Research
My research examines international security issues, focusing on China’s foreign and security policies, the international relations of East Asia, extended deterrence, nuclear weapons and international politics, deterrence dynamics, and crisis escalation. I am interested in how conflicts erupt and escalate and how to prevent them. While my work speaks to international security broadly, I have a functional focus on nuclear weapons and a regional focus on China and East Asia. I draw on a wide range of methodological tools including survey experiments, archival research, campaign analysis, technical assessments, field interviews, and regression analysis. I aim to conduct research that is intellectually impactful, methodologically rigorous, and policy relevant.
My research examines international security issues, focusing on China’s foreign and security policies, the international relations of East Asia, extended deterrence, nuclear weapons and international politics, deterrence dynamics, and crisis escalation. I am interested in how conflicts erupt and escalate and how to prevent them. While my work speaks to international security broadly, I have a functional focus on nuclear weapons and a regional focus on China and East Asia. I draw on a wide range of methodological tools including survey experiments, archival research, campaign analysis, technical assessments, field interviews, and regression analysis. I aim to conduct research that is intellectually impactful, methodologically rigorous, and policy relevant.