Research
Applies Pigou's negative externality theory, Lukes' three-dimensional power model, and Bradford's Brussels Effect to argue that facial recognition markets persist as market failures: the state was simultaneously the technology's largest buyer and its only potential regulator, a structural conflict of interest existing frameworks weren't designed to address.
Preprint validating the 'creative insecurity' hypothesis against China's semiconductor industry: Huawei's 90% domestic component localization and SMIC's 7-nanometer production milestone show export controls functioning as industrial policy, not merely a security response.
Quantitative modeling of G20 bilateral trade retaliation sequences using logistic regression: the methodological backbone to qualitative policy arguments about escalation dynamics.
Essays
John Locke Institute submission arguing that foreign aid converts poverty from a problem of injustice into a question of charity; this conversion works precisely because the people administering it are sincere, not cynical.
John Locke Institute submission on why the profit-versus-altruism debate is a false choice: what matters is institutional design that channels the same human psychology toward accountability, in any sector.
John Locke Institute submission examining diversity's real, evidenced economic value against the failure mode of 'diversity washing'; written from the inside of three overlapping cultural identities.
USA Economics Olympiad submission on how Ricardian comparative advantage has no conceptual mechanism for 'weaponized interdependence'; the same efficiency logic that built the TSMC supply chain built its single point of failure.
Practice
Supported the Global Solutions Initiative's outreach and policy teams through participant coordination and briefing materials for the Global Solutions Summit 2026.
Canopy
Full-stack platform tracking SDG policy implementation across 173 countries, with AI-generated daily briefings built for students, researchers, and policy professionals.
Media
Economic and policy analysis of current events: lab-grown meat pricing, the renewables transition, geopolitical realignment without American leadership.