• “Liberals, Neocons, and Realcons: The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention,” Orbis Vol. 46, No. 4 (Fall 2001): 519-33.

2010s

  • “Review of Randall L. Schweller, Maxwell’s Demon and the Golden Apple: Global Discord in the New Millennium,” Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 15, No. 4 (December 2017): 1198-1200.

MCDesch.com

  • “The Myth of Abandonment: The Use and Abuse of the Holocaust Analogy,” Security Studies Vol. 15, No. 2 (January-March 2006): 106-45.

Before 2000

  • "Soldiers, States, and Structures: The End of the Cold War and the Weakening of U.S. Civilian Control," Armed Forces and Society Vol. 24, no. 3 (Spring 1998): 385-406.
  • “The Church of St. Andy,” The National Interest No. 155 (January/February 2015): 87-96.
  • "Turning the Caribbean Flank: SLOC Vulnerability During a European War," Survival, Vol. 29, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 528-551.
  • “The Wartime Impact of Peacetime War Planning,” Joint Forces Quarterly Spring 2002, 94-104.
  • “Response to Comments on ‘Technique Trumps Relevance,’” Perspectives on Politics Vol. 13, No. 2 (June 2015): 406-7. [SSCI IF 3.035].

Published Articles

  • "Bases for the Future: U.S. Post-Cold War Military Base Requirements in the Third World," Security Studies Vol. , no. 2 (Winter 1992/93): 201-24.

2000s

  • “What Do Policymakers Want From Us? Results of a Survey of Current and Former Senior National Security Decision-makers,” International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 4 (December 2014).