Accepted/Forthcoming

Who Violates Censorship Laws? Evidence from North Korea
Asian Survey (with Peter Ward)

2025

Legacies of Party Origins on the Electoral Performance of Former Authoritarian Ruling Parties
Democratization (with Taegyoon Kim)

2023

Personalization of Power and Mass Uprisings in Dictatorships
British Journal of Political Science (with John Chin and Joseph Wright) 

2022

Reshaping the Threat Environment: Personalism, Coups, and Assassinations
Comparative Political Studies (with John Chin, Abel Escribà-Folch, and Joseph Wright)

Dictators, Personalized Security Forces, and Coups
International Interactions

2021

Autocratic Regime Formation by Armed Rebels and Subsequent Regime Stability
Peace Studies (in Korean)

2018

The North Korean Autocracy in a Comparative Perspective
Journal of East Asian Studies (with Joseph Wright)

In Progress

The Political Consequences of Leader Assassination (with John Chin, Abel Escribà-Folch, and Joseph Wright)

Foreign Support and Military Coups during Civil Wars (with Dongsuk Kim)