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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Can civil-military relations scholarship provide prescriptive normative guidance for military leaders' appropriate behaviour in democratic backsliding? My new article in @journalofgss.bsky.social debates this civil-military conundrum academic.oup.com/jogss/articl... #CivMilSKy

Civil-Military Relations in the Prevention of Democratic Backsliding Christoph Harig

Abstract
Most civil-military relations scholarship implicitly or explicitly sees the military as a threat to democratic institutions and governments. In recent years, however, there have been several instances in which democratically elected governments tried to use the armed forces for undermining democratic institutions. Hence, military leaders may sometimes have to contest lawful political decisions if these potentially threaten democracy. This challenges fundamental normative assumptions in civil-military relations research. The present article therefore asks: Which analytical tools does civil-military relations scholarship provide for assessing the appropriate role of military leaders in the prevention of democratic backsliding? Should there be general, prescriptive normative theories for military leaders’ appropriate behaviour in contexts of democratic backsliding? The article begins by reviewing civil-military relations scholarship’s perspectives on the appropriate political role of armed forces and discusses how these are challenged by democratic backsliding. Building on previous attempts to conceptualise military dissent and the military’s role in autocratization processes, the article argues that military behaviour in backsliding processes cannot be assessed without taking military role conceptions as explanatory variable for military leaders’ ideas about appropriate behaviour into account. Illustrative examples from the Americas then assess military leaders’ reaction to backsliding attempts and their consequences for democracy and civil-military relations. The findings underline that prescriptive guidance for military disobedience should be treated with caution.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I am (obviously) fascinated by Hungary's De-Orbanization, and am hungry for information regarding civil-military relations during and after Orban. Russian aggression and a policy pivot on Ukraine both indicate that Hungary is racing to join a greater European security agenda.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

That magical time of year when grading ends and student emails begin:

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

What I wouldn't give for new scholarship on civil-military relations during the Orban premiership.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Very interested that the Green Party (PVEM) and Worker's Party (PT) in Mexico defected from MORENA to prevent what would have been a pretty severe overhaul of Mexico's election system. The irony of the PRI criticizing the law as "authoritarian" is not lost on me.

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El debate de la reforma electoral de Claudia Sheinbaum, en vivo: Morena se queda lejos de la mayoría calificada

Ricardo Monreal, coordinador de Morena, anuncia un plan B. El PAN acusó a los morenistas de vínculos con la narcopolítica, mientras el PRI subrayó el talante “autoritario” del proyecto. El PT y el Ver...

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Golly jeepers, I sure hope nothing forces me to radically overhaul my Drug War class!

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Dear Civil-Military Crises: Stop it. Love, Andrew

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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

We had been hoping that the US military would not obey illegal orders. The boat strikes have now taught us that was wishful thinking. Here's a great post explaining where we are and how we got here www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #CivMilSky

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald .. @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I'd love to read some papers on Keiko Fujimori. Two things to me are very interesting about her support and role in Peruvian politics: (1) she seems to have successfully inherited the charismatic authority of her father and (2) every time she's been the runner up, she's lost by *very* small margins.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

But you see, in my head this paper is already done. Therefore, I *can* procrastinate.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Hey, you! Do you worry about executive abuse of military authority, but need a framework to analyze it? Well stop *worrying.* My new article on "executive shirking" is out from Perspectives on Politics. Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on this one! #civmilbluesky

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The Responsibility to Be Reasonable: Conceptualizing Executive Shirking in Civil–Military Relations | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

The Responsibility to Be Reasonable: Conceptualizing Executive Shirking in Civil–Military Relations

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! The Responsibility to Be Reasonable: Conceptualizing #Executive #Shirking in #Civil–#Military #Relations By @drprofivey.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Just got back to the states and *immediately* found my research was relevant.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I arrived in Chile at 4:15am to start fieldwork and got an acceptance from a top poli sci journal! Hoping that means a good omen.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Academic literature recommendations from kindly civ-mil folk: anything focusing on the relationship between militaries and legislatures.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The absolute drama of the Bolsonaro trial is why I am desperately aiming for Portuguese fluency.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Are you there, Lord? It's me, Andrew. Please don't let their be another US civ-mil crisis before the reviewers get back to me on my minor R&R.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

And thus, a major R&R became a minor R&R. I'm going to struggle to make time for the revisions, but this is going to be such a strong paper.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Man, really feels bad to have relevant research right now.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

My new goal is Brazilian Portuguese fluency. I just finished pronunciation lessons via the podcast "Ta Falado." Does anyone have any podcast/musician recommendations to increase exposure? I'm a Sinatra kinda guy, if that helps.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I am now accepting craft beer recommendations for Oslo, Norway.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

After a *really* intense month and a half of working on this R&R, it's going back out. People of earth, please lend my little conceptual piece your energy.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

How it feels after three rounds of feedback, students turn in phenomenal papers and give great presentations.

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The Emperor's New Groove (Best of Kronk)

YouTube video by Marie Burduli

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

How it feels adding a whole bunch of cites in two paragraphs to your RR.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I am looking for English-language, undergraduate readings on Brazil's PCC. I am teaching a Drug War class this semester, and students are *way* more fascinated with the PCC than the CV. Open to journalism and podcasts too!

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Some things to remember as the far right looks to Nayib Bukele as a model: The statistics the regime releases about crime reduction are unreliable at best. El Salvador just took out a huge IMF loan. Last time I tweeted about Bukele, I got a *lot* of backlash from strangers. Lets see about now.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Just got a very useful R&R, which is always great news! When reviewers have very serious concerns but also provide concrete recommendations to improve a paper, that's phenomenal. Now, to panic because they want it soon and I am getting le married this month. *ulp.*

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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I suspect this will be the public’s main takeaway from the firing of Brown and Franchetti

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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

CivMilSky what did I miss? saideman.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-...

Bart: This is the worst day in US civil-military relations
Homer: This is the worst day in US civ-mil relations so far.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Really disappointed History is still happening despite the best efforts of Francis Fukuyama.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

In response to the possibility of declaring Mexico's drug cartels "terrorist organizations," President Sheinbaum announces her government is looking to reform National Security Law to bolster Mexican sovereignty. heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/202...

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Claudia Sheinbaum anuncia reforma a la Ley Nacional de Seguridad en defensa de la soberanía mexicana

La mandataria mexicana busca evitar acciones que estén fuera del marco de la coordinación y la seguridad

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Today's lecture is about the Drug War in the Mexican Revolution. I *love* talking about the Mexican revolution, and welcome any podcast/audiobook recommendations on the subject. I am especially obsessed with Zapata.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Student Paper: "Hungary's democratic shit." Me *adjusts glasses* Me: I believe you meant democratic "shift." However, this typo is hilarious and I am giving it two extra points on your paper.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Man, nothing is quite as relaxing as leaving the stress of Donald Trump to research...*checks notes* The regime of Alberto Fujimori... ****

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Pictured: Me, at 33 years old, preparing to answer student questions about *another* executive order I just learned about.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

(2/2) Unfortunately, as violence seems to be increasing in Mexico, a Trump-Sheinbaum alignment on *increasing* the Mexican military's portfolio could be pretty disastrous not because the military is villainous, but because it's not the greatest administrator (let alone police force).

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

(1/2) Just another warning about what appears to be an emerging (but unsurprising) Sheinbaum-Trump axis: the Trump administration will very likely give *no* incentives to reform policing in Mexico, providing even few reasons for Sheinbaum to undertake significant civil-military relations reform.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Just a note about the compromise between Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump: Sheinbaum gave Trump something very easily, something AMLO had given him before: militarization of immigration policy in Mexico. If past is prologue, expect human rights abuses.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Seeing all of Trump's "we need to deport criminals" rhetoric and I'm just like...is he going to stop *extradition?*

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Pictured: @cogitoergodoom.bsky.social and I revive the oldest and most contentious debate from grad school: constructivism vs. realism!

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My heart hurts for Colombia. Negotiating with the ELN was always going to be difficult, not because of its de-centralized structure but the fact that there's quite simply a *lot* of money to be made in drug trafficking and Venezuela will protect that trade until Maduro is gone.

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Colombia’s Petro decrees emergency powers amid deadly border area violence

Violence between armed groups in the Catatumbo region has displaced more than 32,000 people, rights groups estimate.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Just remember everyone, Trump's populist style of "governing" incentivizes zero-sum competition between secretaries, infighting and leaks to the press, and attention-seeking behavior that ultimately undermines any good faith between Trump and his cabinet.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Dear civmil blusky: Dearing my comprehensive exams, I named the following hummingbirds: Samuel Hummington Eric Nordwinger S.E. Flier You are welcome.

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Andrew Ivey @drprofivey.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be grade beggers.

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