Commentary and Media Engagement
My policy commentary focuses on the arms trade, current conflicts, and civil-military relations in the United States. I have also provided policy commentary for national and international news outlets, including NPR, Vox, and Deutsche Welle, and have participated in live TV interviews with international outlets in Slovakia and France, and the US. I have also written about the war in Ukraine, including how Ukraine can continue to fight against Russia and what lessons the US and its allies should learn from the war. The work is linked below.
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Policy Commentary
"Air Defense in the Age of Small Drones," Institute for Future Conflict, US Air Force, 17 November 2025. With Keith Carter
"More Bang For Your Buck: Rethinking Current Practices to Prepare for the Future of Conflict," Institute for Future Conflict, US Air Force, 14 May 2025. With Keith Carter "Defending America's Skies: Public Support for Homeland Counter-Drone Operations." Cornell Tech Policy Institute Brief, March 2025. With Paul Lushenko.
“Grappling with End-Use Monitoring,” Forum on the Arms Trade, 8 January 2024. with Dylan Cordle
“Biden’s Conventional Arms Trade Policy,” H-Diplo International Security Studies Forum, Policy Roundtable II-2, 26 June 2023. "Will the weapons of tomorrow be nuclear or digital?” Australian Outlook, 12 October 2022. with Tom McDonough
“Congress might require women to register for the draft. Where do Republicans and Democrats stand?” The Washington Post Monkey Cage, 15 November 2021. with Robert Ralston.
"Did the Afghanistan exit diminish U.S. credibility among its allies. Probably not.” The Washington Post Monkey Cage, 1 September 2021. with Ron Krebs. “Trump’s Transactional Follies: The Consequences of Treating the Arms Trade Like a Business,” H-Diplo International Security Studies Forum, Policy Series 2021-32, 10 June 2021. “Americans aren’t worried about white nationalism in the military – because they don’t know it’s there.” The Conversation, 8 October 2020. with Robert Ralston and Matthew Motta.
"How Not to Ensure Credibility with Allies,” Modern War Institute, 21 February 2020. with Ron Krebs.
“Trump’s mismanagement of the withdrawal from Syria hurt alliances — not the withdrawal itself,” The Washington Post Monkey Cage, 30 October 2019, with Ron Krebs. “What Turkey’s purchase of a Russian air defense system means for the U.S. and NATO.” The Washington Post Monkey Cage, 23 July 2019, “Yes, Trump can override Congress and sell weapons to Saudi Arabia – even over Republican objections.” The Washington Post Monkey Cage, 30 May 2019,
“Veterans are Concerned about Climate Change. Here’s why.” The Conversation, 8 March 2018.
with Matt Motta and Robert Ralston. "With Arms Sales, ‘It’s Not Just the Economy, Stupid.’” The Duck of Minerva, 12 October 2018. “The Transgender Ban and the Politics of Exclusion.” The Duck of Minerva, 28 July 2017, with Robert Ralston. |
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Radio & TV
Interview with Euractiv Slovakia & Friedrich Ebert Siftung, “Who Counts Weapons in Ukraine,” 6 November 2023.
Interview with "National Security This Week", KYMN Radio, with Raymond Kuo. About our article in Foreign Policy Analysis. Interview with Scripps Media about women and the draft, 19 November 2021. Interviewwith France 24 about the AUKUS submarine deal, 16 September 2021. Interview on Fox 5 DC live TV, 11 February 2021. Combating White Extremism in the Military Interview on NPR's Morning Edition with Steve Inskeep, October 2018. US arms sales to Saudi Arabia Interview on The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, 19 January 2021. White nationalism in the US military Interview on The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, 14 October 2020. White nationalism in the US military Quoted In...Quoted in “How far will Ukraine advance in Russia's Kursk region?” by Roman Goncharenko, DW, 13 August 2024.
Quoted in "Can the West keep supplying Ukraine with enough artillery," by Jen Kirby, Vox, 6 June 2023. Quoted in "US weapons sales a flashpoint as President Trump presses Saudi Arabia over missing journalist," by Dierdre Sheesgreen, USA Today, 18 October 2018. Quoted in, "Trump Administration caps turbulent year with government shutdown," by Adrian Morrow, Globe and Mail, 21 December 2018. |
