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Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

There's a lot of great work on misperceptions in IR, but always about what foreign actors want, rather than domestic ones www.amazon.com/Perception-M...

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Perception and Misperception in International Politics (Center for International Affairs, Harvard University)

Amazon.com: Perception and Misperception in International Politics (Center for International Affairs, Harvard University): 9780691100494: Jervis, Robert: Books

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Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Meanwhile, there's a lot of great work in AP/CP showing elites misperceive public opinion (by @miguelpereira.bsky.social @awhf.bsky.social @liorsheffer.bsky.social @cskovron.bsky.social @dbroockman.bsky.social @alexanderfurnas.com @timlapira.bsky.social + ∞), but it tends to focus on domestic issues

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Joshua Kertzer @jkertzer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Via seven waves of survey data from 2002-2024 (+ 1 survey experiment), we show that FP opinion leaders systematically misperceive Americans as more inward-looking than they really are, underestimating support for: - Free trade - Immigration - Working through IOs - Playing an active role 🌎 - etc.

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