Reposted by Daniel ZiblattTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A few things (international) commentatoes should remember. Only 2 million people live in Sachsen-Anhalt. Half of Berlin, a tenth of NRW. Around 400k will vote AfD. Even with this strong result, 80% of people living in S-A will not have voted for the AfD. In a state that is a far-right stronghold. 12473156
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Stay tuned. A big day in German politics. These are "only" regional elections, but as an indicator of how things stand nationally and, in a federal system, they are hugely consequential. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comFar-right AfD predicted to win big in crucial German state electionPolling stations open in Saxony-Anhalt with anti-immigration party AfD predicted to gain 41% vote share 76023
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattMinda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Join John Padgett for a discussion of his new book, in which he explores the evolution of economic, political, and social networks in renaissance Florence. Daniel Ziblatt 🗓️ Sep 1 @ 4:30 pm Details: ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/09/… 052
Reposted by Daniel Ziblattjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026in john roberts’ constitution, congress does not exist and the power of the purse belongs to the president, who is an elected dictator embodying the authentic Will of the People 803824816
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026How do novel organizational forms in business & politics emerge ? Join us to discusd the new book by Prof. John Padgett on organizational invention in Renaissance Florence. If in the area, please come to Harvard's Center for European Studies @ 4:30 pm, Sept 1. ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/...ces.fas.harvard.eduOrganizational Invention in Renaissance FlorenceIn this seminar, John Padgett will discuss his new book Organizational Invention in Renaissance Florence (Oxford University Press, 2026). The book… 030
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We normally think of inventions as merely technological or scientific. When and how does invention in organizations take place? Looking forward to this conversation where we celebrate the Prof. John Padgett's new book on Renaissance Italy that takes on exactly this question. Join us Sept. 1 0132
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Great to get some of the fruits of collaboration between @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social @robmickey.bsky.social, and me out! Now in the Journal of Historical Political Economy. This the result when Comparative and Americanist scholars of democracy & federalism jointly turn their attention to the U.S: 1164
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattDaniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A wonderful piece by our Center for European Studies Senior Scholar Leah Zell. @europeatharvard.bsky.social ces.fas.harvard.edu/news/2026/08...ces.fas.harvard.eduFrom Vilnius to Vladivostok Through the Needle’s EyeIn this deeply personal account, our Senior Fellow Leah Zell shares the story of her family’s escape from Lithuania to the U.S. via Japan, made possible… 1112
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A wonderful piece by our Center for European Studies Senior Scholar Leah Zell. @europeatharvard.bsky.social ces.fas.harvard.edu/news/2026/08...ces.fas.harvard.eduFrom Vilnius to Vladivostok Through the Needle’s EyeIn this deeply personal account, our Senior Fellow Leah Zell shares the story of her family’s escape from Lithuania to the U.S. via Japan, made possible… 1112
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Brings to mind this idea this sharp idea: "Power manifests itself in the regime's ability to impose its fictions upon the world. No one is deceived by the charade, but everyone is forced to participate in it" From Lisa Wedeen's brilliant book Ambiguities of Domination on Assad's Syria 23115
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattDaniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Where I am interviewed in my local Sonoma County newspaper along with eight other northern Californians www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/07/04/w... 1122
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Where I am interviewed in my local Sonoma County newspaper along with eight other northern Californians www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/07/04/w... 1122
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Some news: Based on work out of the @wzb.bsky.social earlier this year Nourhan Elsayed, Hanno Hilbig, Sascha Riaz, & I published this on how communist era schooling in Germany affects attitudes today in the "British Journal of Political Science." A quick summary www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgThe Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreThe Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - Volume 55 13210
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattMinda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Congratulations to CES Director @dziblatt.bsky.social on receiving the inaugural Transatlantic Bridge Professorship from the @volkswagenstiftung.de! He will explore the role of civil society leaders in protecting #democracy. @wzbdemocracy.bsky.social www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news/news... 0124
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattVolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · 16/06/2026First Transatlantic Bridge Professorships 🌉 approved: 👉 Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social, (@harvard.edu) with the @wzb.bsky.social 👉 Russell Miller (Washington and Lee University) with @uni-freiburg.de 👉 Mariana P. Candido (Emory University) with @unihannover.bsky.social 🌐 Full story:volkswagenstiftung.deErste transatlantische Brückenprofessuren bewilligt | VolkswagenStiftungPolitical scientist Daniel Ziblatt, historian Mariana Cândido and legal scholar Russell Miller are receiving funding from the Volkswagen Foundation under the "Transatlantic Bridge Professorships" prog... 0112
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattMinda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This weekend, our Director @dziblatt.bsky.social addressed graduates of his alma mater @pomonacollege.bsky.social with an urgent message to take action for the future of democracy. Watch his 8-minute remarks here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKqc... @wzb.bsky.social @wzbdemocracy.bsky.socialyoutube.comDaniel Ziblatt Pomona College Commencement Speech 2026YouTube video by Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies 02210
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattWZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Kickoff workshop today at the WZB for the new research group led by @boesevanessa.bsky.social, the ERC Starting Grant project "Waves of Regime Transformation (WAVES)". More about the project: www.wzb.eu/de/forschung... @dziblatt.bsky.social @tabouchadi.bsky.social @chrauh.bsky.social 2152
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 12/05/2026www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-10...gelliottmorris.comDemocrats now have to win the House vote by 4 points due to Republican gerrymanderingA new analysis by Strength In Numbers reveals the impacts of mid-decade and post-VRA redistricting by Republicans, with the now-missing Democratic counter-gerrymander in Virginia 094
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 01/05/2026A fascinating visit with Germany's former Chancellor yesterday 0152
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattMinda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 01/05/2026It was a pleasure to host fmr German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at CES, where he received a warm welcome from the German Student Society & our fellows, whom he met for a discussion on Germany. Watch his @harvardiop.bsky.social address w CES Director @dziblatt.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsFl... 061
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Read this book. An account of how to be a citizen in the face of authoritarianism 0259
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattBlätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026sowie: 👉 Die Klimaforscherin @frediotto.bsky.social 👉 Die Philosophin @leaypi.bsky.social 👉 Der Politikwissenschaftler @dziblatt.bsky.social Ab Oktober verstärkt zudem die Historikerin Christina Morina den Kreis der Herausgeberinnen und Herausgeber. Mehr dazu: www.blaetter.de/aus-der-reda... (3/3)blaetter.deNeue Köpfe für die »Blätter«Oft war nach dem Tod von Jürgen Habermas am 14. März in den zahlreichen Nachrufen die Rede von der Zäsur, die sein Ableben für das intellektuelle Leben der Bundesrepublik bedeutet. Für unsere… 2454
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattMinda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies @europeatharvard.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Are political developments in the U.S. & elsewhere tending towards some forms of fascism? Join Nancy Fraser, Peter E. Gordon, & Daniel Ziblatt for a conversation on what this could mean for politics & society. 📍TODAY @ 4pm, LLCR 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/04/… 042
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Very happy to announce this April series at Harvard’s Center for European Studies, part of the seminar I co-chair with Prof. Peter Gordon. @europeatharvard.bsky.social Questions of Fascism and Democracy 4/8: Countering Illiberalism 4/16: Is it Fascism? 4/28: Thomas Mann & Patriotism Join us! 2325
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattSteffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...ips.mpg.deStellenangebote 110254
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattThe Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science @mpips.bsky.social · 23/03/2026We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict under @steffenmau.bsky.social is looking for Postdoctoral & Doctoral Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict 15130
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattPomona College @pomonacollege.bsky.social · 26/02/2026California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu, humanitarian Jane Olson and author Daniel Ziblatt '95 will speak at Commencement on May 17. www.pomona.edu/news/2026/02/24-lead… 0121
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattRahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 15/02/2026„Extremism never triumphs on its own. It only does so because others enable it – out of ambition, fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of making small concessions“ — Prof. @dziblatt.bsky.social (@europeatharvard.bsky.social) Source: @spiegel.de share.google/3o5W5Ub6pAFW...share.google(S+) Bestsellerautor Daniel Ziblatt über den Verfall der Demokratie in den USA: »Wir können uns auf nichts verlassen«Der Harvard-Professor Daniel Ziblatt forscht seit Jahren über den Verfall von Demokratien. Nun muss er zusehen, wie seine eigene Welt wankt. 03912
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 09/02/2026www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...linkedin.com#usa | Robert Habeck | 58 commentsZwischenstopp: Harvard. Wollte eigentlich gar nicht dauernd neue Videos aufnehmen, aber diesen Eindruck von vor Ort kurz teilen. #USA | 58 comments on LinkedIn 060
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The wash post back in 2019. Things change. youtu.be/ZDjfg8YlKHc?...youtu.be'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019)YouTube video by Washington Post 2239
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Sadly time to re up this (from 2021!) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Biggest Threat to Democracy Is the GOP Stealing the Next ElectionUnless and until the Republican Party recommits itself to playing by democratic rules of the game, American democracy will remain at risk. 12111
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Thrilled to announce the great group of visiting scholars for Spring 2026 at the Center for European Studies. Some are here all year and 11 new fellows for the spring semester. Here they are : ces.fas.harvard.edu/visiting-sch...ces.fas.harvard.eduVisiting Scholars 2025-2026The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) welcomes 19 Visiting Scholars who will be in residence during the 2025-2026 academic year. In… 1122
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattJournal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Levitsky and Ziblatt remind us that political systems are designed to solve problems, not exacerbate them. Yet in some democracies today, winner-take-all systems are empowering authoritarian minorities and undermining democratic legitimacy. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... 05014
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...open.substack.comKnowing too much to see fascism ?By Daniel Ziblatt 25217
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattVicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Portuguese presidential election yields 2nd round between center left Seguro & far right Ventura. Honestly shocking that the main center right party (PSD) fails to endorse Seguro. They would benefit from reading @dziblatt.bsky.social’s historical work on the topic www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...cambridge.orgConservative Parties and the Birth of DemocracyCambridge Core - Political Sociology - Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy 27815
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/01/2026We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate 1044182314213
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/01/2026South Korea sentences former leader Yoon to five years in prison ft.trib.al/i9XbjHDft.trib.alSouth Korea sentences former leader Yoon to five years in prisonImpeached ex-president faces verdict on insurrection charge next month over failed martial law bid 55516
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/steve...sueddeutsche.deUS-Wissenschaftler zu Trump: „Derzeit haben wir unsere Demokratie fast verloren“Ein Gespräch mit Steven Levitsky und Daniel Ziblatt, zwei der wichtigsten Politikwissenschaftler der USA, über die Lage ein Jahr nach Beginn der zweiten Trump-Amtszeit. 0144
Reposted by Daniel ZiblattBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Here's a link to the #OpenAccess article by @valentimvicente.bsky.social, @eliasdinas.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social - cup.org/4pIYRvHcambridge.orgHow Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreHow Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - Volume 55 176
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Excellent essay . Also : Why we study comparative politics 03211
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026An impulsive leader unconstrained by domestic institutions leading to foreign policy adventurism. Has echoes open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...open.substack.comForeign Policy in a Declining Democracy?The Return of Primat der Innenpolitik and America’s Venezuela Adventurism 03011