Journal Articles:
2021. "Information Capacity & Social Order: The Local Politics of Information Integration in China." Governance. With Huirong Chen. [pdf]
2021. "The Geopolitics of Citizenship: Evidence from North Korean Claims to Membership in the South." Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (March). Link here.
2021. “Research Transparency in Authoritarian & Repressive Contexts.” With Eva Bellin, Yoshiko Herrera, and Diane Singerman. Perspectives on Politics (part of "The Qualitative Transparency Deliberations: Insights & Implications").
2020. "Surveillance, Security, & Liberal Democracy in a Post-COVID World." International Organization (supplemental special issue on the pandemic). Fall. [Link here]
2019/20. "Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China's Changing Strategy in Xinjiang." International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter). (Currently ungated version here.)
2019. "Rethinking Democratic Diffusion: Bringing Regime Type Back In." Comparative Political Studies. With Edward Goldring.
2019. "Repressive Experiences Among China Scholars: New Evidence from Survey Data." The China Quarterly: 1-27. With Rory Truex.
2017. “Rethinking China’s Coercive Capacity: An Examination of PRC Domestic Security Spending, 1992-2012.” The China Quarterly 232 (December): 1002-1025.
2013. “Authoritarianism Online: What Can We Learn From Internet Data in Non-Democracies?” PS: Political Science & Politics, 46 (2), April: 262-270.
2011. “’中国崛起’: 对概念运用的探讨” [“‘China’s Rise’: Investigating the Operationalization of a Concept”]. 中国国际战略评论 [China International Strategy Review] (Peking University, 2011). In Chinese.
2007. “Illicit Activity & Proliferation: North Korean Smuggling Networks.” International Security 32 (1), summer: 80-111.
2021. "Information Capacity & Social Order: The Local Politics of Information Integration in China." Governance. With Huirong Chen. [pdf]
2021. "The Geopolitics of Citizenship: Evidence from North Korean Claims to Membership in the South." Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (March). Link here.
2021. “Research Transparency in Authoritarian & Repressive Contexts.” With Eva Bellin, Yoshiko Herrera, and Diane Singerman. Perspectives on Politics (part of "The Qualitative Transparency Deliberations: Insights & Implications").
2020. "Surveillance, Security, & Liberal Democracy in a Post-COVID World." International Organization (supplemental special issue on the pandemic). Fall. [Link here]
2019/20. "Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China's Changing Strategy in Xinjiang." International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter). (Currently ungated version here.)
- Discussed with Jude Blanchette in this CSIS Pekingology podcast (Summer 2020).
- For a video presentation and discussion of our findings, see this Brookings panel (January 2020).
- You can also read this online Q&A with The Diplomat (1 February 2020).
- For a Turkish-language summary of our findings and some policy implications, see this post.
2019. "Rethinking Democratic Diffusion: Bringing Regime Type Back In." Comparative Political Studies. With Edward Goldring.
- See also this post at LSE's Democratic Audit blog about the paper (June 2019).
2019. "Repressive Experiences Among China Scholars: New Evidence from Survey Data." The China Quarterly: 1-27. With Rory Truex.
- Online Supporting Information here.
- For a video presentation and discussion of our findings, see this CSIS panel (October 2018).
- You can also read this Inside Higher Ed story on our findings, or listen to this Sinica podcast.
2017. “Rethinking China’s Coercive Capacity: An Examination of PRC Domestic Security Spending, 1992-2012.” The China Quarterly 232 (December): 1002-1025.
2013. “Authoritarianism Online: What Can We Learn From Internet Data in Non-Democracies?” PS: Political Science & Politics, 46 (2), April: 262-270.
2011. “’中国崛起’: 对概念运用的探讨” [“‘China’s Rise’: Investigating the Operationalization of a Concept”]. 中国国际战略评论 [China International Strategy Review] (Peking University, 2011). In Chinese.
2007. “Illicit Activity & Proliferation: North Korean Smuggling Networks.” International Security 32 (1), summer: 80-111.
Book Chapters:
2022. "How Does China Think about National Security?" in The China Questions II (Harvard University Press, forthcoming).
2021. "Dealing with Demand for China's Global Surveillance Exports." In Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World (Brookings Institution Press).
2021. "Claiming Citizenship: Rights Claims and Recognition for North Koreans Entering South Korea." In Celeste Arrington and Patricia Goedde, eds. Rights Claiming in South Korea (Cambridge University Press). [Accepted draft.]
2020. "The North Korean Diaspora." In Routledge Handbook of Contemporary North Korea (Routledge). [Accepted draft].
2019. "Explaining Economic Order in North Korea." In Korea and the World: New Frontiers in Korean Studies (Rowman & Littlefield).
2014. “The U.S.-Philippine Alliance: Opportunities and Challenges.” Strategic Asia 2014-15 (National Bureau of Asian Research).
2009. “Is China Rising?” Eva Paus, Penelope Prime, and Jon Western, eds. Global Giant: Is China Changing The Rules of the Game? (Palgrave Macmillan). With Alastair Iain Johnston. Alternate version published as:
2022. "How Does China Think about National Security?" in The China Questions II (Harvard University Press, forthcoming).
2021. "Dealing with Demand for China's Global Surveillance Exports." In Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World (Brookings Institution Press).
2021. "Claiming Citizenship: Rights Claims and Recognition for North Koreans Entering South Korea." In Celeste Arrington and Patricia Goedde, eds. Rights Claiming in South Korea (Cambridge University Press). [Accepted draft.]
2020. "The North Korean Diaspora." In Routledge Handbook of Contemporary North Korea (Routledge). [Accepted draft].
2019. "Explaining Economic Order in North Korea." In Korea and the World: New Frontiers in Korean Studies (Rowman & Littlefield).
2014. “The U.S.-Philippine Alliance: Opportunities and Challenges.” Strategic Asia 2014-15 (National Bureau of Asian Research).
2009. “Is China Rising?” Eva Paus, Penelope Prime, and Jon Western, eds. Global Giant: Is China Changing The Rules of the Game? (Palgrave Macmillan). With Alastair Iain Johnston. Alternate version published as:
- “The People’s Republic of China at 60: Is it Rising?” in William C. Kirby, ed., The People’s Republic of China at 60: An International Assessment (Harvard University Press, 2011).
Other Writing:
2020. "The Saohei Campaign, Protection Umbrellas, and & Impact on China's Political-Legal Apparatus." China Leadership Monitor. September. [Downloadable pdf.]
2019. Response to H-Diplo ISSF roundtable reviews of Dictators and Their Secret Police. April. [Downloadable pdf.]
2019. "Domestic Security in China Under Xi Jinping." China Leadership Monitor, Issue 59. March. [Downloadable pdf.]
2017. “Black Flags Over Mindanao: Terrorism in Southeast Asia.” Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia & the Pacific. 12 July.
2020. "The Saohei Campaign, Protection Umbrellas, and & Impact on China's Political-Legal Apparatus." China Leadership Monitor. September. [Downloadable pdf.]
2019. Response to H-Diplo ISSF roundtable reviews of Dictators and Their Secret Police. April. [Downloadable pdf.]
2019. "Domestic Security in China Under Xi Jinping." China Leadership Monitor, Issue 59. March. [Downloadable pdf.]
2017. “Black Flags Over Mindanao: Terrorism in Southeast Asia.” Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia & the Pacific. 12 July.
Photo: Street slogan in China: "Carry forward creating peace, uphold social stability."