Research Agenda

My current research agenda concerns, broadly,  the intersection of technology, politics, and society. More specifically my current avenue of research is exploring the impact of decentralizing the means of production and the impacts this might have on the state. 

Other research interest concern the process of globalization and the impact this has on the ability of humanity to survive possible global catastrophes, as well as the role it has played in creating these possible catastrophes. The politics of Outer Space and Space Travel have a great impact on this as well.

I am also currently involved in research into the question of Sovereignty in the 21st century, with an eye towards the role of international institutions and devolution in changing the nature of state sovereignty and the Westphalian system.
Everyman a Heisenberg: 3-D Printing, Illicit Goods, and Civil Violence

A look into the impact of 3-D printing and the illicit goods trade that funds so much violence.


A Practical and Pragmatic Case for Martian Independence

A brief article at the Strategy Bridge arguing for Martian Independence from the start.
Dissertation
​Titled "Space Cops and Cyber Cowboys: An institutional comparison of the governance of Space Exploration and the Internet"

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Printing Peace: 3-D Printing and Civil Conflicts
Scottish Independence: Why Now and What Next?
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Examining the electoral timing of the September 2014 independence referendum, and why that will most likely not be the end of the move for Scottish Independence.
Printing Power: 3-D Printing and State Security
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An article in the October, 2015 edition of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence, and Counter Terrorism. Examining the impact of advances in 3-D printing on Terrorists' ability to gain access to WMDs and the ways that states can counter this shift in power.


The write-up on the Monkey Cage blog in the Washington Post. http://ow.ly/RTZdK

Publications and Rough Drafts

The Strategy Bridge "The Practical and Pragmatic Case for Martian Independence"
Monkey Cage Blog Post in the Washington Post "You can print your own guns at home. Next it will be nuclear weapons. Really." http://ow.ly/RTZdK
Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism. "Printing Power: 3d Printing and State Security"