ABOUT
I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. I research and teach in the field of international relations, at the intersection of international political economy and international security. My major research interests focus on geoeconomics (or what used to be thought of as economic statecraft), grand strategy in the context of power transitions and international order, and the Indo-Pacific region.
The issue areas covered by my published research include:
- “Debt trap diplomacy” and Chinese economic statecraft in Sri Lanka
- How East Asian states navigate relations between the US and China through hedging strategies
- Sino-US technology competition and great power rivalry
- China’s “institutional statecraft” and its creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Conceptualising and measuring power in Australian foreign policy
- Bargaining power in Eurozone bailout negotiations between Greece and Germany
- “Doxing democracy”, i.e. cyber interference in democratic elections
As of January 2019, topics I’m currently working on include a book project on geoeconomic coercion, and paper projects on the logic of a China-led international order, informal economic sanctions, and tourism as an instrument of economic statecraft.
I also co-host a podcast called Australia in the World.
I received my PhD in 2014 from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (WWS). Initially trained in law and economics, I previously worked as Associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, a corporate lawyer, and researcher at International Crisis Group.
My CV is available here, which contains more information on my research and teaching. Please also see my Google Scholar page.
Please see my ANU profile for contact information.