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Grigore Pop-Eleches

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Professor of Politics and Int'l Affairs at Princeton University

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World Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Let's Hype that Hypothesis! Nikhar Gaikwad, Erin Lin, and @noahzucker.com #hypothesize that in societies facing abnormally high death rates among male soldiers and civilians, #cultural #norms about #gender #equality shift. Read about their case of the #Khmer #Rouge #genocide: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
A woman is cleaning some of the fish she has pulled out of the Tonlé Sap lake in Cambodia. Photo by HansenHimself
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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A week ago I was sent this graphic showing Ukraine had hit 10 of 11 biggest Russian oil refineries producing gasoline. I thought hitting #1 in Omsk, in Siberia, was a refinery too far. Silly me.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Interesting UEFA-FIFA rift on this. All because Trump is once again willing to break/bend rules to avoid accepting defeat. share.google/VZa5Q7Gr0ruS...
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UEFA says decision by FIFA to let U.S. forward play at World Cup is 'incomprehensible'
An all-time controversy in the World Cup’s 96-year history was raging Monday ahead of the co-host United States facing Belgium with a quarterfinals place at stake.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Such a disgrace! Yet another instance of the corruption of FIFA under Infantino. share.google/BMF0PTWSl7MM...
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I wonder if this will lead some of the Romanian far right to rethink their pro-Russian positions. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/w...
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Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Building, Officials Say
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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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Isabelle DeSisto @isadesisto.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My latest piece with @grigopop.bsky.social in @goodauth.bsky.social analyzing Peter Magyar’s campaign strategy in Hungary’s 🇭🇺 latest election. goodauthority.org/news/did-mag...
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Did Magyar’s rural tour help him win Hungary’s election?
New research takes a closer look at whether his campaign across the countryside moved voters.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I keep waiting for them to call it a "special military operation" www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. is 'not at war' with Iran as White House approaches 60-day deadline
The 1973 War Powers Resolution says that the president has to remove military forces from conflict within 60 days if Congress doesn't authorize a war before that deadline.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
This is amazing!! www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
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London Marathon 2026: Sabastian Sawe breaks two-hour barrier and world record – as it happened
Sabastian Sawe and Tigst Assefa retained their crowns and broke records. Marcel Hug secured his eighth win in London while Catherine Debrunner claimed her fourth with a sprint finish
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A non-trivial number of accounts flocking to tell me that "Stalin murdered millions" is a Nazi thing to say and equivalent to Holocaust denial. Unbelievable. Is no one teaching the purges. What the actual hell.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Now I kinda wish I had used this as a cover pic instead.😀
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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The end of Viktor Orbán’s ‘Hungarian model’? New data show why Orbán’s Fidesz party finally fell after 16 years in power. Read the latest from @grigopop.bsky.social here: goodauthority.org/news/the-end...
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The end of Viktor Orbán’s ‘Hungarian model’?
New data show why Orbán’s Fidesz party finally fell after 16 years in power.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My 2 cents @goodauth.bsky.social on Orban's loss in the Hungarian elections based on survey data from last week. goodauthority.org/news/the-end...
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The end of Viktor Orbán’s ‘Hungarian model’?
New data show why Orbán’s Fidesz party finally fell after 16 years in power.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My online pre-electoral survey had a question about how people would respond to Fidesz declaring victory and the opposition disputing the results + calling for protests. The graph below shows a lot of opposition mobilization but very limited willingness by Fidesz supporters to join counter-protests.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I did not expect Orban to fold so easily! It suggests that the difference is too large to overturn... www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power
Prime minister has been trailing in the polls to Péter Magyar in race that could have repercussions for Europe, the US and Russia
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Betting markets also look promising
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Here is some very preliminary data (survey is still running) of vote intentions in #Hungary based on my own online survey (of 2200 respondents). The patterns suggest a growing difference post April 8, which may or may not be due to JD Vance's visit.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Trump's increasingly desperate efforts to boost Orban are not only misguided but apparently also counter-productive www.newsweek.com/viktor-orban...
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Orban's chances of winning Hungary election drop after JD Vance rally
Orban is one of President Donald Trump's key European political allies.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Ceaușescu would have been jealous... search.app/463c4
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Commemorative Trump coin should be ‘as large as possible,’ key commission says in granting design approval | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s handpicked Commission of Fine Arts voted Thursday to approve a commemorative coin for the United States’ 250th birthday featuring the president’s likeness. And it’s going to b...
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
My kid came back upset and terrified from school, after they had a shelter-in-place due to an ICE raid. This cruelty and madness has to stop!
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Ru has tried to murder Zelensky numerous times. Pu reportedly promised Israeli ex-PM Naftali Bennet to spare Zelensky's life in exchange for Ukr surrender. So do not juxtapose Maduro's kidnapping to the fact Zelensky is still in Kyiv. Ru keeps trying and failing to kidnap/assassinate Zelensky!
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
There are some horrible analogies flying around today. A reminder: the US kidnapping of Maduro in no way justifies, vindicates, or lifts responsibility from the Ru govt or the Ru people. Their war against Ukraine continues to be an unprovoked act of aggression with war crimes and genocidal intent.
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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Venezuela is both 100% correct and completely laughable: "An unacceptable violation of the sovereignty of an independent state, the respect for which is a fundamental principle of international law." mid.ru/en/foreign_p...
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Trump is rapidly achieving levels of personalism and a cult of personality that it took Romania's #Ceaușescu and Turkmenistan's #Niyazov many years to achieve. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...
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Trump announces new "Trump class" of Navy battleships
President Trump announced plans to build a new "Trump class" of battleships, part of the Pentagon's new "Golden Fleet."
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
UNC’s CSEEES was such a bright part of my time at UNC. It not only supported my research, but also felt like home. Such a loss for UNC, its students, and Eastern European and Eurasian studies in the US.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Looks like this story is gaining momentum: over 650 judges have signed a petition confirming the charges in the documentary. tvrinfo.ro/creste-numar...
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Creşte numărul magistraților solidari cu judecătorii Laurențiu Beșu și Raluca Moroșanu. Mesajul, semnat de peste 650 de magistraţi, în frunte cu Laura Codruţa Kovesi - tvrinfo.ro
Numărul semnatarilor mesajului de solidaritate cu magistrații care au făcut dezvăluirile din documentarul Recorder a depăşit 650. În fruntea listei se află fosta șefă a DNA, Laura Codruța Kovesi, şefa...
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
In other news, Romania is being rocked by the revelations about the political capture of judicial institutions and the successful neutralization of anti-corruption institutions in an excellent new documentary. Well worth watching! recorder.ro/documentar-r...
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DOCUMENTAR RECORDER. Justiție capturată
După câțiva ani în care Justiția a dispărut aproape complet de pe agenda publică, societatea românească s-a trezit în fața unei realități greu de digerat, în
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Great NYT exposé on how the Trumps, Tucker Carlson, and former Romanian PM Victor Ponta, helped free the accused child trafficker, rapist, and manosphere icon, Andrew Tate. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Trying their best to kill US tourism (in addition to its democracy). Brought to you by the people complaining of free speech restrictions under Biden. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-tour...
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Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Leave it to a Claremonter and Orban propagandist to claim that "three and a half decades of American-style liberal international order" have been more of a threat to Europe than Hitler and Stalin.
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Opinion | Trump Is Not Attacking Europe. He’s Attacking Something Else.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Of course it makes more sense to try to do business with dictators and war criminals than to engage with your democratic allies to support a country fighting for its survival. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Trump's frustration with Ukraine and Europe boils over
The president is clearly eager to move beyond the war, but a peace deal remains elusive.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It makes perfect sense coming from one of the most corrupt international organizations. But maybe this will slow down Trump's haste for "peace" at all costs in Ukraine?
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Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Very timely (and interesting) article by Milan Svolik in World Politics.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Exhilarating performance by Pussy Riot in Brooklyn last night!
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
It is puzzling indeed that Ukraine is not jumping for joy at the opportunity to give up most of what they fought for almost 4 years just to give Trump a PR win in time for Thanksgiving. www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...
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Ukraine war: Trump says Ukraine ungrateful as officials meet to convince Kyiv to accept peace proposals
Ukraine's allies have expressed concern that the plan favours Russia, but Zelensky says Kyiv's interests could be included.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Trump's "peace' plan for Ukraine is not only morally unacceptable but myopic and no basis for a lasting peace. goodauthority.org/news/ukraini...
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Ukrainians don’t think much of Putin’s ‘peace’ plan.
Our surveys from earlier this summer show overwhelming opposition to a Russian land grab.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
It's nice when science reaffirms our natural inclinations. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
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The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Hard to believe that even Putin's endorsement wasn't enough for Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Isabelle DeSisto @isadesisto.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Check out my new piece on Moldovan 🇲🇩 elections with @grigopop.bsky.social
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Moldovan voters have given the pro-EU PAS (of President Maia Sandu) a narrow but clear parliamentary majority, despite Russia hybrid warfare tactics. Let's hope that the planned opposition protests are not a foil for even more aggressive Russian tactics.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We don't need to worry about stealth authoritarianism anymore. It's pretty clearly out in the open. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/t...
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Trump floats pulling licenses if networks are 'against' him after Jimmy Kimmel suspended
President Donald Trump has applauded the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show over comments he made about the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The authoritarian playbook in action... www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘Censoring you in real time’: suspension of Jimmy Kimmel show sparks shock and fears for free speech
ABC decision over Kimmel comments about Charlie Kirk killing comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster’s license
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Yet another instance of the staggering human costs of US deportation practices. ‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow
Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custody
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
In case you were curious about what Ukrainians think about Putin-style "peace" negotiations...
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The insistence of Texas Republicans to have Dem reps sign agreements to be shadowed by police reminds me of a line from a novel by Marin Preda: "[the communists] aren't content to take your cow from the barn, they also make you sign that you gave it willingly". thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
And the prize for understatement of the day goes to ... search.app/qHk7P
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French President Emmanuel Macron says he doesn't believe Putin is 'very willing to get peace' in Ukraine
After a meeting at the White House on Monday, the French president said that if there is no progress in talks, Russia should be hit with more sanctions.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This is so depressing- and makes me so grateful for growing up biking everywhere, and for my kids having the same experience 30 years later.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Glad to see that tax payers' money is being put to good use. apnews.com/article/vp-v...
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JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. Secret Service had the river level raised
Vice President JD Vance’s security detail had an Ohio river’s water level raised last weekend to accommodate a kayaking trip he and his family took for his 41st birthday.
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
My 2 cents on the recent Romanian elections in ‪@goodauth.bsky.social. Romanian democracy dodged a bullet (barely) but this is no time to be complacent...
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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Just when we thought the circus was finally over, Simion decided to challenge the results of the elections (after he had conceded earlier). Not surprisingly, his argument echoes the rhetoric of his Russian handlers. This could get ugly. www.g4media.ro/breaking-geo...
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BREAKING George Simion anunță că va cere CCR anularea alegerilor / Liderul AUR acuză guvernele R.Moldova și Franței de implicare în alegerile din România și cere audierea fondatorului Telegram / Pavel...
Candidatul extremist George Simion a anunțat, marți, într-un mesaj video transmis pe Facebook, că va cere Curții Constituționale anularea alegerilor
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