Joseph J. Ruggiero

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, where I work on topics in formal theory, international conflict, and political economy. I received my Ph.D. at Princeton University in 2024 and was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University.

Publications

• “Competitive Diplomacy in Bargaining and War.” American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming.




• “Preventive War and Sovereign Debt” with Colin Krainin, Kristopher W. Ramsay, and Bella Wang. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 39(5), 487-519, 2022.

Working papers

• “Diversionary Escalation: Theory and Evidence from Eastern Ukraine” with Natalie Ayers, Christopher Blair, Austin Wright, and Konstantin Sonin. Revise and resubmit, American Political Science Review.




• “Crisis Bargaining Over What?”




• “What Makes a World War? A Structural Analysis of Integration.” Awarded Best APSA Paper by APSA Formal Theory Section and Best Graduate Student Paper by the Formal Models of Conflict Conference.

Work in progress

• “Battlefield Information Manipulation” with Christopher Blair.




• “Propping Up Allies With Uncertain Prospects” with Kristopher W. Ramsay.