peace. I study third-party reactions to aggression, the content of international orders, and relative conflict proneness in international relations. Previously, I have worked on topics including arms control, nuclear anarchy in international relations, and indivisibility of European security.


Working papers:


Multilateral Diplomatic Responses to International Aggression: Evidence from UN Voting


Crisis Bargaining, Disaster, and Interrupted War (with Scott Wolford)


Naming, Praising, and Shaming Firms: Online Activism and the Russo-Ukrainian War (with Rachel Jeon, Rachel Wellhausen, and Boliang Zhu)


Work in progress:


Issue Preferences and Conflict–Cooperation Dynamics in Post-1945 International Relations


Peer-reviewed publications:


"Obstacles to Macrosecuritization of Global Threats: Cases of Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change" (2024), Comparative Politics Russia (with Yevgeny Uchaev, in Russian)


"Is Nuclear Anarchy Sustainable? A Temporal Approach" (2022), MGIMO Review of International Relations (with Yevgeny Uchaev, in Russian)


"Indivisible Security and Collective Security Concepts: Implications for Russia’s Relations with the West" (2021), Central European Journal of International and Security Studies


Other selected publications:


"Correcting the Most Serious Mistake: Prospects for US Ratification of the CTBT" (2022), James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (with Jeremy Faust)


"Lack of Progress in Negotiations Will Lead to Russia’s Decisive Action" (2022), Nezavisimaya Gazeta (in Russian)


"Russia’s Potential Invasion of Ukraine: Bringing In Past Evidence" (2022), Modern Diplomacy


"Young Deep Cuts Policy Brief #1. Focusing the Message: Immediate Priorities for US-Russian Arms Control" (2021), Deep Cuts Project (with Noah Mayhew and Daria Selezneva)


"Evolution of and Prospects for the Concept of Prompt Global Strike" (2021), Security Index – PIR Center (in Russian)


"Why New START Extension Favors Russia" (2021), Modern Diplomacy


"The UN and Russia: End of an Illusion?" (2021), Russian International Affairs Council (in Russian)


"A World Without Russian-American Arms Control Can Be Peaceful" (2020), Russian International Affairs Council (in Russian)