My research centers around two themes: the relationship between economic interests and political outcomes, and the interaction between domestic politics and the global economy. My recent work explores the conditions under which international economic crises prompt policy reforms and democratization, drawing lessons from the Asian Financial Crisis and placing them in the comparative context. Some of my other projects study the coalitional bases of authoritarian rule, financial politics in emerging market economies, and the effects of aerial bombing during the Vietnam War. Currently, I am involved in several co-authored projects on the political economy of Islam, in Indonesia and around the world. My work has appeared or is forthcoming at World Politics, Studies in Comparative International Development, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of Democracy, and an edited volume on the modern political economy of East Asia.

I teach courses on Southeast Asian politics, comparative and international political economy, and political Islam. You can learn more about me at my academic website (http://spot.colorado.edu/~pepinsky).