* Note: Links to Published Works are Embedded in the Blue Text
Books
Forging Peace in Southeast Asia: Insurgencies, Peace, and Reconciliation
Rowan & Littlefield Publishers, September 2016
Conspiracy of Silence: The Insurgency in South Thailand
United States Institute of Peace, June 2009
Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia
Asian Security Studies, November 2006
Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror
Lynne Rienner Publishers, September 2003
Renovating Politics in Contemporary Vietnam
Lynne Rienner Publishers, January 2001
Book – Chapters
Strategic Assessment 2020: Into a New Era of Great Power
Part III: Geostrategic Interactions in a New Era
Chapter 11: Counterterrorism in a New Era of Great Power Competition (with Dr. Mariya Omelcheva, R. Kim Gragin, and Hassan Abbas)
National Defense University Press, 2020
Counter Terrorism Yearbook: 2019
Section: Counterterrorism Southeast Asia (pp 21-30)
Australian Strategic Policy Institue, Counter-Terrorism Policy Center, March 2019
Published Articles
From Hope to Despair in Myanmar
The Diplomat, 1 March 2023
The NUG's Economic War on Myanmar's Military
Stimson Center, 27 September 2022
Learning Helplessness: China's Military Instrument and Southeast Asian Security (with Cynthia Watson)
The National Bureau of Asian Research, 27 August 2022
Funding Myanmar's Spring Revolution
The Diplomat, 1 August 2022
No laughing matter: the Vietnam Communist Party's thin skin
Radio Free Asia, October 2022
U.S. Policy Towards Myanmar's Military Junta
War on the Rocks, November 2021
How Are Indonesia's Terrorist Groups Weathering the Pandemic?
The Diplomat, June 2020
The Challenges Facing the Philippines' Bangsamoro Autonomous at One Year (with Luke Lischin)
United States Institute of Peace, June 2020
Weapons, Viruses, and the New Defense Reality in Southeast Asia
War on the Rocks, May 2020
America Should Be Realistic About Its Alliance with Thailand
War on the Rocks, January 2020
False Positives in Thai Counterinsurgency
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, November 2019
The Islamic State Meets Southeast Asia: Isis Seeks New Outpost Across the Indian Ocean (with Colin P. Clarke)
Foreign Affairs, September 2019
The Security Challenges of the Interactable Rohingya
War on the Rocks, July 2019
Death of Islamic State East Asia Leader Abu Dar Puts Philippines Militant Leadership in Flux
The Jamestown Foundation, July 2019
Thailand's Stolen Election: An illegitimate election risks prolonging the country's problems
The Diplomat, June 2019
Round Two of Bangsamoro Plebiscite Yields Mixed Results
Benar News, February 2019
Thai Election, Potentially Delayed Again, 'As Rigged as it Gets'
Benar News, January 2019
Philippines: Many Spoilers to the Peace Process with Muslim Rebels
Benar News, September 2018
Opinion: Indonesian President's VP Choice a setback for Minority Rights, Security
Benar News, August 2018
Where Did the US Go Wrong in the Philippines? A Hard Look at a Success Story
War on the Rocks, June 2018
Commentaries
Thai senator’s ties to arrested Myanmar tycoon stir controversy ahead of election
Benar News, 30 March 2023
What's next as the dust settles after Vietnam's leadership turmoil?
Radio Free Asia, 12 March 2023
An appalling and utterly predictable ruling in Cambodia
Radio Free Asia, 5 March 2023
Why Thai politics remains a rigged system with little chance of reforms
South China Morning Post, 26 February 2023
Ukraine invasion 1 year on: Most Southeast Asian countries missing in action
Radio Free Asia, 24 February 2023
Philippine shift to territorial defense downplays reality of internal security challenges
Benar News, 21 February 2023
Saying the quiet part out loud in Thai politics
Benar News, 16 February 2023
Myanmar junta pursues five-pronged strategy as conflict enters 3rd year
Radio Free Asia, 22 February 2023
Vietnam political shakeup weakens technocrats and puts focus on security
Radio Free Asia, 17 January 2023
Vietnam is losing appeal as a land of stable, competent leadership
Nikkei Asian Review, 17 January 2023
Lost in Laos: Systemic problems are far greater than one new leader can solve
Radio Free Asia, 7 January 2023
In 2023, expect more violence in Thailand’s insurgency-hit Deep South
Benar News, 6 January 2023
Under my thumb: Vietnam tightens screws on foreign tech firms, internet users
South China Morning Post, 17 December 2022
In Anwar’s cabinet, stability trumps reform
Benar News, 6 December 2022
Arrests of aides highlight pre-party congress maneuvering in Vietnam
Radio Free Asia, 4 December 2022
Watch out for Malaysia’s ‘green wave'
Benar News, 28 November 2022
Myanmar junta looks to placate ASEAN with prisoner releases
Radio Free Asia, 17 November 2022
Myanmar's financial blacklisting is worth the risks it brings
Nikkei Asian Review, 10 November 2022
Southeast Asia will feel economic, political fallout from a more powerful Xi Jinping
Radio Free Asia, 26 October 2022
No laughing matter: the Vietnam Communist Party’s thin skin
Radio Free Asia,10 October 2022
Vietnam placed in awkward position as old ally Russia suffers losses in Ukraine
Radio Free Asia, 28 September 2022
The Myanmar military’s real weak spot: economic ineptitude
Radio Free Asia, 12 September 2022
In Myanmar, Vietnamese firms learn the political risks of backing the junta
Radio Free Asia, 28 August 2022
Play it loud: The return of Hanoi’s loudspeakers speaks volumes
Radio Free Asia, 8 August 2022
Revenge of the Old Guards
Benar News, 28 July 2022
Japan is backing the wrong side in Myanmar
Nikkei Asian Review, 26 July 2022
Execution of democracy icons shows Myanmar junta is desperate to exert control
Radio Free Asia, 25 July 2022
Endemic corruption and policy impasses are holding Vietnam back
Nikkei Asian Review, 15 July 2022
Will Southeast Asia support Russia’s war with semiconductor exports?
Radio Free Asia, 8 July 2022