“When the Farce Is Tragedy,” Dissent magazine online, January 30, 2018.

“Response to Richard Drayton and David Motadel,” co-written with Jeremy Adelman, Journal of Global History, vol. 13

(2018), pp. 16-21.

“Is it Still Okay to Venerate George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?” The Washington Post online, August 17, 2017.

“What Can Emmanuel Macron Accomplish as France’s President?” The Nation online, May 9, 2017

“France, Round One: The Left’s Continuing Dilemma,” Dissent magazine online, April 24, 2017.

“France: The Death of the Elephants,” Dissent magazine online, February 2, 2017.

“Donald Trump Is Making the Great Man Theory of History Great Again,” Foreign Policy online, January 12, 2017.

“What Next for Donald Trump?” The National Interest, January-February 2016.

“Fake News Is Not the Real Media Threat We’re Facing,” The Nation online, December 24, 2016.

“On the Institut d’Histoire de la Révolution Française,” H-France Salon, September 7, 2016.

"2016: The Theory Behind a Very Bad Year (and It’s Only Half Over)," Foreign Policy, July 20, 2016.

"France on the Brink," Dissent, July 18, 2016

"Mr. Boswell Goes to Corsica: The Surprising Origins of Modern Political Charisma," Princeton Alumni Weekly, May 11, 2016.

"A Moral Abdication," Dissent, April 25, 2016

"The Sound of Munich," The National Interest, April 25, 2016.

"Booked: Is it Time to Retire the Term Revolution?" (An interview/podcast with Tim Shenk), Dissent, April 7, 2016.

"In Defense of Criticism," H-France Salon, vol. 7, no.  20.

"Five Myths About the French Revolution," The Washington Post, July 9, 2015.

"The French Dilemma," Dissent, Spring 2015.

 "Peter Gay: A Remembrance," H-France Salon, vol. 7, no. 3

"On The New Republic," Los Angeles Review of Books, December 29, 2014.

"Questioning the Global Turn: The Case of the French Revolution," French Historical Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2014.

"Double Entendre: The Paradox of France's Humanitarian Interventions," Foreign Affairs, January 15, 2014,

"Inglorious Revolutions," The National Interest, January-February 2014.

"The Culture of War in Europe, 1750-1815," in Julian Swann and Joël Félix, eds., The Crisis of the Absolute Monarchy: France from Old Regime to Revolution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), pp. 147-165.

"The War in Mali is a Reminder of France's Grand Malaise." The New Republic, January 15, 2013

“François Hollande’s Apology Tour—and What Americans Should Learn From It,” The New Republic, October 19, 2012.

"The Bookless Library: Don't Deny the Change, Direct it Wisely," The New Republic, August 2, 2012.

"Happy Birthday to Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Why the World's First Celebrity Intellectual Still Matters," The New Republic online, June 22, 2012.

"Midnight in Paris: The Implosion of the French Right," The New Republic, May 24, 2012.

“What We’ve Lost With the Demise of Print Encyclopedias,” The New Republic online, March 19, 2012.

« Autour de la guerre totale », Annales historiques de la Révolution française, no. 366, Fall 2011, pp. 153-70. In collaboration with Hervé Drevillon and Olivier Forcade.

"The Case Against Referendums: From Greece to California, They Always End Up Undermining Democracy," The New Republic online, November 3, 2011.

“Why We Can’t Rule Out an Egyptian Reign of Terror,” Foreign Policy magazine, online, February 7, 2011.

“Political Columnists Think America Is In Decline. Big Surprise.” The New Republic online, October 5, 2010.

 “The Intricacies of Spousal Hiring,” Chronicle of Higher Education, May 14, 2010.

“A la recherche d’un nouveau paradigme?” H-France Salon online, no. 1 (2010).

 “Reimagining the Humanities: Proposals for a New Century,” Dissent, Fall 2010, pp.       69-75.