He argues in Why Leaders Lie (Oxford University Press, 2011) that leaders lie to foreign audiences as well as their own people because they think it is good for their country.
In Why Leaders Lie (Oxford University Press, 2011) stellte er dar, dass politische Führer das Ausland ebenso wie das eigene Volk belügen, weil sie daran glauben, damit ihrem Land zu dienen.