Books
Michael Poznansky. Great Power, Great Responsibility: How the Liberal International Order Shapes U.S. Foreign Policy (forthcoming with Oxford University Press).
Michael Poznansky (2020). In the Shadow of International Law: Secrecy and Regime Change in the Postwar World. New York: Oxford University Press.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Erica Lonergan and Michael Poznansky (Forthcoming). “Competing Visions for U.S. Grand Strategy in Cyberspace.” Security Studies.
Michael Joseph and Michael Poznansky (2024). "Secrecy and Innovation." International Organization. 78(4): 766-799.
Kenneth Lowande and Michael Poznansky (2024). “Executive Action That Lasts.” Journal of Public Policy.
Michael F. Joseph, Michael Poznansky, and William Spaniel (2022). "Shooting the Messenger: The Challenge of National Security Whistleblowing." Journal of Politics. 84(2): 846-860.
Michael Poznansky (2021). "The Psychology of Overt and Covert Intervention." Security Studies. 30(3): 325-353.
Michael Poznansky (2020). "Revisiting Plausible Deniability." Journal of Strategies Studies. Online First.
William Spaniel and Michael Poznansky (2020). "Bad-Faith Cooperation." International Interactions. 46(4): 579-605.
Michael Poznansky (2019). "Feigning Compliance: Covert Action and International Law." International Studies Quarterly 63(1): 72-84. [online appendix]
William Spaniel and Michael Poznansky (2018). "Credible Commitment in Covert Affairs." American Journal of Political Science 62(3): 668-681.
Michael F. Joseph and Michael Poznansky (2018). "Media Technology, Covert Action, and the Politics of Exposure." Journal of Peace Research 55(3): 320-335.
Michael Poznansky and Evan Perkoski (2018). "Rethinking Secrecy in Cyberspace: The Politics of Voluntary Attribution." Journal of Global Security Studies 3(4): 402-416.
Michael Poznansky and Matt K. Scroggs (2016). "Ballots and Blackmail: Coercive Bargaining and the Democratic Peace." International Studies Quarterly 60(4): 731-741 [Replication Data].
Michael Poznansky (2015). "Stasis or Decay? Reconciling Covert War and the Democratic Peace." International Studies Quarterly 59(4): 815-826.
Response by Tarak Barkawi (2015). "Scientific Decay." International Studies Quarterly 59(4): 827-829.John M. Owen and Michael Poznansky (2014). "When Does America Drop Dictators?" European Journal of International Relations 20(4): 1072-1099.
Peer-Reviewed Chapters
Jon R. Lindsay and Michael Poznansky (Forthcoming, 2024). “The Cat in the Hat and Cyber Warfare.” In Dr. Seuss and the Art of War. Montgomery McFate, ed. (Rowman & Littlefield).
Michael Poznansky (2024). “Enduring Challenges in Cyberspace.” In Great Power Cyber Competition: Competing and Winning in the Information Environment. David V. Gioe and Margaret W. Smith, eds. (Routledge Advances in Defence Studies).
Kyle Lascurettes and Michael Poznansky (2021). "International Order in Theory and Practice." In The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies (Oxford University Press). doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.673.
Evan Perkoski and Michael Poznansky (2018). "Offense and Defense in Cyberspace." In Military Strategy, Joint Operations, and Airpower: An Introduction. Ryan Burke, Michael Fowler, and Kevin McCaskey, eds. (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press), 166-179.
Reports
Daniel Grobarcik, William Loomis, Michael Poznansky, and Frank Smith (2022). “Wargaming to Find a Safe Port in a Cyber Storm.” Atlantic Council Issue Brief.
Working Papers and Work in Progress
"The Sources of Cyber Strategy." With Nadiya Kostyuk and Evan Perkoski (revise & resubmit).
“Success and Failure in Cyberspace.” With Lennart Maschmeyer.
"Institutional Design, Enforcement Problems, and War." With William Spaniel.