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I am an assistant professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University. My research explores the interplay of technology and international security in the twentieth century. I have published in the fields of international relations, history of technology, diplomatic history, and intelligence studies.

My first book, Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative, is an international history of intensifying military space competition in the final two decades of the Cold War. The digital version of the book can be downloaded here for free. My other work has been published in Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Intelligence and National Security, the Oxford Handbook of Space Security, the Journal of Strategic Studies, the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Science & Diplomacy, and the Journal of Slavic Military Studies.

I completed my PhD in history of science and technology at Johns Hopkins University. During my graduate studies I held a Guggenheim predoctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Prior to graduate school, I served as a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer.