His research examines the politics of global finance and development, the role of technocratic communities in shaping economic policy, and the rise of emerging powers. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Politics, Electoral Studies, Review of International Political Economy, and World Development. He is the author of Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and is currently working on his second book with Cambridge University Press examining the comparative governance implications of China’s Western hemispheric expansion.