Publications in Refereed Journals

“Cities on Fire: Social Mobilization, State Policy, and Urban Insurgency.” Comparative Political Studies (forthcoming, December 2010).

“Correspondence: What Makes Terrorists Tick.”  International Security Vol. 33, No. 4 (Spring 2009), pp 180-202. These are my thoughts on this exchange.

“Explaining Civil-Military Relations in Complex Political Environments: India and Pakistan in Comparative Perspective.” Security Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2 (April 2008), pp. 322-362. [Note: there is a typo on page 350 - the phrase “did not feel it could not” has an extra “not.” This is why proofing galleys from a Delhi hospital bed is a bad idea.]

“Ten Ways to Lose at Counterinsurgency.” With Kelly Greenhill. Civil Wars, Vol. 9, No. 4 (December 2007), pp. 402-419.

Book Chapters

“Foreign Policy Making in India in the Pre-Liberalization and Coalition Era.” In Amitabh Mattoo and Happymon Jacob, eds., Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy: India’s ‘Neo-Federal’ Foreign Policy (New Delhi: Routledge, forthcoming).

“Resentment, Fear, and the Structure of the Military in Multiethnic States.” With Roger Petersen. In Stephen Saideman and Marie-Joelle Zahar, eds., Insecurity in Intrastate Conflicts: Governments, Rebels, and Outsiders (London: Routledge, 2008).

Selected Other Publications

Analyzing Religious Politics and Violence. With Gregory Treverton (Santa Monica, Cal.: RAND Corporation, MG-564, forthcoming).

“Pakistan’s Stakes in Afghanistan.” The Friday Times (Lahore), May 8-14, 2009.

“Improving India’s Counterterrorism Policy after Mumbai.” CTC Sentinel, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Vol 2, No. 4 (April 2009), pp. 11-14.

“When talking with terrorists makes sense.” Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2008.

“The Challenge of Islamist Militancy in India.” CTC Sentinel, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Vol. 1, No. 2 (January 2008), pp. 14-16.

“Pakistan on the Brink: Regional Perspectives and Implications.” Audit of the Conventional Wisdom 07-21 (MIT Center for International Studies, November 2007).

The US, India, and the Persian Gulf: Convergence or Divergence in a Post-Iraq World: Workshop Summary Report (MIT Center for International Studies Persian Gulf Initiative, 2007).

“Diversify Iraqi security forces.” With Roger Petersen. Christian Science Monitor, March 7, 2006.

“Defeating Transnational Insurgencies.” Washington Quarterly, Volume 29, No. 1 (Winter 2005-2006), pp. 21-40.