His first book, Activists, Alliances, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests (Cambridge University Press, 2011) explores the politics of overseas military bases, focusing on the impact of security alliances on social movements and state response to domestic anti-base pressure. His current book project explores the evolution of bilateral alliances and multilateralism in East Asia. Other works have appeared in Comparative Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Peace Review, and Journal of East Asian Studies. His research and teaching interests include international relations theory, international security, social movements, overseas U.S. military presence, Asian security, and North Korea. He received his PhD in Government from Cornell University in 2008. Top