BOOKS:

The Formless Empire: A Short History of Diplomacy and Warfare in Central Asia. Westholme Publishing, 2015.

BOOK SECTIONS:

Global Woke Against Local Progress. Chapter 3 in ‘Tracking Global Wokeism’, edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein. Brill, Value Inquiry Books Series, 2025.

Manchuria-Cockpit of Insurgent Empire: A Historical Perspective from the Khitan Liao to the People’s Republic of China. In ‘Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War,’ edited by Scott Romaniuk and Stewart Webb. Routledge, 2015.

INSTITUTIONAL AND PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

From 2021-through the present many of my foreign policy and geopolitical theory writings can be found at The Institute for Peace and Diplomacy. Specifically, here. Particular highlights are:

–Invading Venezuela Is Not ‘America First’, 2025 (co-authored).

–The Revisionism of America’s Quest for Global Hegemony, 2025.

–The Rise of a Multipolar West Asia: Why the Middle East Resists Hegemony, 2025.

–NATO, Gargoyle of Globalism, 2024.

–Turkey: A Middle Power Pioneer, 2024.

–George Washington and the Birth of American Realism, 2024 (co-authored).

–Washington Must Pivot to Break the Deadlock in Ukraine, 2024.

–Sovereignty: Keystone of the International System, 2023.

–Woke Imperium: The Coming Confluence Between Social Justice and Neoconservatism, 2022 (now also officially in French over at Le Monde Diplomatique).

–Middle Powers in the Multi-Polar World, 2022 (co-authored).

–Kazakhstan Crisis and the Prominence of CSTO as an Alternative Security Partnership, 2022.

–On the Brink: Averting a New Cold War Between Washington and Beijing, 2021 (co-authored).

–Economic Sanctions: A Failed Approach , 2021 (co-authored).

–After Exceptionalism: A Review of Andrew Bacevich’s ‘After the Apocalypse’ (book review), 2021.

–The Unraveling of a Myth: Nation Building and Calamity in Afghanistan, 2021.

–The Increasing Prominence of RCEP and its Security Implications for the Quad, 2021.

–The Last Straw for Liberal Hegemony: Intervention in the Syrian Civil War, 2021.

–China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Ambitious Enterprise But Not a Menace to North Atlantic Interests, 2021.

–Dropping a Dispute: Why the U.S. Should Not Contest Canadian Arctic Sovereignty, 2021.

Peer Reviewed Outside of IPD:

The Impermanence of Alliance and the Non-Ideological Nature of Multipolarity. Red America Journal, April issue, 2025.

Polycentrism and the Eurasian Balance of Power. Eurasian World, 2024.

Inshore Balancers and Reborn Opportunities: Middle Powers and the Silk Road Region. Baku Dialogues, 2022.

Scenarios for a Post-U.S. Afghanistan. Defense Priorities explainer, 2020.

Don’t Fear China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, Volume 62 Issue 4, 2020.

Countering Violent Extremism in Central Asia: A Reappraisal of Diplomatic Engagement with Historical Human Rights. U.S. Department of State, unclassified version, 2017.

Playing Poker with the Rule of Law: The United Nations and International Peacebuilding Strategies in the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. Canadian Center of Science and Education, Journal of Politics and Law, 2011. Co-authored.

In Omnia Paratus: Of War, Conflict, and International Law in the Contemporary World System. Canadian Center of Science and Education, Journal of Politics and Law, 2010. Co-authored.

ARTICLES AND OPINION PIECES:

What does US ‘national interest’ really mean? Responsible Statecraft, 2025.

The Dark Crusade of “Little Wars”. The Realist Review and Antiwar, 2025.

In Argentina, America Secures a Libertarian Client State. The American Conservative, 2025.

‘Responsibility to Protect’ is a Trap. The Realist Review, 2025.

The Global NGO Complex Fades But Do the Missionaries Remain? India’s World, 2025.

Regime change won’t neuter Iran, UnHerd, 2025.

The Iran Strikes Will Further Encourage Nuclear Proliferation, The American Conservative, 2025.

Which Way, Liberal Interventionist? The Realist Review and Antiwar, 2025.

Modus Vivendi: Realism’s Missing Link. Agon, 2025.

Debate: Federal funding fuels failing foreign policy hive mind. Responsible Statecraft, 2025.

Chinese Shipbuilding Success Shows the Realist Roots of Power. The Realist Review, 2025.

The Non-Euphoric Case for Human Space Exploration. Doomer Optimism, 2025.

The Moralistic Risk for Trump’s Foreign Policy. The American Conservative, 2025.

Syria Proves the U.S. Needs Tulsi Gabbard. Newsweek, 2025. Co-authored.

US to bring troops home from Iraq, but why not from Syria too? Responsible Statecraft, 2024.

Book Review, ‘The Sources of Russian Aggression: Is Russia a Realist Power?’- What drove Russia’s invader turn? Responsible Statecraft, 2024.

Bibi’s push for a long war undermines Israel’s best friend- America. Responsible Statecraft, 2024.

The undeniable emptiness of Responsibility to Protect. Responsible Statecraft and Common Dreams, 2024.

America’s Foreign Policy Isn’t Normal. The National Interest, 2023.

Cycles of Mania and the Cancelling of the American Mind. Agon, 2023.

What’s so bad about ‘aggressive neutrality’? Responsible Statecraft, 2023.

Book Review, ‘End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration’-Elite Overproduction and Foreign Policy. The National Interest, 2023.

Could a Wagner Group Style Rebellion Happen in America? 19FortyFive, 2023.

Buffer States are Worth a Second Look. The National Interest, 2023.

The Democratist War on Diplomacy. The National Interest, 2023.

Tell me how this ends: If recent history is a guide, not with a knockout blow. Responsible Statecraft, 2023.

The Mirage of the Right Side of History. Agon, 2023.

Forever Wars Weaken Great Power Crisis Response. The National Interest, 2022.

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is horror in splendid color but is it enough? Responsible Statecraft, 2022.

Russia’s Regime Change War Repeats Washington’s Failures. The National Interest, 2022.

The Rise of Girlboss Militarism. Chronicles, 2022.

Iran-Taliban Clashes Prove America’s Rivals are Foes, Not Friends. The National Interest, 2022.

It is time to normalize relations with Venezuela. Responsible Statecraft, 2022.

The Media War Machine and the Current Thing. Contra, 2022.

The War in Ukraine Heralds a New World Order. 19FortyFive, 2022.

In Ukraine and Syria, Alluring ‘False Flags’ Demand Strategic Skepticism. The National Interest, 2022.

Not Everything is World War II. The American Conservative, 2022. Extra fun source for how long this has been going on for in US media, here.

Samantha Power and the Cosmopolitan Crusaders. Covert Action Magazine, 2021.

A Cold War Between China and America? Not So Fast. 19FortyFive, 2021.

The ‘Liberal International Order’ is Neither Universal Nor Exceptional. The National Interest, 2021. Co-authored.

A reunified Korea could be a formidable power in East Asia. Responsible Statecraft, 2021.

Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Strategy Is Not Based In Reality. 19FortyFive, 2021.

Book Review, ‘Tomorrow The World’-The Sun Never Sets on Postwar America. Global Security Review, 2021.

Diplomacy With Iran Will Serve U.S. Interests in Eurasia. The National Interest, 2021.

Iran-Al Qaeda Alliance? There Is No Such Thing. 19FortyFive, 2021.

The Aughts were Better for Gays than the Woke Era. Twink Revolution, 2020. (Site is now lost so here on this very site is the reprint version).

Biden must Reject the Pull of the American Hegemonic Mindset. Responsible Statecraft, 2020.

The Death of Exceptionalism and the Birth of a New Foreign Policy. The National Interest, 2020.

The Case for U.S. Offshore Balancing in the Middle East. The National Interest, 2020.

Why Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are Committed to Proxy-War. The National Interest and Real Clear World, 2020.

Keeping U.S. Troops in Syria to Counter Russia has the Opposite Effect. Business Insider and The Kyiv Post, 2020.

Is America the Defender of Sovereignty? The Hill, 2020.

New Sanctions on Syria Risk Powering Extremists. Washington Examiner, 2020.

Don’t Let Tension with China Ruin U.S.-North Korea Diplomacy. The Diplomat, 2020.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Is It Really a Threat? The National Interest, 2020.

Want to End Our Endless Wars? Remember the Peace of Westphalia. The American Conservative, 2020.

American Exceptionalism’s Latest Big Hit. Real Clear World, 2020.

Prioritize Plan A: America’s Navy Must Come First. The National Interest and Real Clear Defense, 2019.

Book Review, The Ottoman Age of Exploration. Muftah, 2012.

Saturn’s Hexagon Bafflers Astronomers. NBC News segment script, 2007.

INTERVIEWS, MEDIA APPEARANCES, AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:

Woke Imperium: How the US Uses Social Justice to Help Sell Empire. Class Unity, 2025.

The Alaska Summit: A Symposium. The Realist Review, 2025.

The Long Arc of History Bends Towards Realism. After the End of History, 2025.

They Can’t Break Iran: The Real Impact of the War. Neutrality Studies, 2025.

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Christopher Mott, and John Helmer. Gorilla Radio, Interview, 2025.

How Can President Trump Deliver on a Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire? Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, 2025, Symposium.

The Illusion of Hegemony, IR Thinker 2025.

Benjamin Barber’s Jihad vs McWorld 30 Years On with Dain Fitzgerald and Alex Hochuli: Part I, Part 2, 2025.

Democracy and its Contradiction. Carefree Wandering, 2024.

Global News, Aleppo Offensive segment, 2024.

Christopher Mott: The Late Great Woke Imperium and NATO Gargoyles. Geopolitics and Empire, 2024.

You won’t believe how progressives try to sell you more war. Neutrality Studies, 2024.

NGOs: The Hidden Hand of Imperialism. Probably Cancelled Podcast, interview, 2024.

The Role of Geopolitical Factors in the Russia-Ukraine War Cannot Be Ignored. Sainte-Pierre Center for International Security, 2024.

Doomer Optimism Guide to Geopolitics with James Pogue, Chris Mott, and Ashley. Doomer Optimism podcast, joint interview, 2024.

First U.S. President Hated Alliances for this Reason. Neutrality Studies, 2024.

Response to Joe Lieberman’s Call for War with Iran. The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano, statement, 2023.

Moral Mass Hysteria Happens Regularly and on Purpose- From Russiagate to Baloongate. Neutrality Studies, 2023.

Woke Wars and Gay Bombs: The Latest Iteration of U.S. Ideological Militarism. Neutrality Studies, discussion, 2023.

Geopolitics and Ideology with Chris Mott and Josh Kearns. Doomer Optimism podcast, interview, 2023.

Democratist Ideology’s Implications for National Security and Diplomacy. The Other Side of Midnight with Frank Morano, interview, 2023.

Woke Imperium: The Coming Confluence Between Social Justice and Neoconservatism. Probably Cancelled Podcast, interview, 2022.

Crackpot Wokeism. American Exception Podcast, discussion, 2022.

Episode 68– Chris Mott w/ Ashley Colby and Josh Kearns. Doomer Optimism podcast, interview, 2022.

The Great American Military Rebrand. TK News, radio discussion, 2022 (Fast forward about 15 minutes due to technical difficulties. Significant quotation also appears in this article).

The Woke Imperium: The Confluence Between Social Justice and Neoconservatism. The Grayzone, interview, 2022.

False Flags Demand Strategic Skepticism. Contra, interview, 2022.

Samantha Power and the Cosmopolitan Crusaders. Parallax Views Podcast, interview, 2022.

Middle East Peace? An unlikely but achievable way to reduce regional tensions. Kehilat Hanahar Synagogue, Bagel U presentation, 2022.

Samantha Power and the Cosmopolitan Crusaders. Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, interview, 2022.

From Beans to Bullets: Economic sanctions, do they even work? The Miseducation of Economics Podcast, interview, 2021.

China’s BRI Investments and its Impact on North Atlantic Interests. Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, interview, 2021.

Apocalypse Culture and the Native American Polity. Helmerich Center/Gilcrease Museum presentation, 2019.

CONFERENCES AND PANELS:

No Hegemony Left in the Middle East, Yerevan Dialogues, 2024, Presenter and Panelist.

Today Ukraine, Tomorrow the World: NATO as the Lynchpin of the American Empire, The Institute of Peace and Diplomacy, 2024, Panelist.

Straddling the Divide: Turkey’s Middle Power Play in Regionalism and Realism, Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, 2024. Panelist.

La guerra globa en Ucrania y el desafio de la paz, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2023. Presenter and Panelist.

Future of European Security in the Wake of the Ukraine War, IPD and Catholic University, 2023. Support Staff.

Advancing Security: Realism, Restraint, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy, 2021. Attended.

The Sino-Indian Border Dispute, George Washington University, 2017. Attended.

Countering Violent Extremism and Counterterrorism. George Washington University, 2017. Attended.

Strategic Choices of China and Russia. University of Helsinki, 2011. Presenter.

China and East Asia in International Relations. University of Durham, 2011. Presenter.

Symposium on Small States in International Relations. University of Iceland, 2011. Presenter.

Borders and Frontiers in History. University of St Andrews, 2011. Presenter.

Cross Cultural Encounters in History. University of St Andrews, 2010. Presenter.

Retrospective in the Balkan Conflicts, CATO Institute, 2008. Attended.