So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization.
01.10.2025 17:27 — 👍 52 🔁 28 💬 2 📌 0
Glad to see this important volume come to fruition- kudos to @lisablaydes.bsky.social & @samuelhelfont.bsky.social for putting us all in conversation with each other. Thrilled to have co-authored a critical chapter with @marsin.bsky.social on archival access & hierarchies of knowledge production
30.09.2025 13:59 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The @pomeps.bsky.social junior scholar book development workshop is an incredible opportunity to receive substantive feedback on first book projects relating broadly to Middle East politics. I'm on the committee and happy to answer any questions: smako@bu.edu
19.09.2025 16:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Insurgent to Incumbent: Ideo...fter Rebel Victory in Civil Wars: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
More important things going on, but I have a new article out in @comppol.bsky.social on how ideology shapes rebels' wartime institutions, carrying over to postvictory statebuilding & governance approaches, w/original evidence from Nicaragua, Liberia, & Uganda www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
11.06.2025 17:44 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Pleased to have contributed to the APSA MENA Newsletter Thanks to the editors @dbgreenwald.bsky.social @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @samershehata.bsky.social for putting together such an amazing collection!
My piece: zenodo.org/records/1533...
The Issue: zenodo.org/records/1538...
15.05.2025 09:39 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Our article on legislative cooptation and opposition in the Kuwait National Assembly is finally out at @bjpols.bsky.social!
Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani...
Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
14.05.2025 16:12 — 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
What is the Middle East?
I'm thrilled to announce publication of my hopefully provocative new Element!
What is the Middle East? I’m thrilled to announce the publication- and free download - of my new, hopefully provocative Cambridge Element on the theory and practice of regions and area studies. Get it now and let me know what you think!
abuaardvark.substack.com/p/what-is-th...
04.02.2025 15:23 — 👍 62 🔁 18 💬 4 📌 1
How do autocrats stay in power?
Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇
24.01.2025 15:50 — 👍 1700 🔁 741 💬 81 📌 77
APSA-MENA Section Awards, 2024-25 - APSA MENA POLITICS
The Middle East and North Africa Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) seek nominations for several awards recognizing exceptional contributions to the field that integ...
#menasky It's award nomination time for the 2024-2025 year! Please send your nominations our way for Best Book, Best Article, Best Dissertation, & Best Paper on MENA politics!
You can find all the details of eligibility & submission below.
Deadline is February 1, so spread the word!
26.11.2024 17:55 — 👍 14 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 3
If you are a post doc or faculty member please apply or reshare!
21.01.2025 18:33 — 👍 19 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 0
Consolidation through Crackdown: Understanding Houthi Rule in Yemen
New policy brief for the Crown Center, in which I detail the Houthis' devastating campaign this summer against Yemeni CSOs and INGOs. Tldr; it's both a cause and a consequence of regime consolidation and it's really bad for our understanding of Yemen if knowledge-producers are in prison or exile.
31.10.2024 15:26 — 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0
Thank you!
21.06.2024 15:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow | DEMED project @ERC_Research | Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social | Main interest: Democracy and Autocracy, Public Opinion, Civic Education, Higher Ed. #FirstGen
After teaching and writing about constitutional law for 50 yrs, it seemed time for me to reach beyond Harvard’s walls — to spread understanding and appreciation of the rule of law, of justice as fairness, and of a republic if we can keep it
War Studies, King’s College London. Researcher of war-to-peace transitions, civil wars, corruption, elite bargains, statebuilding, and UK foreign policy. Trustee at Conciliation Resources. Policy committee for UK LibDems. Defender of democracy.
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