Opinion and Commentary on National Security and International Affairs

• "Confusion in the Pivot: The Muddled Shift from Peripheral War to Great Power Competition" at War on the Rocks.
• "Trump’s challenge to Venezuela’s president could lead to a military occupation. Here’s why — and why that’s dangerous" at the Monkey Cage/Washington Post.
• "Much Ado About Montenegro" with Matthew Fay at War on the Rocks. 
• "A Flawed Focus on American Leadership" at War on the Rocks. 
• "Trump’s Comments on NATO Threaten European Security" at Fair Observer.
• "How to understand Trump’s appeal to resentful whites" at the Monkey Cage/Washington Post.
• "No, Russia Doesn't Require Buffer States for Its Own Security" at The National Interest.
• "Syria isn’t Bosnia. And no, the problem isn’t ‘ancient hatreds’" with Jasmin Mujanović at the Monkey Cage
  /Washington Post.
• "Empire of Confusion" at War on the Rocks. ​
• "This is not the Middle Eastern order you are looking for" with Andrew Lebovich at the Monkey Cage
  /Washington Post.
• "Bordering on Conflict: Real Talk on Borders, War, and States" at War on the Rocks. ​
• "Putting Politics on the Pitch: UEFA's Failed Response to Albania-Serbia" at openDemocracy.
• "Bosnia is no model for Ukrainian peace" at the Balkans in Europe Policy Blog. 
• "For Civilian Protection, Mission Matters, Too" at the Early Warning Project Blog.