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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Looking forward to presenting at #EPSS2026 in Belfast this week! @klingelt.bsky.social and I hand-collected 10,000+ campaign posters in Berlin and use automated image analysis to study placement and content strategies across parties THU, 5:10–6:50pm, Brookfield (Hilton) @epssnet.bsky.social

Map showing the spatial distribution of campaign posters by party across electoral precincts in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin. Nine panels display poster locations (dots) overlaid on precinct-level 2021 vote shares (shading) for: Die Linke (n=1,129), Die Grünen (n=1,459), SPD+JUSOS (n=693), CDU (n=639), AfD (n=107), FDP (n=348), Volt (n=780), and BSW (n=248). Each panel uses the party's color. Based on automated classification of 5,854 detected posters (conference version, ~50% of full corpus).

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Tenured!! 🥳 This will probably take a while to feel real, but I am filled with gratitude to my colleagues, the external letter writers and committee members, students, friends, and family who supported me throughout this journey.

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devorahmanekin.bsky.social @devorahmanekin.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Excited to share that my project on polarization and nonviolent resistance was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. So grateful to the many colleagues who supported the work along the way, and looking forward to the research ahead!

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Tristan Klingelhöfer @klingelt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Scholars have long paid attention to disproportionality between parties’ votes and seats emerging from the electoral system. In @sespjournal.bsky.social, Gianni Del Panta, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social, and I show that disproportionality can also be a by-product of pre-electoral coalition formation.🧵

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Ronen Mandelkern @mandelkern.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

What links the recent Israeli government attacks against its Attorney General and the new Leadership Institute Israeli branch? Or Asher and I answer that in a new paper in @PoPpublicsphere on the ideological shift of Israel's Right- a 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Diaspora–Local Cooperation as a Driver of Ideological Change: The Ascendance of American Conservatism in Israel | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

Diaspora–Local Cooperation as a Driver of Ideological Change: The Ascendance of American Conservatism in Israel

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Finally, some hope. 🪬 🌈 🕊

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 09/10/2025

🧵 As an academic whose formative college and graduate experiences took place during the 'modernists' vs. 'neo-primordialist' debates about nationalism, I find the causal ideological & methodological nationalism of even left-wing social media shocking.

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Andrew Szarejko @szarejko.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

It’s publication day 🥳 my book is officially out in the world thanks to @stanfordpress.bsky.social, and I celebrated by giving it the 6+1 treatment at the @duckofminerva.bsky.social.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

(5) Overall, our findings indicate that historical analogies can be a powerful rhetorical tool, but they may be more effective in shaping policy attitudes when used early in a conflict or foreign policy crisis. @armenon.bsky.social @deandulay.bsky.social @profpjones.bsky.social

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

(4) However, only in Israel did exposure to the analogy increase public support for specific assistance to Ukraine. Why? We suggest that, compared to the other three countries, Israel provided noticeably less assistance to Ukraine. Thus, public opinion had more room to shift.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

(3) To study the effects of President Zelensky’s historical analogies, we simultaneously fielded survey experiments in four countries – the US, the UK, Germany, and Israel. In all four, those exposed to the analogy had an emotional reaction consistent with the content of the speech.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

(2) Leaders often use historical analogies to mobilize public opinion around foreign policy events. Most memorable are Zelensky’s speeches, comparing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Pearl Harbor and 9/11 (in the US), World War II (in the UK), and the Holocaust (in Germany and Israel).

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

(1) Are historical analogies effective as a persuasion tactic during foreign policy crises? Our new article in Security Studies finds that while exposure to analogies elicits an emotional reaction, it does not always translate into a shift in policy attitudes. 🧵: doi.org/10.1080/0963...

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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Guess what, my new book "The Art of Status" is out with @oxfordacademic.bsky.social 📚💃🎉 It's about looted art and international status competition - why some states decide to return and some don't. I explore in detail Parthenon Marbles, Benin Bronzes, and Nazi-looted art. More info/pics soon.

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Tristan Klingelhöfer @klingelt.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I learned so much from @rdassonneville.bsky.social's Voters Under Pressure, Tillman's Authoritarianism and the Evolution and Bartels's Democracy Erodes from the Top. In @comppol.bsky.social, I review each book on its own terms and draw out implications for the view that elections confer mandates. 🧵

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Recasting the Meaning of Election...Mandate Interpretation in Europe: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

So great to see Voters Under Pressure featured in this @comppol.bsky.social review article by @klingelt.bsky.social! Reviewing the book alongside work of Bartels and Tillman, Tristan's reading is the mandate function of elections is being challenged👇 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

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Recasting the Meaning of Election...Mandate Interpretation in Europe: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article

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devorahmanekin.bsky.social @devorahmanekin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Excellent op-ed on nonviolent protest from @robbwiller.bsky.social and @owasow.bsky.social on the importance of nonviolence here www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o.... Some additional points worth noting:

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Opinion | This Is What Makes Protests Successful

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Tristan Klingelhöfer @klingelt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Incredibly honored that our (@sricht.bsky.social @loewnic.bsky.social) paper "Changing affective alignments between parties and voters" @wepsocial.bsky.social won the inaugural Rudolf Wildenmann prize for election research of Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V. www.forschungsgruppe.de/Aktuelles/Wi...

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Rudolf-Wildenmann-Nachwuchspreis 2024 für empirische Wahlforschung der Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V., Tristan Klingelhöfer, Simon Richter und Nicole Loew

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American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

Whose critique matters? The effects of critic identity and audience on public opinion by Yehonatan Abramson, Anil Menon, and Abir Gitlin is now available in Early View. @yoniabramson.bsky.social @armenon.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/03/12/w...

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

I am honored! Also - you are cited of course :)

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

That's a different one, but the best papers are constructivists who do experiments!

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

(8) There are many people to thank, but I am especially grateful to @aecoppock.bsky.social, @florianfoos.bsky.social, and Eline de Rooij - the instructors of the ICPSR Field Experiments course - for tolerating my constructivist sensibilities.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

(7) This contribution, we hope, will open up a new comparative research agenda on diasporas’ naming and shaming. For example, Russians, Ethiopians, Indians, Hungarians, and Filipinos abroad have been also active in criticizing their “homeland” over various issues.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

(6) In terms of human rights, consistent with past work, we find a backlash effect. Compared to respondents who were not exposed to criticism, Israelis became less supportive of improving existing practices. This was only true when the criticism was made by non-Israeli critics.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

(5) Jewish-American critics, however, have a slight advantage compared to Americans regarding their intentions: Israelis evaluate Jewish-American critics as more well-intentioned than non-Jewish Americans.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

(4) Our findings indicate that Israeli critics have a clear advantage: respondents evaluate Israeli critics as more well-intentioned and knowledgeable than non-Israeli critics (Jewish-Americans and Americans).

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

(3) We asked respondents to rate – a. the critic (their knowledge and intentions) b. the criticism (their agreement with it and how negative it makes them feel) c. their own position on the criticized policies (human rights of Palestinians in the West Bank).

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

(2) To study this, we ran a survey experiment on ~2,100 Israelis. Those in the treatment groups were exposed to the same critical message coming from different critics (Israeli, Jewish-American, or American) and delivered on different channels (Israeli or international media).

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

(1) IR scholars often debate whether “naming and shaming” affects public opinion in the “target country.” But – the literature mostly focuses on either foreign or domestic criticism. What about criticism coming from diasporas – inside the nation but outside the state?

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Does diaspora criticism work? In a new article at @ajpseditor.bsky.social, we find that #diasporas might have a slight advantage over complete foreigners when shaming their “homeland.” Open access in: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Polisky nationalisky migcitsky behavioursky A thread:

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Whose critique matters? The effects of critic identity and audience on public opinion

When evaluating the impact of naming and shaming on public opinion regarding human rights, existing scholarship focuses on messages coming from ingroup or outgroup critics. Diaspora critics, increasi...

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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

🧵4/10 "Securitizing the nation beyond the state: diasporas as threats, victims, and assets" by Yehonatan Abramson This article discusses the securitization of diasporas with a focus on Israel-diaspora relations. You can read it here: bit.ly/3Hx7R31%E2%8...

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Tristan Klingelhöfer @klingelt.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Populists have arguably made political discourse more emotional, appealing to anger and fear. In a paper @wepsocial.bsky.social, @sricht.bsky.social, @loewnic.bsky.social, and I investigate whether voters have adapted and privilege their affective orientations as a yardstick when voting. Polisky 🧵

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

4) Our findings can also travel to kinetic warfare. Maybe it’s my own wishful thinking, but it seems that Nasrallah used self-complimenting rhetoric to justify current Hezbollah’s relative restraint. You can find the article (open access) at– doi.org/10.1080/1352...

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Saving face in the cyberspace: responses to public cyber intrusions in the Gulf

How do states “save face” following a cyber intrusion directed at them? Recent scholarship demonstrates that the covert nature of cyber intrusions allows states to respond with restraint, avoiding...

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

3) In the broader discussion about the possibilities to de-securitize cyber conflicts, the discursive content we identify allows states to “tone down” cyber threat inflation and legitimize restraint.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

2) Via discourse analysis of Arabic sources across several Gulf countries, we classify three types of face-saving strategies – diminishing, self-complimenting, and accusing – and show how these are differently used across several cyber intrusions.

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Yoni Abramson @yoniabramson.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

A bit of a distraction from what’s going on. 1) Restraint in conflict needs to be narrated and justified. In a new article, published at CSP, Gil Baram and I examine the rhetorical strategies used by Gulf countries to “save face” following cyber intrusions. polisky intsec menasky IRtheory

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