Peer-Reviewed Articles
“Combat, Commitment, and the Termination of Africa’s Mutual Interventions,” with Allard Duursma. European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 29, No. 1 (March 2023), pp. 3–28. Published online on August 1, 2022. [SAGE (Open Access)]
“In the Balance: External Troop Support and Rebel Fragmentation in the Second Congo War.” Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 45, No. 4 (July 2022), pp. 637–664. (Published online on December 16, 2019.) [Taylor & Francis Online]
“Mutual Interventions in Africa,” with Allard Duursma. International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 4 (December 2021), pp. 1077–1086. [Oxford University Press]
“Why Peace Rarely Trickles Down: The Settlement of Mutual Interventions and the Persistence of Civil Wars in Africa,” with Allard Duursma. In Niklas Karlén and Vladimir Rauta, eds., “Forum: Conflict Delegation in Civil Wars,” International Studies Review, Vol. 23, No. 4 (December 2021), pp. 2048–2078. [Oxford University Press (Open Access)]
“Status Competition in Africa: Explaining the Rwandan–Ugandan Clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” African Affairs, Vol. 118, No. 472 (July 2019), pp. 509–530. [Free access via Oxford University Press]
“Rebel Leaders, Internal Rivals, and External Resources: How State Sponsors Affect Insurgent Cohesion.” International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 4 (December 2016), pp. 599–610. [Oxford University Press]
“The Origins of Transnational Alliances: Rulers, Rebels, and Political Survival in the Congo Wars.” International Security, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Summer 2016), pp. 147–181. [MIT Press] [Open Access]
Book Chapters
“Rational Choice and Indirect Global Governance,” with Duncan Snidal. In Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson, eds., International Organization and Global Governance, third edition (London: Routledge, 2023), pp. 155–167. [Routledge]
• Second edition (2018): “Rational Choice: From Principal–Agent to Orchestration Theory,” pp. 135–145. [Routledge]
• First edition (2014): “Rational Choice and Principal–Agent Theory,” pp. 132–143.
“The Invader’s Dilemma: Enlisting Rebel Groups.” In Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal, and Bernhard Zangl, eds., The Governor’s Dilemma: Indirect Governance Beyond Principals and Agents (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020), pp. 119–136. [Oxford University Press]
Reports for the Rift Valley Institute‘s Usalama Project
“UPC in Ituri: The External Militarization of Local Politics in North-Eastern Congo.” Usalama Project: Understanding Congolese Armed Groups (London: Rift Valley Institute, 2013). [English] [French translation]
“FNI and FRPI: Local Resistance and Regional Alliances in North-Eastern Congo.” Usalama Project: Understanding Congolese Armed Groups (London: Rift Valley Institute, 2013). [English] [French translation]
Book Reviews
“The Costs and Benefits of Intervention by Proxy” (review essay on two recent books on proxy warfare). Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Vol. 8, No. 4 (December 2014), pp. 381–386. [Taylor & Francis Online]
“Making Sense of Failure: A Review of Theodore Trefon’s ‘Congo Masquerade.’” On African Arguments Online, hosted by the Royal African Society, October 13, 2011. [African Arguments]
Policy Workshop Reports
“Experts Workshop Report: Dynamics of Conflict and Forced Migration in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” With Claire Lauterbach. Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, January 2011. [English (PDF)] [French translation (PDF)]
Blog Posts
“Coalitions and Defections in a Context of Uncertainty – A Report from Ituri (Part II).” On Jason Stearns’ Congo Siasa blog, August 27, 2012. [Congo Siasa]
“Coalitions and Defections in a Context of Uncertainty – A Report from Ituri (Part I).” On Jason Stearns’ Congo Siasa blog, August 24, 2012. [Congo Siasa]