I am a political scientist, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute (EUI). My main research interests are: international security, U.S. foreign policy, multilateralism, and international ethics. I am currently working on two book projects. The first book, based on my doctoral research, explains contemporary U.S. government efforts to obtain the endorsement of international organizations such as the UN or NATO for military interventions. The second book, on classical European thought about military intervention, is an edited volume that I am preparing together with Prof. Jennifer Welsh of Oxford University.

I hold a PhD from Columbia University (awarded with distinction, 2011) and a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I have been a Fulbright Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a Research Fellow in foreign policy at Brookings.