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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 26/09/2026
In this post, I argue that all false citations are fraud, regardless of how they are generated. tompepinsky.com/2026/09/26/f...
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False Citations Are Fraud
I want to establish the normative position that false citations are fraud. In other words, I want you to think that when someone shares research with you that contains false citations, they are com…
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 12/08/2026
Big news for Southeast Asian studies in North America! The Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG) is pleased to announce a 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 in partnership with four Southeast Asian universities. Details below 👇 dcid.sanford.duke.edu/seareg/postd...
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SEAREG Postdoctoral Fellowship | Duke Center for International Development
The Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG) is launching a Postdoctoral Fellowship program that will begin in the summer of 2027 with one Fellow holding a 12-month positio
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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Upcoming event from @getsea.bsky.social! Learn about Southeast Asian Studies from graduate students studying SEA at universities across the US. Area studies, resources, programs, funding, advisors, general advice & more will be discussed! Dec. 15 @ 2:00pm (PT) / 5:00pm (ET) bit.ly/3Ym7dhj
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Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Book workshops are *fantastic.* Whether or not resources are an issue, the Zoom version (2-3 hours) works incredibly well and makes it much easier for participants to attend. Other book workshop tips 🧵:
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World Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Time to Encode/Decode new #empirical research on the allocations of #foreign #aid in #India. Read Brian Min, Eugenio Arima, @schooldaves.bsky.social, @a2hicken.bsky.social ky.social, @joelselway.bsky.social, and Ken Kollman's full article: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
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New Mandala @newmandala.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
NEW 🇮🇩 "What [the protesters] really stand for, above all, is rejection of the entire ruling elite. And the entire ruling elite, more or less, stands united against them." @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on last week's protests and the limits of comparisons with 1998 www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
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Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala
A subculture of opposition survives beyond Jokowi
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Edward Aspinall @edwardaspinall.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
My take on the recent protests in Indonesia www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
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Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala
A subculture of opposition survives beyond Jokowi
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
There's been a lot of speculation recently that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra could resign before the Constitutional Court issues a ruling on her ethics case. Will she stay or will she go? www.coffeeparliament.com/p/will-she-s...
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Will She Stay or Will She Go?
Speculation intensifies that the Prime Minister could resign
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Paul Schuler @paulschuler.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
For all Southeast Asianist scholars, please consider submitting a paper proposal for SEAREG at UC-San Diego in December. dcid.sanford.duke.edu/seareg-thema...
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SEAREG Thematic Sessions | Duke Center for International Development
SEAREG Thematic Sessions - Duke Center for International Development
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Meredith Weiss @merweiss.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Crazy events occasionally compel me to venture out of my usual cozy niche in comparative politics and into foreign policy ... And few recent events (at least in my world) have been quite so crazy as this nomination. theconversation.com/malaysia-con...
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Malaysia confronts the realities of MAGA diplomacy and Trump’s brash ambassadorial pick
For decades, Malaysia and the US have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship. Could that be changing?
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Kharis Templeman @kharist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Finally wrote something about the Taiwan People's Party. Read to the end to find out why the TPP is the biggest reason most KMT legislators are going to face recall votes on July 26: www.kharistempleman.com/blog/the-cur...
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The Curious Case of the Taiwan People's Party, Part 1: Policy, Office, or Votes?
This post got so long I broke it into [two] --> [three] --> FOUR pieces. Part 1 is below. Part 2 is her e, Part 3 is here , and Part 4 is here .
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Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 14/07/2025
Scholars from Southeast Asia have until July 20 to submit proposals for the #AAS2026 Rising Voices panel, “Against the Tide: Agency in Volatile Times for Southeast Asia.” Check out the full CFP at #AsiaNow! buff.ly/vsyo0nO
Street scene in Southeast Asia with a person pushing a bicycle loaded with baskets, overlaid with a call for papers on agency in volatile times.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 18/06/2025
'Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience' by Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social & Roberts is now available using our #BISA2025 30% discount. cup.org/3STKoPB Add your selection to your basket and use code 102385 at check out.
Front cover of Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience by Bunce et al.
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Meredith Weiss @merweiss.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New working paper, with @a2hicken.bsky.social and @edwardaspinall.bsky.social: "New Patterns of Urban Political Reform in SE Asia." What can 18 SE Asian cities tell us about the likelihood and character of urban reform? We dive in here. Thanks to our fab research team and GLD! tinyurl.com/3eur93v5
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 04/06/2025
Happy to announce that I have a new publication in Comparative Political Studies co-authored with @a2hicken.bsky.social We show that the type of authoritarian parties that survive democratization affect party building differently journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
From March 2025 - Party Systems, Democratic Positions, and Regime Changes: Introducing the Party-System Democracy Index - cup.org/4iPyIIn - @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social, @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social & @silindberg.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the Party-System Democracy Index (PSDI) and its application in political science research.
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
"Why Nations Fail" has been getting a lot of attention in Thailand. But getting Thailand out of the middle income trap will need us to build a national conversation that goes beyond what AJR offers. www.coffeeparliament.com/p/looking-be...
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Looking Beyond "Why Nations Fail"
Thailand needs more than just AJR's "mythologized narratives"
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 07/05/2025
The first comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world. Global Challenges to Democracy eds. Valerie J. Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social, & Kenneth M. Roberts Out Now #Politics #BookSky cup.org/3F5YRV7
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Global Challenges to Democracy
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - Global Challenges to Democracy
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Accepted (conditional on uploading replication files) for publication @bjpols.bsky.social my paper with Miguel Rueda and Shuning Ge "Do More Disaggregated Electoral Results Deter Aggregation Fraud?" Updated draft can be found at: osf.io/preprints/os...
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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Please, submit nominations to the 2025 CES Carolina de Miguel Award: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/membership/g....
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Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award – Council for European Studies
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Virginia Oliveros @viroliveros.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Super happy to see this finally out! Coauthored with a dream team! @gustavodiaz.org Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro & Matthew S. Winters Check it out! 👇🏼 *long thread with a summary of the argument may be coming soon
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Ignoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Ignoring Women’s Performance: A Survey Experiment on Policy Implementation in Argentina - Volume 55
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
New piece with Napon Jatusripitak! We analyze voter attitudes in Thailand in the wake of the grand compromise between Pheu Thai and the conservatives and how partisan allegiances may shift. www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-com...
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2025/25 “After the Grand Compromise: Voter Profiles in Thai Politics” by Napon Jatusripitak and Mathis Lohatepanont
The grand compromise, forged at the elite level between Thailand’s conservative establishment and Thaksin Shinawatra’s Pheu Thai Party, could lead many Thai voters to shift their party allegiance in t...
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This piece draws on original survey data (conducted with @a2hicken.bsky.social and Chitchaya Chimtanoo), including a mapping of how voters in our sample shifted in their party choices between the 2019 and 2023 general elections.
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Bhumjaithai Party has proven willing to frequently act as an internal opposition party within the Pheu Thai coalition. And with the "dark blue Senate," they've thrown their weight behind protecting the constitutional status quo. coffeeparliament.substack.com/p/dark-blue-...
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Dark Blue Power
Bhumjaithai wields its strength to protect the constitutional status quo
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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We are now accepting nominators for the CES 2025 Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award. Nominations for the 2025 Award are due May 2, 2025: councilforeuropeanstudies.org/membership/g...
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Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award – Council for European Studies
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Candidates for local offices in Thailand have usually been reluctant to run with a national party. So why have partisan labels become more common in the recent elections? I explore this phenomenon here: coffeeparliament.substack.com/p/party-in-t... #Thailand #SoutheastAsia
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Party in the Provinces
The increasing prominence of national parties in Thai local politics
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Kharis Templeman @kharist.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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Taiwan Is on the Brink of a Constitutional Crisis
And maybe a fiscal one, too. And no, it has nothing to do with China.
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New Mandala @newmandala.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
NEW: Weak party infrastructures, lack of access to state resources, and the distractions of bans and harassment haunt counter-establishment political movements in Thailand—even as public demand for democratic change mounts, writes Akanit Horatanakun. www.newmandala.org/thailands-de...
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Thailand's deinstitutionalised democracy movement - New Mandala
Thai conservatives have sought to prevent reformists from putting down roots in society—and it’s worked
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
One PM ousted, while a would-be PM was banned from politics. A former PM demonstrated his influence over the country, as his daughter, the titular PM, took the reins. A lot happened in Thai politics this year. My review of 2024: www.thaienquirer.com/53565/thaila...
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Thailand in 2024: Year in Review  - Thai Enquirer Current Affairs
Latest Thailand English Online News Thailand in 2024: Year in Review  Current Affairs - Thai Enquirer %
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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
🚨 New article alert! polisky dictatorsky In @ajpseditor.bsky.social @osamet.bsky.social examines how opposition coalitions shape electoral performance in authoritarian regimes—and why near-victories can sometimes backfire. Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Opposition coalitions under electoral authoritarianism have been associated with greater likelihood of opposition victory and democratization. I argue, however, that coalitions also entail significan...
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
My piece on key takeaways from the weekend's local election results in Thailand. Pheu Thai survived a challenge from the People's Party in Udon Thani, while a Democrat-aligned candidate lost in Nakhon Si Thammarat. www.thaienquirer.com/53417/opinio...
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Opinion – Weekend’s PAO election results points to a need for People’s Party strategy rethink - Thai Enquirer Current Affairs
Latest Thailand English Online News Opinion – Weekend’s PAO election results points to a need for People’s Party strategy rethink Current Affairs - Thai Enquirer %
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Ashley Jardina @jardina.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This semester's public opinion class put together a fun little survey. If you have a moment, please help out my students and take it! virginia.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Ashley Jardina @jardina.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Political scientists: 2025 award nominations from the APSA Political Psychology section are open! Please consider nominating a colleague (or yourself!) for a dissertation, book, paper, junior scholar, or career achievement award. connect.apsanet.org/s28/nominati...
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A bit of a belated analysis, but here's some thoughts on Thaksin Shinawatra's attacks on the People's Party. #Thailand kenlmathis.com/2024/11/20/t...
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Thaksin Attacks the People’s Party
One of the biggest open questions in Thai politics is 1) what the “grand compromise” between the Thaksinites and the conservatives entailed, and 2) whether or not there is a possibility…
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Digital Society Project @digitalsocietyproject.org · 15/11/2024
In 2022 & 2023 DSP collaborated with various scholars to collect data about candidates for national legislative (and sometimes subnational) elections in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Philippines, Tunisia, and the USA. #polisky 1/4
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 15/11/2024
Also, would love to see some Bluesky content in Indonesian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Thai, etc...
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Ken Lohatepanont @kenlmathis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Still looking for Southeast Asia watchers to add to my SEA Starter Pack! bsky.app/starter-pack...
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 12/11/2024
This is what the strongest parties in the world do. They have permanent, repeatable, and durable links to their voters. They don't just come around to visit at election time.
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