Research

Work in Progress

• Historical Aid as Contemporary Diplomacy: Evidence from Chinese Global Infrastructure since 1949 (with Austin Strange)

• Helping or Hindering? Outcomes of the U.S. Counterinsurgency (COIN) Intervention (with Zinab Attai)

• From Text to Behavior: Analysis of Chinese Foreign Aid Discourse and Allocation (1960-2020)

Policy Writing

• Promoting Private Investment in Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations. How well did the World Bank do? (Center for Global Development)
• Chinese Contractors and Development Project Quality. 2025. CGD Working Paper 715 (with Charles Kenny & Zack Gehan)

Research Assistant

• Female Leaders, Conflict-Affected Rural Zones, and Civic Engagement. (Bumba Mukherjee, PSU)
• China’s 20th-Century Global Development Projects. (Austin Strange, HKU)
• Mapping Apiculture Information Networks in Eastern Rwanda. (Fridah Mubichi-Kut, Cornell)
• Democratic Threats and Resilience. (Rachel Beatty Riedl, Cornell)