Books

• China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead (Columbia University Press, 2004)

Co-Edited Books

• with Larry Diamond; Political Change in China: Comparisons With Taiwan(Lynne Rienner 2008)

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

• "Assaults on Capitalism and Democratic Backsliding: Evidence from Asia," Asian Journal of Comparative Politics Video (2021)
• "Taxation and Authoritarian Resilience," Journal of Contemporary China (2017)
• "Did Bush Democratize the Middle East? Exploring External-Internal Linkages", Political Science Quarterly (2014)
• “Democratic Enclaves in Authoritarian Regimes”, Democratization (2010) -- Winner of the Frank Cass Award for the Best Article in Democratization in 2010
• “Elite-Led Democratization in China”, International Journal (2006)

Refereed Book Chapters

• “Taiwan’s Democratic Transition: A Model for China?” in Gilley & Diamond (eds.); Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan (Lynne Rienner 2008)
• “Comparing and Rethinking Political Change in China and Taiwan” in Gilley & Diamond (eds.); Political Change in China: Comparisons With Taiwan (Lynne Rienner 2008)
• “Rural Entrepreneurs and Democracy in China”, in Gold & Bonnell (eds.), The New Entrepreneurs of Europe and Asia (M.E. Sharpe 2001)

Policy Journal Articles

• "Their Democracy: The Partisan Slide of the National Endowment for Democracy," The American Mind (June 2023)
• "30 Years After Tiananmen: The Young and the Restless," Journal of Democracy (2019)
• "Could China Be the Next Wave?", Current History (2011)
• “Democratic Triumph, Scholarly Pessimism”, Journal of Democracy (2010)
• “Civil Society, Democracy, and Elections”, eJournalUSA (2010)
• “Is Democracy Possible?”, Journal of Democracy (2009)
• “From Decay to Democracy”, Foreign Policy (2006)
• “The New Anti-Democrats”, Orbis (2006)
• “Should We Try to Predict Transitions to Democracy?”, Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations (2005)
• "The Limits of Authoritarian Resilience", Journal of Democracy (2003)

Power Point Presentations

• "Democracy and Good Governance"

Syllabi

Transitions to Democracy (PS 479/579)

Bibliography on Democracy Promotion and Assistance

Public Service

• "Liu Xiaobo and Dutch's Optimism", Testimony Before the United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China, 9 November 2010.
• Faculty Leader, The Spirit of Shanghai: Foreign Policy Coordination Against Democracy Movements within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Implications for U.S. Policy, PSU Policy Taskforce on U.S. Democracy Promotion and Assistance Policy (2010)
• Team Leader, “CIDA Support For Civil Society in China”,Delivering Democracy: Defining Success and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Democratic Assistance Programs, Queen’s University Centre for the Study of Democracy (2008)
• Journal of Democracy, Editorial Board Member, Since 2007
• External Reviewer, Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program, National Endowment for Democracy, 2010-2011.