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David Szakonyi @szakonyi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of Russia's best political experts - Alexander Kynev - has been arrested on preposterous charges of drug trafficking. Reports emerging that he may have been beaten and tortured after arrest. Independent expertise is treated as a crime in Putin's Russia

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

✌️ Next week, this year's recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo ✍️ Thanks to The Guardian for inviting me to share my thoughts on potential awardees and why I believe the more war there is, the more the Nobel Peace Prize matters www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Forget the famous names. Here is who actually deserves this year’s Nobel peace prize | Haakon Gjerløw

The betting markets favour the US president and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the most vital work to secure peace is being done by those far from the spotlight, says Haakon Gjerløw, acting director of the ...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water

The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 25/09/2026

One tip to new PhDs. You probably are worried that an audience member will "catch" some fatal flaw in your research. You should be more worried that five minutes in everyone is answering emails on their laptop. If people are engaging (even critically), it is better than not paying attention.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Could be worse. Saparmurat Niyazov, the dictator of Turkmenistan, named the months after himself, his mother, and Turkmen national symbols.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The term “lame duck” would be haunting any other president’s sleep. But the concept is alien to Trump. He spends more of his time telling people about his architectural plans than he devotes to Iran, AI or the economy. Insoluble problems hold no interest." My column. as.ft.com/r/928f5cb7-6...

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Trump is checking out of his presidency

With no way out of his war with Iran, he is increasingly obsessed with monuments to himself

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Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Of the 919 candidates running as major-party nominees for the US House and Senate this November, only seven had a working-class job when they got into politics. That’s less than 1%, despite working-class jobs making up about half of the US labor force.” @carnes.bsky.social and I explain why.

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Why Working-Class Candidates Are Almost Never on the Ballot

Less than 1% of major-party candidates competing for a seat in the US Congress have a background in manual trades or service industries.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Putin tager sejren i Rusland" Hvorfor dækker nogle danske medier det russiske valg som om, at der er en reel usikkerhed om "valgets" resultat? Rusland er et brutalt diktatur og Putin har diktereret resultatet. At dække det som et reelt valg er at gå Putins ærinde og give ham legitimitet.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 20/09/2026

The Third-Country Removal Tracker has been updated with last week's ICE flights to Costa Rica and Paraguay. Crossing fingers that, with the appeals court decision, this may be the last update for awhile. We'll see. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...

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Tracking All of Trump’s Known Third-Country Removals

Trump's ICE has expelled an estimated 23,000 people to countries where they have no ties. Find out where they are going, what happens to them, and who profits.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trump kan ikke få sit navn på Kennedy Centret. Så nu truer han med at rive det ned (hvilket er ulovligt, men det er bare en parentes i USA i 2026). Han er en gal tyran og historien viser, at det kun kommer til at blive mere skørt, så længe han fortsat er ved magten.

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Trump’s battle to rename the Kennedy Center has put its future at risk

The president has threatened to block renovations and suggested the landmark could be demolished after courts ruled against his bid to rename it

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Heh, it looks like they gave him the agreement he already had. Like wrapping an old toy and present it as a new gift to a toddler with amnesia

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David Szakonyi @szakonyi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We're hiring in Comparative Politics here at GWU! Come join our fantastic department, and plug your research directly into DC’s policy community Work on all regions and methodological approaches welcome I'm on the committee and happy to answer any questions www.gwu.jobs/postings/128...

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Assistant Professor of Political Science

The Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in Comparative Politics at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning as early as Fall 2027. This position is pendin...

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open! After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027. ⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... 1/2

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Empire of Grift

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Trump familien er så vanvittigt korrupt. De skovler milliarder ind, men selvfølgelig skal Trump Jr’s bryllup betales af russerne. Hvis ikke det meste af familien rådner op i fængsel for korruption og landsforræderi, så har det amerikanske system spillet fallit.

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dette er statscensur og et voldsomt angreb på pressefriheden. Heldigvis er der sikkert langt flere, der kommer til at se interviewet på YouTube på grund af dette, men det er fortsat dybt skræmmende, at det nu er normen i USA at regeringen presser medier til at ændre dækning.

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Democracy is a system where parties lose elections.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2026

A string of absolutely bonkers Truth Social posts from Trump in the span of about 10 minutes

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Adrian Del Rio @adridelrio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Can elite divisions undo dictatorships? @schaferd.bsky.social, @javierpadilla.bsky.social and I examine the electoral consequences of elite divisions in dictatorships. @politicsjournal.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... A thread 🧵

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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Job ad- Assistant Professorship in Political Science at The University of Gothenburg web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

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Assistant Professor in Political Science, one or more

The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So, you are telling me that the guy who posted this stuff on his social media account in the last few days is losing the war in Iran and simultaneously is wrecking the American economy? I am shocked. Shocked.

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Ken Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My theory is that if you take an impulsive leader loosely tethered to reality, replace the policymaking process with sycophants and strivers who tell him how brilliant and popular he is, and cede every institutional check on his power, a bunch of ill-advised and inexplicable stuff will happen.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As a Jewish person, I'm horrified by this. This is Holocaust-style imagery used to dehumanize an entire people. Anyone who can't call it a genocide is a coward and failing a basic test of morality and human decency.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Dozens of civilians killed, non-stop perpetual attacks, over 15 air raids per day, I’ve literally lost count, it’s taking a toll on everybody here, I just really want to believe someone out there in the west still cares

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Andrey Kazankov @andreykazankov.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Den russiske erobringsmagt bomber Kyiv mere og mere. Og mere til. Jeg ved ikke helt, om danskerne har forstået, at København kan blive et lignende mål, og at vi derfor er nødt til 1) at hjælpe Ukraine mere 2) og at anskaffe os så meget luftforsvar som muligt.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is crazy. But the truly crazy thing is that ~35 percent of Americans look at this and agree with Trump.

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The WhoGov Project @whogov.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The WhoGov Project mourns the passing of King Harald V of Norway. He championed compassion and an inclusive vision of Norway where every citizen belonged. We have coded many royals as a part of our project, and the world would be a much better place if more of them were like Harald.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Saturday Night Live's sketches are great this season!

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Nila Zarepour-Arizi @nilazarepour.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Very excited to share a little piece of my work that means a lot to me: my first solo-authored article is now out in the Journal of Peace Research! In “She Who Pays for Stereotypes,” I show how gender stereotypes can shape military spending. academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

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She who pays for stereotypes: female leaders and military spending

Abstract. The elections of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in Namibia and Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico as the first female presidents mark a milestone in the histori

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Looks like military hardliners used to govern with repression and with tons of blood on their hands are replacing the theocracy in Iran. Poor Iranians. I fear they are going from bad to worse. What a colossal failure.

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A military junta is consolidating power in Iran

That is bad news for Iranians and a possible peace deal with America

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Diana O'Brien @dzobrien.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Back from the 3rd annual @whogov.bsky.social conference at @uio.no ! A terrific few days with scholars of political elites and Oslo’s excellent grad students. Very grateful to give the keynote--Who Governs and Why it Matters: Lessons from Cabinet Appointments--alongside @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social.

Photo of two presenters at keynote address.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

USA er ved at blive den mest irrelevante relevante supermagt. Der er ingen strategi, mål og midler ændres efter Trumps forgodtbefindende og inkompetencen er endeløs. Det er umuligt at lave aftaler med dem og vi kan ikke stole på dem. Det bedste vi kan gøre er at blive så uafhængige som muligt.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Somehow we are in a shooting war with Iran and a trade war with Canada and we are losing both and international security and international political economy scholars are all at a loss because this is NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Great keynote by @dzobrien.bsky.social and @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social opening the #WhoGoV mini-conference organized by @jacobnyrup.bsky.social and team at the UiO. Fantastic program and conference so far!

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The WhoGov Project @whogov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The #WhoGov26 mini-conference has officially started!

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Philipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If you were on here yesterday, you experienced what DDoS attacks feel like: the site just not loading. Now imagine you're an exiled news outlet and this happens every time you publish something critical. I summarized my research for @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/how-cyberatt...

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How Cyberattacks Became a Censorship Tool

The internet made it easier to evade traditional censorship, but Philipp Lutscher writes that cyberattacks are a cheap and deniable authoritarian countermove.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On the one hand, 33% is an incredibly bad number for Trump, or any modern president. On the other hand, it feels like we’re in the middle of an experiment to find out how many Americans will support a dying, demented pedophile who frequently says he doesn’t give a shit about them. 33% seems high!

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency, ‌with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the U.S. war with Iran will last a long time, according to a ...

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go! Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below. To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

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Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A summary of what I understand and do not understand about the way democracy works: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7269378

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<p>Swan Song: My Understanding of Democracy</p>

I summarize my understanding of democracy: the theory which predicts when elections peacefully manage conflicts and the empirical evidence regarding the co

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The WhoGov Project @whogov.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We are excited for the keynote at next week's mini-conference on political elites: @dzobrien.bsky.social and @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social will present "Who Governs and Why It Matters: Lessons from Cabinet Appointments" on Thursday the 20th, 13–14. If you are in Oslo and want to attend, let us know

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Conference — WhoGov

WhoGov workshops, conference panels, and data clinics for the research community.

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Daniel A. N. Goldstein @daniel-a-n-goldstein.com · 12/08/2026

Are politicians gatekeepers of democracy? Will they reject candidates for party leadership or coalitions to protect it? We ran pre-registered experiments on 2,000 Norwegian politicians. They do gatekeep, but it’s conditional. osf.io/preprints/so...

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Relax, NYT, he changed planes and used other people as a decoy, it is not like he is Houdini

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Laura Kettel @laurakettel.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

📣 New paper (cond. accepted at CPS)! ⚡ What happens politically when household energy becomes more expensive? In our new paper (with bluesky-less Sophia Wang) we show that even before the energy crisis (2016–2021), increases in household energy burden erode SWD, particularly among renters. 🧵 1/4

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