| The stealth superpower OS Mastro Foreign affairs 98 (1), 31-39, 2019 | 112 | 2019 |
| Why Chinese assertiveness is here to stay OS Mastro The Washington Quarterly 37 (4), 151-170, 2014 | 89 | 2014 |
| The Taiwan temptation: Why Beijing might resort to force OS Mastro Foreign Aff. 100, 58, 2021 | 58 | 2021 |
| The Emerging Asia Power Web: The Rise of Bilateral Intra-Asian Security Ties PM Cronin, R Fontaine, ZM Hosford, OS Mastro, E Ratner, A Sullivan Center for a New American Security, 2013 | 52 | 2013 |
| Signaling and Military Provocation in Chinese National Security Strategy: A Closer Look at the Impeccable Incident of March 2009 OS Mastro Journal of Strategic Studies 34 (2), 219-244, 2011 | 44 | 2011 |
| Why China won't rescue North Korea: What to expect if things fall apart OS Mastro Foreign Affairs 97 (1), 58-66, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
| In the Shadow of the Thucydides Trap: International Relations Theory and the Prospects for Peace in U.S.-China Relations OS Mastro Journal of Chinese Political Science 24 (1), 25-45, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| How China is bending the rules in the South China Sea OS Mastro The Lowy Interpreter, 2021 | 34 | 2021 |
| Military Confrontation in the South China Sea OS Mastro Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 36, 2020 | 32* | 2020 |
| Conflict and chaos on the Korean Peninsula: Can China's military help secure North Korea's nuclear weapons? OS Mastro International Security 43 (2), 84-116, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military and Taiwan's Security MD Swaine, OS Mastro, AND Yang, ES Medeiros Swaine, Yang, and Medeiros, eds., Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military …, 2007 | 27* | 2007 |
| Countering Chinese coercion: the case of Doklam OS Mastro, A Tarapore War on the Rocks 29, 2017 | 22 | 2017 |
| The Sansha Garrison: China's deliberate escalation in the South China Sea OS Mastro Center for a New American Security, 2012 | 21 | 2012 |
| The costs of conversation: obstacles to peace talks in wartime OS Mastro Cornell University Press, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
| The Vulnerability of Rising Powers: The Logic Behind China's Low Military Transparency OS Mastro Asian Security 12 (2), 63-81, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| The problems of the liberal peace in Asia OS Mastro Survival 56 (2), 129-158, 2014 | 16 | 2014 |
| Ukraine is a Distraction from Taiwan E Colby, OS Mastro Wall Street Journal 13, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| It Takes Two to Tango: Autocratic underbalancing, regime legitimacy and China’s responses to India’s rise OS Mastro Journal of Strategic Studies 42 (1), 114-152, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
| How China ends wars: implications for East Asian and US security OS Mastro The Washington Quarterly 41 (1), 45-60, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| The Taiwan Temptation OS Mastro Foreign Affairs, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
