Books

• Michael Poznansky (2025). Great Power, Great Responsibility: How the Liberal International Order Shapes U.S. Foreign Policy. New York: 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

• Nadiya Kostyuk, Evan Perkoski, and Michael Poznansky (2025). “The Bureaucratic Politics of Cyber Strategy.” Journal of Global Security Studies. 10(3): 1-17.

• Erica Lonergan and Michael Poznansky (2024). “Competing Visions for U.S. Grand Strategy in Cyberspace.” Security Studies. 33(4): 607-639.

• Michael Joseph and Michael Poznansky (2024). "Secret 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

• Nina Kollars and Michael Poznansky (2026). “The Cyberecurity Firm and the State: Disclosure, Escalation, and Non-Military Warfare in Cyberspace.” In The Threat and Dynamics of Non-Military Warfare. Oscar Jonsson and Ilmari Käihkö, eds. (Routledge Advances in Defence Studies).

• Michael Poznansky (2025). “The Causes and Consequences of U.S. Covert Action.” In The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence, 2nd edition. Loch K. Johnson, ed. (Oxford University Press).

• Michael Poznansky (2025). “Secrecy, Deception, Cyber, and Navies.” In Cyber Warfare and Navies. Chris Demchak and Sam Tangredi, eds. (Naval Institute Press).

• Jon R. Lindsay and Michael Poznansky (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.

Essays and Reports

• Michael Poznansky (2025). “Back to the Future: The Case for Strengthening—Not Replacing—the Rules-Based Order.” Stimson Center’s New Visions for Grand Strategy Project.

• 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

• “Success and Failure in Cyberspace.” With Lennart Maschmeyer (revise & resubmit).

• “Window Shopping: How Windows of Opportunity Shape Conflict.”

• "Institutional Design, Enforcement Problems, and War." With William Spaniel.

• Opportunistic Aggression. With Kendrick Kuo (book project).