Publications

Peer-Reviewed

  • Wunische, Adam. "Lecture Versus Simulation: Testing the Long-Term Effects." Journal of Political Science Education 15, no. 1 (2019): 37-48., DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2018.1492416


Policy and Analysis

  • Can Armed Statebuilding Succeed in Ukraine, Gaza or Taiwan?, The Washington Quarterly, July 2024

  • Chapter on Afghanistan, Armed Conflict Survey. International Institute for Strategic Studies, May 2020

  • "The US-Taliban Deal Is Not a Military Withdrawal; It Should Be." The Quincy Institute, March 2020

  • "The Lost Art of Exiting a War." War on the Rocks, October 21, 2019

  • Chapter on Afghanistan, Armed Conflict Survey. International Institute for Strategic Studies, May 2019


Commentary

  • "The Real Lesson from the Afghanistan Papers: Pull the U.S. Military Out of the Statebuilding Business." Responsible Statecraft, December 10, 2019

  • "Reviewing: Why America Loses Wars." The Strategy Bridge, October 23, 2019

  • "The Real Costs of the War in Afghanistan." The New Republic, September 27, 2019

  • "Nothing New: Why the 'Revolution' in Military Affairs is the Same as the Old One." The National Interest, September 2nd, 2019

  • "America's Military Is Losing Its Counterinsurgency Operations Capabilities." The National Interest, October 2nd, 2018

  • "AI Weapons Are Here to Stay." The National Interest, August 5th, 2018

  • "What Does Victory Look Like in Afghanistan?" The Strategy Bridge, August 9th, 2017

  • "When the Islamic State and the Taliban Compete, Afghanistan Loses" The Diplomat, March 18th, 2017

  • "Legalizing Opium Won't Work for Afghanistan" The Diplomat, January 5th, 2017

  • "Despite Rising Violence, Some Promising Trends in Afghanistan" The Diplomat, December 10th, 2016

  • "The future of Thai Civil-Military Relations: In Desperate Need of Legitimacy" The Diplomat, October 18th, 2016

Talks and Presentations

  • Critical Thinking and Structuring Analysis

    • National Security Studies Program, George Washington University, September 22, 2026

  • Innovators, Inflators, and Gisters: A Structural Theory of Intelligence Analysis

    • Intelligence Studies Symposium, National Intelligence University, March 2025

  • Opportunities in Civil-Military Relations

    • APSA Annual Conference, Washington DC, August 28, 2019

  • Panel Discussion: Exploring the Militarization of US Foreign Policy

    • APSA Annual Conference, Washington DC, August 28, 2019

  • Tourism and Terrorism: Reversing the Causal Direction

    • ISA Northeast, Baltimore, MD Nov. 2-3, 2018

  • Why Do It Yourself When You Can Get Others to Do It For You? Assessing U.S. Foreign Security Force Assistance Strategies.

    • ISA Annual Conference. San Fransisco, CA Apr. 4-7, 2018

  • Lecture Versus Simulation: Testing the Long-Term Effects

    • APSA Teaching and Learning Conference. Baltimore, MD Feb. 2-4, 2018

  • Classifying Types of Terrorist Attackers: Ending the False Dichotomy.

    • Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA Nov. 9-11, 2017

  • Legitimacy and Statebuilding in Afghanistan: Comparing Provincial Reconstruction Teams.

    • American Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Fransisco Aug. 31 - Sep. 3, 2017

  • Would You Intervene? Dilemmas of Armed Statebuilding

    • Boston College GradTalks, April 21, 2017

  • Civil-Military Relations: Opportunities in Structurally Indeterminate Threat Environments.

    • Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA Nov. 10-12, 2016