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Hilde Eliassen Restad

@herestad.bsky.social
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Associate professor of IR at Oslo New University College (ONH). Fulbright, UWC, and UVa alumna. Fall’24 Fulbright Visiting Scholar @ClementsCenter UT Austin

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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 20h
Finally, some love for "The Good Wife"!! A better list than you'll find over at NYTimes (but why not Battlestar Galactica, @dandrezner.bsky.social!?) "My 10 Best Television Shows of the 21st Century" danieldrezner.substack.com/p/my-10-best...
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My 10 Best Television Shows of the 21st Century
Screw the New York Times; here are my choices.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Denne kronikken er dessverre veldig god. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...
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Vi må knuse myten om Norge som et ikke-rasistisk samfunn
Les kronikken.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gleder meg til dette kule arrangementet på Eidsvoll i dag! eidsvoll1814.no/usa-250-ar--...
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USA 250 år – jubileum og skjebnevalg - Eidsvoll 1814
Hvordan påvirket den polariserte politiske situasjonen selve jubileumsavviklingen, og hva vil skje med amerikansk politikk fram mot mellomvalget 3. november? Til debatt og samtale har vi samlet noen a...
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Robin Morgan obituary
Political theorist and one of the first feminists of her generation to point out the misogyny within male leftist counterculture
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One thing that Trump and Pete Hegseth will never tell you about the war - the truth. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So incredible excited to extend an invitation to you all to join Norway's foremost researchers on American politics to our "USA 250" symposium at Oslo New University College on Friday October 16! We will disucss US political development and the midterms of course! oslonyehoyskole.no/Arrangement/...
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250 Years Since the Declaration of Independence: Democracy in the Balance | Oslo Nye Høyskole
Meld deg påGjennom foredrag og diskusjoner møter du forskere fra Oslo Nye Høyskole, Universitetet i Oslo, NTNU, Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt og Universitetet i Agder, i tillegg til kommentatorer med...
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Applications are now open for @isanet.bsky.social conference in Iceland next June! www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
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ISA Midyear Conference 2027, Reykjavík
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Everyone knows that the greatest threat to the upcoming midterm elections is not the Democrats or the Chinese, noncitizen voting, or electronic voting machines, but the president of the United States and his servile Republican Congress." Judge Michael Luttig: newrepublic.com/article/2151...
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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🤣🤣
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I min nyligste spalte for Dagsavisen skriver jeg om det pågående forsøket på valgjuks fra Trump. Siste nytt er at han - som selv stemmer via posten i Florida - ønsker å gjøre det vanskeligere å stemme via posten. www.dagsavisen.no/kommentar/de...
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Trumps hårreisende forsøk på valginnblanding
USA er i demokratisk tilbakegang, skriver kommentatoren. Nå advares det mot et nytt grep som kan svekke tilliten til valget i november.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I kveld starter en liten rundtur i Nord-Norge for å snakke om USAs mellomvalg og veivalg. Kanskje vi sees i Narvik, Harstad eller Tromsø 🌊
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A full house for our «Change and Continuity in U.S. Foreign Policy» panel at #EISA #PEC2026 in Lisbon! I presented my new project, which interprets America First as part of a fourth America founding. Stefan Borg (Swedish Defense University) analyzed the tragic irony of the «restrainers» becoming
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Peter Anti-Fascist Lütken 🇳🇴🌻🇺🇦 @peterlutken.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Apropos - noen som vet om The West Wing ligger ute på en eller annen strømmetjeneste i Norge om dagen?
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Out of my 55 first year students in Intro to IR, 1 had seen The West Wing, 1 had seen Parks & Rec, and 1 had seen Madam Secretary…😭
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As a Norwegian and a republican, I have to say this headline is incredibly misleading and tasteless. While I object to monarchy, it was difficult to object to King Harald, an extraordinarily warm and inclusive monarch who chose love (his Sonja, a commoner) over tradition (marrying another royal).
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/two-years-...
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Two Years of the Dumbest Foreign Policy Imaginable Is Starting to Yield Negative Returns
Year two of the dumbest motherfuckers alive running American foreign policy is proceeding apace.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.nrk.no/artikkel/reg...
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Regjeringens knefall for Meta
Det virker som Karianne Tung har glemt hvem hun jobber for.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Da Janne Drangsholt fremførte dette foredraget på Øyafestivalen ropte en mann «hore» og «fittetryne». Resten av oss likte foredraget veldig godt. Anbefales! pca.st/episode/a6da...
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Janne Stigen Drangsholt om Lily Allen og det åpne ekteskapet
Hva er likhetene mellom Lily Allen, Virginia Woolf og George Elliot? Er det mulig å være en fri kvinne og i et ekteskap? I helgen gjestet Lily Allen Øyafestivalen, en forestilling som møtte både…
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Dette kunne jo en grundig ansettelsesprosess ha unngått. Jeg blir helt matt. www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/saken-...
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(+) Saken er komisk og avslørende, men også dypt ubehagelig
Skandalen på Cambridge er del av en trend. Aktivister bruker forskningskritikk for å undergrave akademikere de er politisk uenige med. Og metoden er ikke forbeholdt høyresiden, skriver Ingeborg Misje ...
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Why Washington keeps misreading Iran goodauthority.substack.com/p/why-washin...
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Why Washington keeps misreading Iran
What history and political science can tell us about the resilience of the Islamic Republic’s government and institutions.
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Eli Marie Lian 📎🧩🧩🧩 @elimlian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hører på trygdekontoret i samtale med @evanmclaren.bsky.social og @herestad.bsky.social radio.nrk.no/podkast/tryg...
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Skjebnemellomvalget - Trygdekontoret - NRK Radio
Kan det amerikanske demokratiet reddes eller har det allerede kollapset? Trygdekontoret tar pulsen på det amerikanske mellomvalget med Hilde Restad og Evan McLaren - live fra Arendalsuka.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Democrats strongly favored to take the House, Senate tilts Democratic in our new election forecast (crosspost) open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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Democrats strongly favored to take the House, Senate tilts Democratic in our new election forecast (crosspost)
Our brand-new election forecast for the 2026 congressional midterms puts Democrats at above even odds to take control of both chambers
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?”
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
CNN did good with this annotation of Trump's "election fraud" speech...! edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
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Annotated full transcript of Trump’s speech claiming US election vulnerabilities
President Donald Trump tried to convince Americans in a primetime address that their elections are vulnerable to fraud. CNN annotated the speech with context and analysis.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🇳🇴 Norway manager Stale Solbakken: “Bad bad bad bad bad decision by FIFA that will hurt the World Cup. Not good for the sport. If they beat Belgium it will always have that extra thing about it. What happens with the next Red Card?” (From @bbcsport)
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Norwegians! Is there a Norwegian non-fiction book or a book about Norway that we absolutely must recommend or is there a novel set in Norway which we also can’t recommend enough? This is for a friend traveling to our fair nation 🇳🇴
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
How to mark the Semiquincentennial? 250 years since the Declaration of Independence is certainly a momentous occasion, and there is very little to disagree with in it. Indeed, there are mostly insights with which to wholeheartedly agree, as with the famous line: "We hold these truths to be…
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The world’s silence killed my girls. Masa needed treatment abroad,but nobody answered our cries😭.Now the exact same thing is happening to Ibrahim.I will never forgive those who ignore my agony.Please dont let silence take him too. Ibrahim is sick&urgently needs your support.😔🙏💔 tinyurl.com/baraaZ2
A new born baby is lying on a hospital beddwith colored IV tubes connected to his hand and torso.A young boy is sleeping on a hospital bed. He's got a respiratory device taped to his mouth and nose, and another measuring device on his right arm.A boy is lying, looking feverish with eyes half closed and a wet towel on his forehead.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
How to mark the Semiquincentennial? 250 years since the Declaration of Independence is certainly a momentous occasion, and there is very little to disagree with in it. Indeed, there are mostly insights with which to wholeheartedly agree, as with the famous line: "We hold these truths to be…
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A fitting way to celebrate the 250: "Media reports, and social media accounts, have repeated the same findings in all 11 American host cities: the international World Cup travelers are loving the States, and Americans are enjoying the tourists." goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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Welcome To America
Foreigners love America. America loves foreigners. Rhetoric is colliding with reality.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Dr. Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth", champions the historical significance of the holiday. Her activism and symbolic 2.5-mile walks drove the movement to make June 19 a federal holiday in 2021. Her legacy serves as a reminder that the fight for freedom and justice remains an ongoing journey.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
God it's so fun to watch them all line up to throw Vance under the bus
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Dette gleder jeg meg til! Restad returnerer til Festspillene i Harstad, denne gangen ikke som ung ballettdanserinne, men som voksen kjedelig statsviter. Akk jo, sånn ble det!
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Anette Sand-Eriksen @sanderiksen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Museum of Cultural History @uio.no is hiring a PhD candidate in Nordic #Archaeology, linked to the museum’s research on the #VikingAge. As icing on the cake, you’ll be working in the environment of the new Museum of the Viking Age, part of MCH, opening in 2027! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD research fellow in Nordic Archaeology (301195), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2026
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
‘the confluence of America’s failure in Iran and Trump’s Temu colosseum should paint a clear picture of decadence, rot and weakness trying to conceal itself behind macho kitsch.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
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Opinion | A Garish Spectacle of American Decline
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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 04/06/2026
All Souls College, Oxford, is seeking 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellows in - Asian and Middle Eastern Studies - History of Art/History of Music - Law - Life Science - Theoretical Computer Science These are 5-year appointments starting autumn 2027. Deadline: 4 Sep 2026 www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships | All Souls College
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
These Republicans Broke With Trump on the War in Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/u...
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These Republicans Broke With Trump on the War in Iran
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I morgen er det frokostseminar om mellomvalget i november med meg selv, Jan Arild Snoen og Kate Hansen Bundt. Kanskje vi sees:) www.atlanterhavskomiteen.no/arrangemente...
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Chris Van Hollen's remarkable op-ed on Israel/Palestine draws red lines for the 2028 presidential primaries and shows how significant the changes are in this debate from only a few years back. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/o...
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Opinion | The Hard Truth My Party Needs to Face
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The MAGA-fication of the GOP continues, which will affect the party long after Trump is gone. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/26/t...
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Ken Paxton defeats John Cornyn in Texas U.S. Senate GOP runoff
The attorney general’s victory is a crushing blow to the Texas GOP's old guard, which has faltered in recent years against the Paxton-led insurgent wing.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Truly low turnout in some counties in South Texas. In Starr County, Trump got roughly 9,500 votes in 2024. 90 votes counted in the GOP runoff today. In Webb County, Trump got roughly 33,300 votes in 2024. Roughly 2,300 voters today.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Happy Texas US Senate Republican primary runoff to those who celebrate! www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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What to expect in the Texas US Senate Republican primary runoff
Voters in the Lone Star State will make their second attempt to nominate a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff election on Tuesday, the electoral version of the Texas two-step.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Serious questions hang over next month’s World Cup. Will players and fans be safe from ICE? For host cities Dallas and Houston, though, the problem is more basic: Will grass grow indoors? www.texasmonthly.com/culture/worl...
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The World Cup Is Weeks Away, and Texas Has a Problem
Will the fields at Houston and Dallas's host stadiums be ready in time?
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/sammen...
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(+) Vi anklages for å relativisere holocaust, det er feil
Studier av hvordan holocaust kunne skje, danner også grunnlag for å forstå hvordan forbrytelser mot menneskeheten kan skje i sanntid.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Everyone Thinks Trump Won Last Night. They're Wrong open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
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Everyone Thinks Trump Won Last Night. They're Wrong
Trump's revenge tour just made the GOP's midterm problem a whole lot worse.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
When political scientists are all out of fucks, they write great posts like this: "The Slush Fund" open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
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The Slush Fund
Trump continues to spit on the republic.
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sam @samthielman.com · 14/05/2026
yeah man the US is a picture of stability
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