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Elizabeth Nugent

@ernugent.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton | Politics of Authoritarianism + Religion in the Middle East | www.elizabethnugent.com

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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can’t wait to read. Mabrouk @elgendy95.bsky.social
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 22/06/2026
#OpenAccess from Politics and Religion - Comparative Shari‘a: measuring support for Islamism cross-nationally - cup.org/4eEepxg - Sam Dunham, C. Christine Fair, @reblitt.bsky.social, @ernugent.bsky.social & Michael Robbins #FirstView
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Isabelle DeSisto @isadesisto.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Excited to announce that my paper "Socioeconomic development and the uneven legacies of authoritarian repression" has been published at the Journal of Historical Political Economy. This grew out of my second year ("591") PhD paper. www.emerald.com/jhpe/article...
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عمو حسام @barracks.substack.com · 12/05/2026
Interviewed by @abuaardvark.bsky.social
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This Must Be The Podcast: Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Middle East Political Science Podcast returns this week after a short break with a fascinating conversation with Hossam el-Hamalawy about his new book Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republ...
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
the u.s. is shooting itself in the foot with a tactical nuke american universities are *so* good and it's a virtuous cycle: smart and ambitious people attend, elevating the whole enterprise. if we alienate the world, it becomes a vicious cycle headed in the opposite direction
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Proof it exists in print! From @aasiegel.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Out in @thejop.bsky.social: How Exiles Mobilize Domestic Dissent with @aasiegel.bsky.social We investigate how Egyptian exiles influenced a cascade of online dissent that culminated in anti-regime protests back home in September 2019. Article link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
@isadesisto.bsky.social + I have been investigating the role of exiles in contentious politics back home. This @goodauth.bsky.social piece draws on a working paper in which we find exile involvement escalates revolutions -- they're longer and more violent: goodauthority.org/news/is-exil...
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Is exile a dead end – or a launching pad for opposition?
A recent New York Times investigation offers a glimpse into the life of former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. After losing […]
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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
“The war took many things from me. But I wake up each morning and try.” In this earlier piece, Nada Wanni traces how Sudanese artists who have been displaced to Cairo persist in creating spaces to share their own testimonies of war, exile, memory, and home. timep.org/2025/09/10/d...
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Displaced but Defiant: Sudanese Art in Times of War
Sudanese artists who have been displaced to Cairo persist in creating spaces to share their own testimonies of war, exile, memory, and home.
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Read Yanilda Gonzalez on why this comparison makes sense: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
From October 2025 - The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - cup.org/3WCwC5v - Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract about a study on the effects of authoritarianism in the former German Democratic Republic, focusing on gender disparities in education and authoritarian values post-reunification. The text emphasizes methodological approach and historical analysis.
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Graeme Blair @graemeblair.com · 05/12/2025
The Deportation Data Project just posted a 60 min webinar that introduces the recently-released data from ICE for reporters and advocates. We discuss what fields are in the data and answer questions about specific uses like counting arrests by area. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vBA...
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Introduction to Deportation Data Project ICE Data
YouTube video by Deportation Data Project
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Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
"Disguised Repression: Targeting Opponents with Nonpolitical Crimes to Undermine Dissent" by Jennifer Pan, Xu Xu, and Yiqing Xu. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🧵 on my paper, ‘System Justification in Authoritarian Regimes’ (recently accepted at @thejop.bsky.social)
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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/09/2025
Egyptian authorities announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after six years in prison, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by state TV.
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Egypt announces pardon for top activist who's spent 6 years behind bars
Egyptian authorities on Monday announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by Egypt’s state TV.
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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Introducing our 2025 job market candidates! We’ll share more about each student and their work in the days ahead, but in the meantime, you can meet all of our candidates here: politics.princeton.edu/graduate/job... #PSJMInfo
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
No one wanted to hear this years ago when @tompepinsky.com said it. Maybe now.
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Everyday Authoritarianism is Boring and Tolerable
Malaysia is a country that I know well, and whose political system I have studied closely for fifteen years. It is also a country whose political liberalization I have long awaited. Malaysia has a …
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Tried to explain this to a senior colleague recently, who suggested I was overreacting - thanks to @abuaardvark.bsky.social for saying it more clearly and eloquently
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I really want to believe that American public opinion still matters. It makes me feel better that most Americans don’t support these policies. But other non-democracies demonstrate that once institutions have been politically weaponized, public opinion matters significantly less.
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Isabelle DeSisto @isadesisto.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
My latest piece in @goodauth.bsky.social about how targeting international students is bad not just for the U.S. economy & innovation, but also 🇺🇸 reputation globally. goodauthority.org/news/targeti...
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Targeting international students cuts into U.S. soft power
Here’s how the Trump administration’s visa restrictions erode the U.S. image abroad.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
From Przeworski: "There are currently more than 1 million foreign students in the US, they support 378 thousand jobs, and contribute $43.8 billion to the economy. But these numbers dwindle in importance in comparison to the scientific and cultural impact of US universities around the world."
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Daniel Tavana @danieltavana.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our article on legislative cooptation and opposition in the Kuwait National Assembly is finally out at @bjpols.bsky.social! Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani... Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Per usual, @roxanegay.bsky.social saying what I’m thinking
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Great turnout at the Hands Off protest in Princeton (despite the weather). It's festive, but there's also palpable anger.
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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Now online! "During moments of political crises, there may be good reasons to avoid discussing current events & controversial topics in the classroom. Yet, it is precisely during these challenging times that students may want to be entrusted with difficult conversations" #polisky shorturl.at/dOKWu
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Diana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Check out this webinar next Monday: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... and call for abstracts for an expense-paid June conference in Cairo: www.arabpsn.org/events/call-... both on the theme of the "politics and war" in MENA, convened by @arabpsn.bsky.social, CEDEJ, and Middle East Studies at AUC.
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Democratization @democratization.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
How do counterrevolutions shape collective memory? In their latest article, @ernugent.bsky.social and Michael T. Hoffman explore disappointment & demobilization in Egypt. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Remembering the counterrevolution: disappointment, denial, and demobilization
While scholars carefully study when revolutions succeed and how they are overturned, far less attention has been paid to the public’s experience of revolution and counterrevolution as well as their...
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Daniel Tavana @danieltavana.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Still buzzing from last night’s Workshop on Arab Political Development talk by @dbgreenwald.bsky.social! Such important work, done so well, about local governance in occupied Palestine. cup.columbia.edu/book/mayors-...
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We've got page numbers: "Remembering the Counterrevolution: Disappointment, Denial, and Demobilization" with Michael Hoffman, drawing on evidence from Egypt. doi.org/10.1080/1351...
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Remembering the counterrevolution: disappointment, denial, and demobilization
While scholars carefully study when revolutions succeed and how they are overturned, far less attention has been paid to the public’s experience of revolution and counterrevolution as well as their...
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Francesc Trillas Jané @francesctrillas.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
"The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat; it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late"
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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Highlight of the week was Tiffany Simon’s dissertation defense! A thought-provoking investigation of the motivations and effects of happiness policies in authoritarian regimes. Mabrouk to Dr. Tiffany! @grigopop.bsky.social @rorytruex.bsky.social
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