"Weapons of the Wealthy: Elite-led Protest in Central Asia." Under review.

Journal Articles

"The Color of Money: Privatization, Economic Dispersion, and the Post-Soviet ‘Revolutions,'" Comparative Politics, forthcoming, January 2010.

"The Origins of Social Capital: Evidence from a Survey of Post-Soviet Central Asia," Comparative Political Studies 42(5), June 2009: 707-732.  With Christoph Zuercher and Jonathan Wheatley.

"Weighing the Political and Economic Motivations for Migration in Post-Soviet Space: The Case of Uzbekistan," Europe-Asia Studies 58(5), July 2006 (lead article): 653-677.

"Look Who's Talking! Islamic Discourse in the Chechen Wars," Nationalities Papers 34(2) May 2006: 237-256.

"What Really Happened in Kyrgyzstan?" Journal of Democracy 17(2), April 2006: 132-146.

"Networks, Localism, and Mobilization in Aksy, Kyrgyzstan," Central Asian Survey 24(4), December 2005: 405-424.

"The Tyranny of Small Differences: The Relationship between Ethnic Diversity and Democracy in the Former Socialist Bloc," Demokratizatsiya 12(4), Fall 2004: 575-606.

"Working with the Warlords: Designing an Ethnofederal System for Afghanistan," Regional and Federal Studies 14(4), Winter 2004: 513-537.

Book Chapter

"A Horse of a Different Color: Revolution and Regression in Kyrgyzstan," in Valerie Bunce, Michael A. McFaul, and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, eds., Democracy and Auhtoritarianism in the Post-Communist World, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2009.

Book Reviews

Henry Hale, The Foundations of Ethnic Politics for Comparative Political Studies, forthcoming, Fall 2010.

Kathleen Collins, Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia (Cambridge University Press), Review of Politics 69, Summer 2007.

Edward Schatz, Modern Clan Politics: The Power of "Blood" in Kazakhstan and Beyond (University of Washington Press), Nationalities Papers 34(4), September 2006.

Works in Progress

"Power, State, and Society after Empire: The Remaking of the Soviet Periphery," Book manuscript, co-authored with Christoph Zuercher and Jonathan Wheatley.

"Historical Narratives and Post-Conflict Reconciliation in the Caucasus: A Psychological Experiment."  Working paper.

"Social Capital and Organized Resistance in Central Asia."  Working paper.

"Russian Soft Power in the Near Abroad and US Policy," with Andrei Tsygankov.  Under review.