► Short CV
 

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. My research spans several areas of international relations, including international intervention in civil conflicts, the impact of terrorism on international security cooperation, the connection between domestic political violence and foreign policies, and the rise of China and its security implications. A major strand of my research, as part of the project, China and the Transformation of Political Order in Africa (funded by the German Research Foundation), studies how China’s economic and diplomatic influence among African countries are influenced by the domestic politics in these countries. Another strand of my research focuses on foreign intervention during civil conflicts and civil-military relations in general. I also have ongoing research on the impact of leaders’ attributes on the flow of Chinese Official Finance, the connection between domestic terrorism and the flow of U.S. overseas defense spending, and how the occurrence of incumbent takeovers in a country influences its government’s diplomatic and economic interactions with China. I received my PhD in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and my BA in international relations from the College of William & Mary.

► Publications
 

Personalism and Negotiation during Civil Conflicts. 2024. Journal of Global Security Studies Online First. DOI:10.1093/jogss/ogae024

Political Settlement and China’s Overseas Operation: The Case of Ethiopia. 2024 (with Nele Noesselt) Foreign Policy Analysis Online First. DOI: 10.1093/fpa/orae014

Power Personalization and Civil War Mediation (Working paper).

Target Personalism and External Military Intervention in Civil Conflicts (Working paper).

Authoritarian Institutions and Targeted Mass Killing During Civil Wars (Working paper).

► DFG project: China and the Transformation of Political Order in Africa