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Thelen, Kathleen. “Employer Organization and the Law: American Exceptionalism in Comparative Perspective.” Law and Contemporary Problems 83, no. 2 (2020): 23.

Nielsen, Richard A. “Women’s Authority in Patriarchal Social Movements: The Case of Female Salafi Preachers.” American Journal of Political Science 64, no. 1 (2020): 52–66.

Active Defense: China's Military Strategy since 1949

Princeton University Press

Active Defense: China's Military Strategy since 1949

Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community

Cornell University Press

Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community

International Relations in the Cyber Age: The Co-Evolution Dilemma

International Relations in the Cyber Age: The Co-Evolution Dilemma

China Steps Out

China Steps Out

Berger, Suzanne. “Brand New Left, Same Old Problems: What Populism Can and Can’t Achieve.” Foreign Affairs (New York, N.Y.). New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2018.

Narang, Vipin, and Caitlin Talmadge. "Civil-military pathologies and defeat in war: Tests using new data." Journal of Conflict Resolution 62, no. 7 (2018): 1379-1405.

Japan's Pivot in Asia

Oxford University Press

Japan's Pivot in Asia

Narang, Vipin, and Paul Staniland. "Democratic accountability and foreign security policy: Theory and evidence from India." Security Studies 27, no. 3 (2018): 410-447.