Danielle Flonk

Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics

by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)

If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.

I'm beginning a week-long research stay at Hitotsubashi University's Institute for Advanced Study. Thanks to @danielleflonk.bsky.social for the warm welcome.

By using liberal language, they disguise their strategies as they promote multilateral cooperation. We show that the role of autocracies in multilateralism is one of hollowing out the system from within. We demonstrate our framework in the field of internet governance.

Second, autocracies attempt to exclude non-state actors from international debates by advocating for one-country-one-vote principles. In combination, autocracies promote a form of multilateralism that is both substantively and procedurally hollow.

Autocracies achieve hollow multilateralism via two strategies. First, autocracies promote shallow international standards of international law that do not include a commitment to implementation.

Hollow multilateralism: how autocracies contest the norms and procedures of international organizations When autocracies promote multilateralism, are they using liberal language to hollow out established rules from within, and seeking to exclude non-state act

New publication! In @iajournal.bsky.social, @debremaria.bsky.social and I show the emergence of hollow multilateralism, whereby autocracies use the rules and principles of the liberal international order to hollow out the system from within. Our paper is open access! academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...

Thrilled that our piece 'Hollow Multilateralism' is out in the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social! Co-authored with @danielleflonk.bsky.social, we show how autocracies use liberal language to hollow out norms in internet governance and sideline critical non-state actors.

Invitation to the opening event of "Autocracies as International Lawmakers"

✨We warmly invite you to the opening event of the workshop "Autocracies as International Lawmakers", co-hosted with @debremaria.bsky.social ✨

The discussion is followed by a reception. Please register here: www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/...

📅 2 June 2025, 15:00-17:00
📍 Norwegian Nobel Institute

How should scholars of international politics think about the future of IR in the midst of important shifts in global politics?

We're seeking submissions -- limited to 4,000 words -- for a special section on the future of IR, due June 15, 2025.

Please share!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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A short article of mine on civil-military relations and democratic backsliding had been accepted for publication in the journal "Connections".

Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x)
#CivMilSky

I will be working with Co-Investigator @tomokotkhsh.bsky.social on the role of China in 'democratizing' global governance. With @debremaria.bsky.social, I will be writing a book manuscript that brings qualitative and quantitative research designs together in a comprehensive framework.

I argue that this type of multilateralism is hollow: the promotion of multilateralism by authoritarian regimes is a fig leaf to use the rules and principles of the liberal international order to hollow out the system from within

New project! Happy to be granted the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) by the JSPS for my project on hollow multilateralism. In this four-year project, I will assess how autocracies are increasingly pushing for new norms and institutions that challenge conventional notions of multilateralism.

The Dictators’ Club: How Regional Organizations Sustain Authoritarian Rule (OUP) is out now! 📚

We live in an age of rising authoritarianism. Many assume that regional organizations (ROs) are key to help protect democracy and human rights - but what if they do the opposite?

Congratulations! Happy it’s out!

Exciting to be working on this project on the role of regional organizations in promoting digital sovereignty with @debremaria.bsky.social!

Call for papers: international workshop on Social Purpose in International Order.

Please share!

www.hsu-hh.de/polipo/en/ne...

Internet and Politics in the AI era: digital technologies and their impact on norms, rights and political processes European Consortium for Political Research

If you're interested in this topic, consider submitting to the #ecprgc25 section 'Internet and Politics in the AI era' (S31) chaired by Gabriela Borz and co-chaired by Ramón Villaplana and myself. We are looking to fill three panels on internet freedom. @ecpr.bsky.social ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Brandon, Andrew, and Danielle’s presentation at NCA precon

Acabestie @drbrandonharris.bsky.social (along with Andrew Wilson & Danielle Flonk) promise a provoking final #NCACreatorPrecon presentation on shitposting and trolling. (This shitposting scholar is selfishly excited!) #NCA2024

Pleased with our new open access paper w @mcneilwillson.bsky.social: “Watering down the wine: European Union regulation of violent right‐wing extremism content and the securitisation of new online spaces” in Policy & Internet! doi.org/10.1002/poi3... Started the project as Max Weber Fellows at EUI!