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Madison Schramm

@madisonschramm.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof of Political Science at U of Toronto and NRF at Stimson's Reimagining Grand Strategy Program. New book "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" global.oup.com/academic/product/why…?

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Melissa S. Williams @melissa1008.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Department of Political Science is searching for a tenure track position (Assistant Professor) in Indigenous Politics, and the ad is now live: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share widely! And please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.
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Assistant Professor - Indigenous Politics
Assistant Professor - Indigenous Politics
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thankful to @h-diplo.bsky.social for putting together such a fantastic group to review my book!
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This is good, from Richard Nephew, who was involved in the JCPOA negotiations. The idea that Iran can't negotiate properly, or safeguard its uranium, is basically colonialist and ignores the evidence that it can.
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Revisionism at Fordow: Why the WSJ is wrong about the history—and future—of Iran's nuclear program
The Wall Street Journal thinks Iran can't make rational choices in its strategic calculus. But Tehran has done so for nearly 25 years.
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Foreign Policy Analysis @ ISA @fpa-isa.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📚 Honourable Mention: Madison Schramm, University of Toronto, Why Democracies Fight Dictators @madisonschramm.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Canada would have been better off saying nothing. You can detest the regime in Iran without supporting chaos. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
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Statement by Prime Minister Carney and Minister Anand on the situation in the Middle East
Canada’s position remains clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world’s worst human rights records, and must ...
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
muppets are a technology of rebellion
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Alex Stark @alexstark.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
NEW: @madisonschramm.bsky.social, Caitlin McCulloch & I map out the paths to power for women leaders in the wake of crises and conflict in International Studies Review
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Mapping the International Supply and Demand Side of Women’s Political Leadership in Crises
Abstract. In this article, we offer a theoretical framework outlining the conditions under which different types of crises, from wars to natural disasters,
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
my god. this baby. his little self. there have been chapters this dark in US history before—that we moved through them makes it even more damning that we’re in this chapter now. nothing short of accountability, meaningful justice, and full scale government reform can move us fully out of this one
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Last month, I had the chance to chat with the incomparable @profwhw.bsky.social about "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" on Battle Rhythm—check it out here!
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
patriotic americans pioneered the amphibious invasion so patriotic amphibians could repel illegal invasions
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote. zohranfornyc.com/register
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Had a fantastic discussion last week with Morteza at the New Books Network about "Why Democracies Fight Dictators"! Check it out 👇 @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/why-democrac...
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Madison Schramm, "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 01/09/2025
“When it comes to Israeli intransigence regarding Palestinians, the prime minister alone is not the problem,” argues @dahliasc.bsky.social. “The problem is Israeli society, politics, and culture as it has evolved over decades.”
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Israel’s Emerging Occupation Consensus
Despite misgivings about Netanyahu’s Gaza plans, most Israelis support his approach to the Palestinians.
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing | Editorial
Editorial: This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped out
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
86% of International Association of Genocide Scholars who voted supported res that “Israel’s policies & actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in article II of the United Nations convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution backed by 86% of members who voted
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I sound insane when I say this but I truly believe a big part of the Trump admin’s approach to energy policy is driven by gender anxiety. They think coal and oil are manly and renewables are effeminate.
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I had a fantastic conversation with A.J. Manuzzi and John Allen Gay about my new book "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" on the Security Dilemma podcast! Check out the episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Why Democracies Fight Dictators with Madison Schramm
Podcast Episode · Security Dilemma · 08/19/2025 · 48m
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
"Perhaps no method of extermination is more prevalent across genocides than starvation." To understand genocide in Gaza & elsewhere, we need to talk about it as a process not an event. Perhaps the most important op-ed I've written for @theglobeandmail.com: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Genocide is a process, not an event
We need to understand the nature of genocide – how the ground is laid by dehumanization and slow violence - if we hope to prevent it and hold perpetrators to account
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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
IR Book of the Week! "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" by @madisonschramm.bsky.social. International politics is not a domain of cold calculation. It invokes emotions. Anger is especially prominent, and helps explain why democracies choose to fight dictatorships.
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Why Democracies Fight Dictators
Amazon.com: Why Democracies Fight Dictators: 9780197807453: Schramm, Madison: Books
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Alex Stark @alexstark.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Why do democracies fight dictators like Nasser & Saddam? In her new book, @madisonschramm.bsky.social shows how personalist autocrats provide a focal point for emotional imprinting, predisposing leaders in liberal democracies to view personalist dictators as hostile academic.oup.com/book/60422
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Why Democracies Fight Dictators
Abstract. In Why Democracies Fight Dictators Schramm explores the dynamics that intensify conflict between liberal democracies and personalist regimes—poli
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel: Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip www.btselem.org/press_releas...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
"Doctors say the damage to children's bodies in Gaza after months of hunger is already irreversible."
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
“Children tell their parents they want to go to heaven, because at least heaven has food.” Joint Statement from 115 NGOs on mass starvation in Gaza via ReliefWeb reliefweb.int/report/occup...
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As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away - occupied Palestinian territory
News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Food and Nutrition and Protection and Human Rights; published on 23 Jul 2025 by ACPP, ACT Alliance and 49ount other organizati...
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 19/07/2025
Netanyahu’s atrocities are not limited to Gaza. He has also unleashed terrorist settlers in the West Bank who attack civilians and recently beat a young American to death. Even Trump’s ambassador, Mike Huckabee, called this a “terrorist act.” NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Imagine being disappeared in one dictatorship, making it to America, and then being disappeared again
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/07/2025
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Our Médecins Sans Frontières staff are being killed in Gaza. Why are UK ministers enabling that? | Natalie Roberts
Britain has a duty to act morally, and stop supporting this genocide, says Médecins Sans Frontières UK executive director Dr Natalie Roberts
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UNICEF @unicef.org · 13/07/2025
Yet again, we're seeing horrific reports of the killing of seven children in Gaza this time as they were waiting for water at a distribution site. UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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At least 31 Palestinians shot dead while seeking aid in Gaza, hospital officials say
Red Cross hospital in Rafah reports largest number of dead in a year, as injured man says Israeli tank fired at crowds
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
hey climate folks, you can pre-order my book now! out October 7 - just in time for #COP30 press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Existential Politics
A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation
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Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds. Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city.

His statements don’t just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation.

That Trump included praise for Eric Adams in his authoritarian threats is unsurprising, but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this Mayor’s time in City Hall. At the very moment when MAGA Republicans are attempting to destroy the social safety net, kick millions of New Yorkers off of healthcare and enrich their billionaire donors at the expense of working families, it is a scandal that Eric Adams echoes this President’s division, distraction and hate. 

Voters will resoundingly reject it in November.
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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I really don’t understand how anyone in this administration, or anyone who supports them, sleep at night.
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USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?
One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. This is a timeline...
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
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First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
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jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This is a deeply troubling report, and a painful read for all who care about Israel’s moral standing and Jewish values. These incidents demand thorough and transparent IDF as well as independent investigations into potential war crimes.
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IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Gender and Political Expression among #International #Relations #Scholars & the Public By Irene Entringer García Blanes, @drshaunagillooly.bsky.social‬, Emily Brooke Jackson, R Merriman-Goldring & Susan Peterson doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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EU ‘cannot linger at the margins’ of Gaza conflict, says former top diplomat
Josep Borrell says Europe has a duty to intervene but has been ‘relegated to the sidelines’
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
WHAT?????
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
aside from being very dangerous, this is very clearly a breach of the UN Charter; it sounds like aggressive war. there’s a tendency to think violations don’t matter bc international law is hard to enforce but this is a cardinal principle of international cooperation *& it matters to other countries*
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