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Christina Cottiero

@ccottiero.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. International organizations + international influences on autocracy/democracy. www.christinacottiero.com ucigcc.org/research/future-of-democ…

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Review of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🎙️ In the new episode of our series produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @ccottiero.bsky.social, Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, Stephan Haggard, and Christina J. Schneider discuss the US’ disengagement from institutions of global governance. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 🎧 Listen to it: 👉 tinyurl.com/yunvxepe
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Spotted at the CUP table at APSA! If any grad students working on regional IOs or African IR would like a copy, I have a couple with me- please message or email me!
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm excited to share that my book PROTECTIVE CLUBS is now available from Cambridge University Press! Available in hardcover, paperback, or digital editions: www.cambridge.org/9781009755801
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
For related blogs and working papers, and a new summer reading list of novels dealing with authoritarianism (fun), see our Illiberal Regimes in Global Governance project page here: ucigcc.org/research/fut... @ucigcc.bsky.social
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Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance - IGCC
The rise of illiberal regimes is reshaping global and regional organizations and posing challenges to U.S. foreign policy. International organizations once firmly under the control of democracies are ...
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New Q&A blog with Jana Lipps on how the Council of Europe responded to Putin's aggression through 2021, including why some parties in PACE were more sympathetic to Putin. Based on her recent CPS article with @erikvoeten.bsky.social @ipz.bsky.social via @ucigcc.bsky.social ucigcc.org/blog/five-qu...
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Five Questions on How the Council of Europe Deals with Putin - IGCC
An ongoing question for international organizations dominated by democracies is whether they should accommodate or sanction member countries that openly violate core liberal norms. In a recent article...
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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Joining us next week for the last workshop of the season! On May 5, @liviosilva.bsky.social (@weatherheadcenter.bsky.social) and Henrique Sposito (Bern) will present "Do Backsliders Defund the Liberal World Order?" Anna M. Meyerrose (Arizona State) and @ccottiero.bsky.social (Utah) will discuss.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
See more blogs pertaining to Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance here: ucigcc.org/research/fut...
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Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance - IGCC
The rise of illiberal regimes is reshaping global and regional organizations and posing challenges to U.S. foreign policy. International organizations once firmly under the control of democracies are ...
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Very timely new blog post from @fburil.bsky.social and Erica Shein (IFES) about what lessons we can learn from Bangladesh about transitioning from autocracy to democracy, based on their recent IFES report. @ucigcc.bsky.social ucigcc.org/blog/free-at...
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“Free at Last”: What Bangladesh’s Interim Government Can Teach Other Countries in Transition - IGCC
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Lauren Prather @laurenrprather.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🚨🚨🚨🚨 New Podcast Alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨 Please download and share The Election Trust Research Podcast. The Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections at UCSD produced a series of episodes last spring interviewing experts and folks on the front lines of American democracy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Election Trust Research Podcast
Government Podcast · At a time when American elections are being tested in new and complex ways, it's more important than ever to bridge the gap between those who run elections and those who study the...
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Thank you!
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thank you, Mike!!
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 03/03/2026
#OpenAccess from @iojournal.bsky.social - International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience - cup.org/4bjlp1U - @ccottiero.bsky.social & Christina J. Schneider #FirstView
White letters "IO" on a purple background with the hashtag "OpenAccess" below.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
In sum, autocratic IFIs provide outside options of growing importance. Autocratic cooperation in global finance is an understudied phenomenon with real political consequences. We should pay more attention to these orgs, beyond just the AIIB.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Exploratory Extension 2: Are Democratic IFIs Different? Here we do see divergent behavior. We see no consistent relationship between democratic IFIs' lending and domestic conflict in autocracies.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Exploratory Extension 1: Do Autocratic IFIs Lend Differently to Democracies? It appears so. We find little evidence that autocratic IFIs direct loans to bolster political stability in democracies.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
What do we find re. how IFIs with autocratic principals target aid? We find that autocratic IFIs increase lending to autocratic governments when they face internal conflict or external democracy pressure. We also present two exploratory extensions.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
We argue that autocratic IFIs' allocation strategy reflects shared interest among authoritarian members in reinforcing their own stability and that of like-minded autocracies by addressing key threats such as internal political conflicts and external threats such as democracy promotion.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
We introduce an original dataset covering 18 IFIs with predominantly autocratic members and track their lending across 143 recipient countries from 1967-2021. Some of these IFIs are not in AidData or OECD data. (We distinguish btwn hybrid orgs that are autocratic for part of their lifespan)
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🎉I'm excited to share my new article with @cjschneider.bsky.social, now online at International Organization @iojournal.bsky.social: “International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience.” Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S002... ✨🧵thread🧵✨
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International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience | International Organization | Cambridge Core
International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I recommend subscribing to the UC IGCC newsletter(s), which includes working papers, podcast episodes, and other blogs each month mailchi.mp/ucigcc/signup @ucigcc.bsky.social
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New Q&A on how Viktor Orban is testing the EU with @lisa-h-anders.bsky.social and Sonja Priebus ucigcc.org/blog/five-qu... 4/4
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Five Questions on How Viktor Orbán Is Testing the EU’s Democratic Core - IGCC
The Hungarian government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been locked in a confrontation with the EU over the rule of law for a decade. “The Orbán problem” is one of many examples from around th...
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New blog post from Duong Pham (UCSD) on the authoritarian rebranding of democracy ucigcc.org/blog/the-aut... 3/4
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The Authoritarian Rebranding of Democracy - IGCC
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New blog post from Eliana Fonsah (UC Merced) on transnational repression of anglophone Cameroonians ucigcc.org/blog/cross-b... 2/4
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Cross-Border Repression in the Cameroon Anglophone Transnational Movement - IGCC
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
3rd installment of Steph Haggard & Matt Draper's posts on novels on authoritarian rule (one could do a course teaching authoritarianism via novels with some of these) 1/4 ucigcc.org/blog/novels-...
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Novels on Authoritarian Rule III - IGCC
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨We have a series of great new posts on our IGCC project page (thread) ucigcc.org/research/fut...
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Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance - IGCC
The rise of illiberal regimes is reshaping global and regional organizations and posing challenges to U.S. foreign policy. International organizations once firmly under the control of democracies are ...
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Applications for the 2026 Journeys in World Politics workshop (10/1-10/3) in San Diego are being accepted (due 6/1). The workshop features Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor as senior mentors. Christina Schneider is our local host! Visit the site below to apply. www.saramitchell.org/journeys.html
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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Closing the season on May 5, @liviosilva.bsky.social (@weatherheadcenter.bsky.social) and Henrique Sposito (Bern) will present "Does democratic backsliding defund the liberal world order?" Anna M. Meyerrose (Arizona State) and @ccottiero.bsky.social (Utah) will discuss.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/01/2026
The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation.
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US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
"The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, deployed troops from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast to secure key installations and prevent any resurgence of the violence" www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Benin coup attempt: About 200 soldiers from Nigeria and Ivory Coast deployed for 'clean-up'
This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 08/12/2025
Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
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Nigeria says it deployed troops to Benin to ‘dislodge coup plotters’
Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Helpful resource to share with graduate students! David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past) ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
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How to Write an Academic Article in Political Science - IGCC
While each paper may be unique, the process of writing an academic paper is not (or does not have to be). In the hopes of helping to make the process more efficient and the final product more clear, c...
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
State Department International Organizations Account, Outlays by Calendar Year Quarter ($m). International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We'll also be posting a full professor/chair line, wide open field/research focus, soon 🎉 I can also chat about the full professor line at APSA Salt Lake City is a growing city right next to the mountains and we have a vibrant, research productive dept! I live 15 minutes from hiking and skiing ⛰️🚵‍♂️
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
📣🚨The University of Utah is hiring! 1st line: Assistant Prof in Comparative Politics! For applicants who work on Asia (esp. China) or Africa, will be expected to teach quant methods, grad + undergrad. If you're a good fit and have questions, I can chat at APSA! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/188...
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
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UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation @ucigcc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Commentators are divided in their appraisals of two Trump-led Ukraine peace summits. But most have missed one thing: how the meetings have taught the president crucial realities about ending the war, argues Branislav Slantchev of @ucsandiego.bsky.social: ucigcc.org/blog/the-edu...
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The Education of Donald J. Trump: Reflections on Two Peace Summits - IGCC
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UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation @ucigcc.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Political science can explain the historical factors behind authoritarianism, but has little to say about the actual experience of living under dictatorship. IGCC's Steph Haggard shares five novels that illuminate the realities of autocratic rule: bit.ly/45u6TBO
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To Understand Authoritarian Rule, Read These Five Novels - IGCC
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
New post summarizing the takeaways from the new book by @debremaria.bsky.social !
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Trump team pushes to oust No. 2 official at world energy body
The administration and its Republican allies in Congress say the Paris-based International Energy Agency discourages fossil fuel investments around the world.
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UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation @ucigcc.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The U.S. has had a fraught relationship with UNESCO for decades. But, argue Christina Cottiero and Stephan Haggard, the recent decision to withdraw—again—from the organization forms part of a pattern of the U.S. ceding influence in UN bodies to China: bit.ly/4mCmZPu
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Here We Go Again: The U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO - IGCC
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
2 weeks ago, the U.S. announced we're leaving "woke" "pro-China" "pro-Palestine" "DEI" UNESCO. New blog from me & Steph Haggard on U.S. withdrawal from IOs + implications for Trump admin officials who claim countering China is "absolutely critical"+ thoughts on what's next ucigcc.org/blog/here-we...
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Here We Go Again: The U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO - IGCC
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 01/08/2025
🧵 When the government announces that it will fire people for producing numbers that the government doesn't like, here is how our institutions should respond. (Whether they do is another story.) 1/
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Hegemonic suicide, example #214. Trump fired all USIP employees (for a second time) in a dead-of-night email; USIP effectively dead once again
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US Institute of Peace employees experience another round of mass firings following court ruling | CNN Politics
Employees at the United States Institute of Peace were terminated for a second time by the Trump administration, after a federal court ruling last month paved the way, according to multiple fired empl...
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
This is painfully embarrassing.
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Huss/ein Banai @hbanai.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Insightful piece by @sarahbush.bsky.social and @jenniferhadden.bsky.social (for your fall syllabi): reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/07/03/t...
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The End of the Age of NGOs?
How Civil Society Lost Its Post–Cold War Power
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
For @lawfaremedia.org, I explained how the Trump administration has destroyed promising policy progress on transnational repression in record time www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
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Trump Is Undermining Policies Against Transnational Repression
The Biden administration made policies to protect exiles and diasporas a priority. Trump 2.0 has already undercut these efforts.
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Utah drought management and water conservation policy is going great. Annual pray for rain day!
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
New 5 Questions piece on the Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance project page! On the super interesting new book by @alexdukalskis.bsky.social & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social ucigcc.org/research/fut... @ucigcc.bsky.social
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Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance - IGCC
The rise of illiberal regimes is reshaping global and regional organizations and posing challenges to U.S. foreign policy. Organizations once firmly under the control of democracies are being forced t...
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Meyerrose and Nooruddin (accidentally published in prev. RIO issue) show that backsliders undermine liberal norms promotion in the UN HRC, block targeted resolutions, & criticize liberal democracies in the UPR @anna-meyerrose.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Trojan horses in liberal international organizations? How democratic backsliders undermine the UNHRC - The Review of International Organizations
Liberal democracy is facing renewed challenges from a growing group of states undergoing democratic backsliding. While entrenched autocrats have long resented and contested the established liberal ord...
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