Book
Paper/Journal Article
Beyond Train and Equip in U.S. Security Cooperation
- Military Review
Saudi Arabia’s Deterrence Options Against Iran
- Policy Brief, Middle East Institute
US Security Cooperation Deserves A Fair Evaluation
- War on the Rocks
After Oil-For-Security: A Blueprint For Resetting US-Saudi Security Relations
- Middle East Institute
America’s Defence of Its Partners in the Middle East
- Survival, Vol. 64. No. 2
Beyond Post-Desert Storm: How to Elevate the US-Kuwait Security Partnership
- Middle East Institute
Biden’s Middle East Trip: What It Means And What’s Next
- Middle East Institute, J (with Kevin Donegan, Mike Nagata, Mick Mulroy, and Joseph Votel)
The Other Saudi Transformation
- Middle East Policy (Summer 2022 Issue)
US-Gulf Relations at the Crossroads: Time for a Recalibration
- Middle East Institute
Enabling US Security Cooperation
- Survival, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 89-99
Battered Survivor: Hezbollah At Home and Abroad (Ed), Roundtable Report
- Middle East Institute
Blindsiding the Gulf
- The National Interest, No. 168 (July/August Issue 2020)
Broken Partnerships: Can Washington Get Security Cooperation Right?
- The Washington Quarterly (Fall 2019 Issue)
Beyond the Proxy Powder Keg: The Specter of War Between Saudi Arabia and Iran
- Middle East Institute
The Cost of Military Aid
- The National Interest (March/April 2018 Issue)
Atomic Bonds in an Age of Entropy: The Pursuit of a Nuclear Security Framework in the Middle East
- The Century Foundation, (with Nilsu Goren)
Iran’s Long Game in Bahrain
- Atlantic Council
U.S. Strategy Options for Iran’s Regional Challenge
- Atlantic Council (with Kenneth M. Pollack)
Countering Iran
- The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 30. No. 1, pp. 97-108 (with Kenneth M. Pollack)
A Gulf in the Gulf?
- The American Interest, Vol. 12, No. 3
Policy Brief
How should a US-Saudi defence pact look? Policy Brief
- Al Majalla
The technology requirements of US Middle East policy
- Al Majalla
Why unconditional US support for Israel must stop
- Al Majalla
A strategy for countering the Houthi threat at sea (with Kevin Donegan, Mick Mulroy, Sam Mundy, and Joseph L. Votel)
- A Memorandum from MEI's Defense and Security Program with Recommendations for President Biden
US options to counter Houthi threat to global shipping
- Al Majalla
US options to counter Houthi threat to global shipping
- Al Majalla
Dynamic Force Employment is the Future of America’s Middle East Presence
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Dynamic Force Employment is the Future of America’s Middle East Presence
- Asharq Al-Awsat
US deterrence against Iran damaged but not dead
- Al Majalla
Excising the danger of peace in the Middle East (with Kenneth Pollack)
- Al Majalla
Key takeaways from Mohammed bin Salman’s Fox interview
- Al Majalla
The costs and benefits of Saudi-Israeli normalization
- Al Majalla
Peace with Israel means war with Iran (with Nickoo Azimpoor)
- Foreign Policy
Saudi Arabia can alleviate US concerns over its civilian nuclear energy program. Here’s how. (with Chen Zak Kane)
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Should the US be wary of Chinese military power in the Middle East? (with Melissa Horvath)
- Al Majalla
A Defense Pact Will Not Upgrade US-Saudi Security Relations
- War on the Rocks
Managing US competition with China in the Middle East (with Melissa Horvath)
- Al Majalla
Career Advice for Rising Foreign Policy Professionals
- Middle East Institute
Is Israel on ‘red alert’ yet?
- Al Majalla
The Credibility of American Deterrence in the Middle East
- Al Majalla
Op-ed
Iran’s attack on Israel was not the failure many claim but it has ended Israel’s isolation (with Sanam Vakil)
- Chatham House
Iran’s desire to retaliate after Israel’s Damascus strike is balanced with its need to avoid a wider conflict
- Chatham House
How to counter the Houthi threat at sea (with Kevin Donegan)
- Breaking Defense
The Necessary Risk of America’s Military Strikes in Yemen
- The New York Times
Another Israel-Hezbollah war? It’s likelier than ever
- Middle East Institute
US deterrence against Iran is damaged but not dead
- Chatham House
The closer Israel gets to destroying Hamas, the more likely war with Hezbollah becomes
- Chatham House
Israel’s ‘second stage’ ground operation is proof its priorities have changed
- The Guardian
The hell of Israel’s ground invasion
- Al Majalla
Israel can damage Hamas but a ground invasion of Gaza will be challenging
- The National
Israel has the capacity to significantly damage Hamas with a ground offensive. But politics will restrain it throughout
- Chatham House
Will Hezbollah ignite Israel’s northern front?
- The Hill
The Future of America’s Middle East Posture Is Now
- Al Majalla
A defense treaty is not how Biden should fix the Saudi relationship
- Defense One
Effectiveness, not size, key to US involvement in the Middle East
- Al Majalla
The False Promise of Washington’s foreign military sales reforms
- Arab News
The US and NATO must team up in the Gulf
- Arab News
In dreams of a formal Gulf-US defense pact, what would Washington get?
- Breaking Defense
How to Advance US-Saudi Defense Cooperation (with Kevin Donegan)
- Defense One
Why the Saudi-Iran deal changes little in regional security
- Arab News