Publications

Book

2025. The Politics of International Norms: A Rhetorical Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles

“Disentangling norms, morality, and principles: the September 2019 Brexit rebellion.” The European Journal of International Relations. Published online, 6 Sept 2022. Available at (open access): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13540661221117058

“Beyond Internalization: Alternate Endings of the Norm Life Cycle.” International Studies Quarterly 63, no. 2 (2019): 270-280. Available at: https://academic.oup.com/isq/advance-article/doi/10.1093/isq/sqz001/5369125

“Star Wars or Strategic Defense Initiative: What’s in a name?” Journal of Global Security Studies 95, 3 (2019): 515-533. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogz004

“The Dynamics of Dissent: When Actions are Louder than Words.” International Affairs. I am the co-author of this special section introduction and co-guest editor of the special section (with Lea Wisken). Available at (open access): https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/95/3/515/5420587

Book Chapters

“The interaction of law and politics in norm implementation.” In: “Contesting the World: Norm Research in Theory and Practice”, eds.: Phil Orchard and Antje Wiener, Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Chapters in the Oxford Handbook of Norms Research (eds. Sassan Gholiagha, Phil Orchard, and Antje Wiener): “A Rhetorical Approach to Norm Change” (with Adam Bower); “How (De)Legalization Unfolds” (with Duncan Snidal)

Blog Posts

Star Wars and Brexit: The “rebel alliance” leaves its mark, October 17, 2019, The Oxford Politics Blog (OxPol).

‘You did not act in time’: Greta Thunberg and behavioural contestation, May 11, 2019, Medium – The International Affairs Blog.

Bizarre, strange or last straw? Slideshows in International Relations, May 8, 2018, OxPol.

Even more unpredictable: Trump’s U-turn on Syria, April 8, 2017, OxPol.

Trump’s Impact on International Relations, November 21, 2016, OxPol.

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