My current research focuses on the politics of armed group relations with non-combatants in the context of conflicts that accompany the collapse of centralized state institutions. I also work on a project on the politics of security force assistance (i.e., the provision of military supplies and training to foreign armed forces) that takes me to Iraq, Mali and elsewhere. I have a 2018-2019 affiliation with the United States Military Academy (West Point) Modern War Institute.