Assistant Professor @CarnegieMellon | Former Fellow @MIT_SSP + @Harvard @BelferCenter + @NotreDame | PhD @Penn PoliSci | Int'l Relations & Foreign Policy
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Thrilled to share that my job market paper (9 years in the making!) is now accepted @The_JOP. I question the conventional wisdom that standing firm is always beneficial to a state's reputation for resolve relative to backing down
doi.org/10.1086/741344
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Yes!! I love this piece - so glad to see it out!! Congratulations!
I'm thrilled to share my latest article in @The_JOP w/ @domtierney that introduces a new IR theory: The Left-Wing Peace & The Right-Wing Peace
If you've been trying to understand the Trump Admin's foreign policy, I believe this piece will help (1/8)
doi.org/10.1086/744217
I'm thrilled to share my latest article in @The_JOP w/ @domtierney that introduces a new IR theory: The Left-Wing Peace & The Right-Wing Peace
If you've been trying to understand the Trump Admin's foreign policy, I believe this piece will help (1/8)
doi.org/10.1086/744217
Overall, the paper highlights how domestic polarization is spilling over into foreign policy and that politics does *not* stop at the water's edge (7/8)
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Congratulations to @JoshuaASchwartz on winning the 2026 @perryworldhouse @ForeignAffairs Emerging Scholars Policy Prize! His essay, “Fighting for Credibility Can Destroy It," will be published by Foreign Affairs in the coming months. perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/ne…
I'm very grateful for the opportunity to share my academic research with the policy community. Thank you so much to @perryworldhouse and @ForeignAffairs for this honor!
Congrats to @JoshuaASchwartz of @CarnegieMellon, winner of the 2026 PWH–@ForeignAffairs Emerging Scholars Policy Prize! 🏆
His essay "Fighting for Credibility Can Destroy It" will be published by Foreign Affairs in the coming months. Read more:
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/ne…
For anyone interested in the underlying scholarship, check out my heterodox take on whether fighting actually enhances credibility in @The_JOP doi.org/10.1086/741344
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It's been 6 years (!) in the making, but I'm happy to share a new piece in @PoPpublicsphere w/ @sabrinabarias. Since federal efforts to combat climate change have been halted/reversed, we evaluate the kinds of environmental plans local policymakers support doi.org/10.1017/S15375927261…
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What kinds of environmental plans do local policymakers support? In @PoPpublicsphere, @sabrinabarias and CMIST's @JoshuaASchwartz demonstrate that the probability of policy adoption can be increased by strategic design. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
It's been 6 years (!) in the making, but I'm happy to share a new piece in @PoPpublicsphere w/ @sabrinabarias. Since federal efforts to combat climate change have been halted/reversed, we evaluate the kinds of environmental plans local policymakers support doi.org/10.1017/S15375927261…
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Forthcoming article in @ISQ_Jrnl!
Trump and Xi are sitting down to talk AI this week. @AnthropicAI says we need to "pace the frontier"—and we need China's help to do it.
Could the US and China ever agree on arms control for frontier AI? What would it take?
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As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, here’s my latest assessment of core AlQaeda. Other jihadist threats persist, but bin Laden’s central legacy group has failed.
“In the case of core al-Qaeda, although decapitation and military repression played important roles, the group ended primarily through strategic failure—just as bin Laden feared it would,” writes @akcronin.
foreignaffairs.com/united-st…
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Automating nuclear launches might give a country more bargaining power. It's still far too risky. warontherocks.com/putting-ar…
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Could artificial intelligence make nuclear threats more effective? In a new @WarOnTheRocks article, @JoshuaASchwartz and @mchorowitz break down the potential impact of automation on nuclear coercion. warontherocks.com/putting-ar…
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New in @WarOnTheRocks: PWH Director @mchorowitz & @JoshuaASchwartz examine what happens if states automate nuclear launch decisions. Their survey of UK MPs and the public finds automated nuclear threats shift opinion more than human-controlled ones do. warontherocks.com/putting-ar…