Warlord Survival: The Delusion of State Building in Afghanistan. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2019.
Un monde fragmenté. Autour de la sociologie des Relations internationales de Bertrand Badie. Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2018. Edited with Delphine Allès et Stéphane Paquin.
“The Supply and Demand of Rebel Governance.” International Studies Review 26: 1 (2024). With Adrian Florea.
“’Reculer pour mieux sauter?’ Délégation et monopolisation de la violence en Afghanistan.” Canadian Journal of Political Science (2021). With Christian Olsson.
“Sahelistan? Military Intervention and Patronage Politics in Afghanistan and Mali.” Civil Wars 22:4 (2020): 543-566. With Adam Sandor.
“Bertrand Badie, penseur des relations internationales. Un penseur ‘à la française.’” Etudes Internationales 50:2 (2019): 195-204.
“From Rebel to Quasi-State: Governance, Diplomacy and Legitimacy in the Midst of Afghanistan’s Wars (1979-2001).” Small Wars & Insurgencies 28:4-5 (2017): 867-886.
“The Tribal Politics of Field Research: A Reflection on Power and Partiality in 21st Century Warzones.” Perspectives on Politics 14:4 (2016): 1011-1028. With Dipali Mukhopadhyay.
“Warlords, Intervention, and State Consolidation: A Typology of Political Orders in Failed & Failing States.” Security Studies 25:1 (2016): 85-110.
“Looking at the Individual in Liberia and Sierra Leone: From a Regional Conflict to a ‘Human Insecurity Complex.’” Human Security Journal 3 (2007).
“La guerre ‘classique’ a fait son temps.” In Le monde ne sera plus comme avant, edited by Bertrand Badie & Dominique Vidal, 43-57. Paris: Les Liens qui Libèrent, 2022. With Victor Bouemar.
“Du retournement à la fragmentation du monde.” In Un monde fragmenté: Autour de la sociologie des Relations internationales de Bertrand Badie, edited by Delphine Allès, Romain Malejacq, & Stéphane Paquin, 7-15. Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2018. With Delphine Allès et Stéphane Paquin.
“From Rebels to Quasi-State: Governance, Diplomacy and Legitimacy in the Midst of Afghanistan’s Wars (1979-2001).” In Rebels and Legitimacy: Processes and Practices, edited by Isabelle Duyvesteyn. London: Routledge, 2018.
“Pro-Government Militias.” In Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations, edited by Patrick James. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
“Ahmad Shah Massoud: Rebellenbestuur en ‘warlord diplomacy’ in Afghanistan(1979-2001).” In De Alledaagse rebel: Tien rebellengroepen in het Zuiden, edited by Jeroen Adam, Bert Suykens & Koen Vlassenroot. Ghent, Belgium: Academia Press, 2017.
“Warlords and the Coalition in Afghanistan.”In Coalition Challenges in Afghanistan: The Politics of Alliance, edited by Gale A. Mattox & Stephen M. Grenier, 31-44. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015.
“L’influence des analyses théoriques de la conflictualité d’après-guerre froide dans la construction de la paix : L’exemple des conflits de la région du fleuve Mano.”In Understanding Africa’s Contemporary Conflict, edited by Richard Bowd and Annie Chikwanha, 3-24. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, 2010.
Review of “Waiting for Dignity: Legitimacy and Authority in Afghanistan,” by Florian Weigand. Eurasian Geography and Economics (2024).
Review of “Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan,” by Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili. Perspectives on Politics 20:4 (2022): 1480-82.
Review of “La guerre par le droit: Les tribunaux Taliban en Afghanistan,” by Adam Baczko. Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée. 29:4 (2022): 135-140.
“Glancing at the Taliban Organisation,” Review of “Negotiating Survival: Civilian-Insurgent Relations in Afghanistan,” in Book Symposium, Armed Groups and International Law (2022).
“Dysfunctional Allies and Coalition Warfare,” Review of “NATO in Afghanistan: Fighting Together, Fighting Alone,” by David Auerswald and Stephen Saideman. Journal of International Organizations Studies 6:1 (Spring 2015): 69-70.
Assessing the Effectiveness of European Union Civilian CSDP Missions Involved in Security Sector Reform: The Cases of Afghanistan, Mali and Niger. Stockholm: SIPRI (May 2024). With Jaïr van der Lijn, Gretchen Baldwin, Adam Sandor, Pauline Poupart, Makama Bawa Oumarou, and Saidou Oumarou Mahamane
Why International Leverage Has Failed With the Taliban. Lawfare (July 2023). With Niels Terpstra.
Foreign Aid to Afghanistan Won’t Moderate the Taliban. Foreign Policy (October 2021). With Haley Swedlund and Malte Lierl.
The Past and Future of Afghan Warlords. Clingendael Spectator, July 21, 2021.
Afghanistan: l’enlisement – L’Histoire 487 (Septembre 2021).
Don’t expect Afghanistan to have a Western-style government. This explains why – The Washington Post (December 2019).
Yes, it’s possible to do research in conflict zones. This is how – The Washington Post (April 2017). With Dipali Mukhopadhyay.
Afghanistan militias: After a decade of counter-insurrection efforts, what role do they play? – The Conversation (March 2017).
Afghanistan: Des milices pour quoi faire? – The Conversation (December 2016).
What an Afghan Warlord-Turned Vice President Tells Us About Military Intervention and State Building – Political Violence @ a Glance (May 2016).
Afghanistan: Talibans, toujours vivants! – Alternatives Internationales HS 16 (2015): 72-73.
Afghanistan: Une campagne en chasse une autre – Alternatives Internationales HS14 (2014): 132-133.
Des hommes d’influence – Diplomatie Magazine 54 (2012).
Les Seigneurs de Guerre Afghans dans l’Après-2001 – Nouvelles d’Afghanistan134 (2011).
Entre tradition et modernité, la justice coutumière au Bénin et au Mali – ISS Policy Brief 12 (2009).
Renforcer les droits des mineurs en conflit avec la loi, la justice juvénile au Bénin et au Mali – ISS Policy Brief 11 (2009).
Kaboul: une violence incompréhensible vue d’Occident – Rue 89 (November 2007).
