Media Articles
“Perhaps Putin Thinks Acting Crazy Is a Good Strategy. My Research Says Otherwise.” Washington Post, March 6, 2022.
“Why the Trump Administration’s Resolve on Iran Could Backfire.” Washington Post, June 29, 2019.
“Rhetorical ‘Fire and Fury’ Can Help the U.S. Globally — if the President has Enough Backing at Home.” Washington Post, August 9, 2017.
“Trump Is Trying to Send North Korea a Message. He’s Got a Long Way to Go.” Coauthored with Danielle Lupton and Keren Yarhi-Milo. Washington Post, April 26, 2017.
“Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Unlikely to Benefit from a ‘Madman’ Advantage.” Coauthored with Eileen Gerard, Vinuri Ranaweera, and Olivia Sztanga. LSE United States Politics and Policy Blog, January 26, 2017.
- Republished by Newsweek on February 5, 2017 under the title, “Is Trump Posing as a Madman to Get His Own Way?”
“Threats and Credibility: How Obama’s Decision to Seek Congressional Authorization for Syria May Have Been a Game Changer.” Monkey Cage Blog, September 11, 2013.
Media Interviews
“‘Madman Theory’: How Nixon Tried to Convince Soviets He Would Use Nuclear Bomb.” BBC News Brazil, May 1. Original in Portuguese, English translation on News Bulletin 24-7.
RTL Germany evening news show (in German). Interview about Madman Theory and Vladimir Putin. March 9, 2022
ARD Tagesthemen evening news show (in German). Interview about Madman Theory and Vladimir Putin. March 7, 2022
Revisionist History podcast by Malcolm Gladwell, Season 6, “I Love You Waymo,” June 24, 2021
Fox 5 New York. Live interview with Ernie Anastos on President Trump’s UN Speech. September 19, 2017.
“When Presidents Talk Tough.” Christian Science Monitor, August 11, 2017.
“Trump Mirrored North Korea’s own Rhetoric with Threat of ‘Fire and Fury.’ Can It Be Effective?” USA Today, August 9, 2017.