Research

Peer-reviewed publications

  1. “Confict and Cooperation in the Maritime Space Resources, Militarization, and the Role of Non-State Actors.” Working Paper (2025). Download

  2. “Caught in the Net Unraveling the Crime-Milieu in Indonesian Waters through Survey Data.” Political Geography (2025). Download

  3. “Attrition and Provocation: Sub-national Variation in Terrorist Targeting” Perspectives on Terrorism (2024). Download

  4. “The Complementary Relationship between Illegal Fishing and Maritime Piracy A Case Study of the Gulf of Guinea” Marine Policy (2024). Download

  5. “All Maritime Crimes are Local: Understanding the Causal Link Between Illegal Fishing And Maritime Piracy” Political Geography (2024). Download

  6. “The Unexpected Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maritime Crime: Evidence from Indonesia and Nigeria” International Area Studies Review (2023). Download

  7. “Should I Signal Trust? Effect of Terrorism on Interpersonal Trust in Post-conflict and Non-post-conflict Countries” Terrorism and Political Violence (2022). Download

  8. “Interstate Hostility and Maritime Crime: Evidence from South East Asia” (with Aaron Gold & B. Prins). Marine Policy (2021). Download

  9. “Deploying to protect: the effect of military peacekeeping deployments on violence against civilians” (with B. Prins). International Peacekeeping (2020). Download

  10. “UN Troop Deployment and Preventing Violence Against Civilians in Darfur”. International Interactions (2019). Download

  11. “Fueling rebellion: Maritime piracy and the duration of civil war” (with B. Prins & U. Daxecker). International Area Studies Review (2019). Download

  12. “Who Wins, Who Loses, Who Negotiates Peace in Civil Wars: Does Regime Type Matter?” (with T.D. Mason & M. Gurses). Journal of Global Security Studies (2019). Download

  13. “What makes an ex-combatant happy? A micro-analysis of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in South Sudan” (with P. Khadka & C. L. Thyne). International Studies Quarterly (2015). Download

  14. “Cost of violence and the peaceful way out: A comparison of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists)”. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict (2011). Download

Non-Peer-reviewed

Book Chapters

  1. “The Economic Impact of Peacekeeping: Unemployment, Violence and Support Towards Peacekeepers.” (With Prabin Khadka) In Handbook on Peacekeeping and International Relations, ed. Han Dorussen. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, United Kingdom (2023). Download

  2. “Maritime Piracy and Foreign Policy.” (With B. Prins, A. Gold and U. Daxecker) Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2022). Download

Policy, Media & Blogs

  1. Tackling maritime security requires a revised Indo-Pacific strategy. War on the Rocks, June 2023.

  2. What will Keep ships and people Safer in the Gulf of Guinea. Monkey cage, The Washington Post, June 2022.

  3. Fights over marine boundaries are creating safe zones for pirates. Monkey cage, The Washington Post, August 2021.

  4. Force vs Legitimacy: UN Peacekeeping and protecting civilian lives. Political Violence At a Glance, April 2019

  5. Satisfaction among ex-combatants after DDR. Political Violence At a Glance, May 2016