Shifrinson has published extensively on international security policy, U.S.-Chinese relations, NATO enlargement, U.S.-Russian relations, and nuclear policy. He is the author of Rising Titans, Falling Giants: How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts (Cornell University Press, 2018). His work also has appeared in International Security, the Journal of Strategic Studies, International Politics, Strategic Studies Quarterly, The Washington Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Politico, and War on the Rocks, among other venues.
Shifrinson received his BA from Brandeis University in History and Politics, and his doctorate in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has previously held fellowships with the Belfer Center, the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies at George Washington University, the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.