Journal Articles
Nathaniel Allen. “Authoritarian Armies and Democratizing States: How the Military Influences African Transitional Politics.” Democratization 26:2 (2019). link.
Nathaniel Allen. “A Transformative New Approach or a Repeat of Failures Past? Assessing a Decade of U.S. Military Strategy in Africa.” Orbis 62:4 (2018). link.
Nathaniel Allen. “Unusual Lessons from an Unusual War: Boko Haram and Modern Insurgency.” The Washington Quarterly 40:4 (2018). link.
Nathaniel Allen and Travis Sharp. “Process Peace: A New Evaluation Framework for International Diplomacy,” International Negotiation 22:1 (2017). pdf.
Nathaniel Allen. “Misreading Mali’s Collapse: Foreign Aid, Governance and Political Instability in Emerging Democracies.” Journal of Public and International Affairs 24 (2013). pdf.
Under Review
Nathaniel Allen. “The Many Varieties of Ethnic Stacking: Investigating the Uses and Abuses of Security Force Ethnicity in Sudan.” Revise and Resubmit. Civil Wars.
Research in Progress
“The Role of Security Forces in Sudan’s Transition.” With Luka Kuol.
“Unpacking Stacking: How Manipulating Political Identity in Security Forces Safeguards Regime Security.” With Risa Brooks.
“Jihadist Militancy, Patronage Politics, and the African State.” With Michael Marcusa.