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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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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My list has always been Hegseth, Miller and Vought. All three are have encouraged “high crimes and Misdemeanors” that go to the balance of separation of powers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
2026 Maine Fall Foliage Tour
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I thought virtual MPSA would be a great option in addition to attending ISA in person but this cost is unfortunately prohibitive.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hold up. If I want to attend MPSA virtually next spring, it's gonna cost me over 600 dollars!? WHY.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republicans Are Struggling Everywhere. This State Is the Epicenter. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | It Won’t Be So Easy for Democrats to Make Data Centers Their Issue
The problems of technology were there before Trump and will be there after.
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page headline of The National, Scotland
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Ken Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow, last US forces out of Iraq, 23.5 years after they went in.
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U.S. withdraws forces in Iraq as balance of power shifts to Iran
U.S. military forces are set to depart from bases in Iraq on Wednesday, a milestone in two bloody decades of American involvement.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One sad fact about midterm discussions this year is that they have to include the possibility of election fraud by the party in power: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Election Deniers’ Long Game
Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do.
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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
Come hear @hildelstephens.bsky.social @randalljstephens.bsky.social @christinaplett.bsky.social @snoen.bsky.social and myself talk all things US politics:
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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 · 15/09/2026
‘Still, the weekslong legal tussle over the issue may have sown its own kind of confusion, a victory of sorts for Mr. Trump as he seeks to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote in an election his party might lose.’
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Screen Mail-In Ballots
The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m not sure what you mean
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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
Thanks to @gloefflmann.bsky.social, Stefan, & Michal!
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
the «performative realism» of the Trump admin, as contrasted with academic and folk realism (Queen Mary Uni). A great discussion followed with lots of Qs from the audience.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
part of the establishment yet with little influence over Trump II. Michal Bula (Charles University, Prague) presented on how to quantify «isolationist» foreign policy behavior and Georg Løfflman discussed
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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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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Og DERFOR skal man ikke kaste DVDene sine
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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
I was trying to find something that reflected the US self-perception as a benevolent liberal power, so Veep would not be appropriate 😅
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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
It is truly deranged that the announcement of his passing should be in the same sentence as Epstein (there was no relation between the two!). Do better, NYTimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/w...
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Harald V, Norway’s King as Tradition and Modernity Collided, Dies at 89
His 35-year reign opened an ancient monarchy to marriages with so-called commoners and to an incendiary association with Jeffrey Epstein.
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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 · 25/08/2026
* narrative of
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Great thread:-) I would also add that if people are interested in updated work examining how the narraof American exceptionalism has influenced US foreign policy, there is a new edited volume coming out with Georgetown University Press next year co-edited by myself & @richardmaass.bsky.social 🥳
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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 Spøkelseslian 📎🧩🧩🧩 @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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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And agree that Mathallen is a great visit for any meal of the day!
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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 · 06/07/2026
Is perhaps my favorite, also love Jimmy’s) to very traditional experiences like the cafe at Frognersæteren (great view of Oslo) and the funky Arv Retro in old town which has cozy brunches on weekends. Hope you enjoy yourself! If there is time, hop on the ferry to the islands in the fjord for ☀️ 🏊🏼
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