Her first book, The Politics of Ethnic Separatism in Russia and Georgia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), addressed the mechanisms of secession, war, and peace in those countries from 1992-2008. She is currently working on a book project, “Compromised Sovereignty,” which examines state-building efforts in post-Communist states with fragmented borders – such as Georgia, Moldova, and Serbia – and investigates how territories seeking independence respond to those efforts.