Jack Paine

What's going on now is wild — an even more vivid illustration of our logic than what we have in the article!

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library In contemporary democracies, backsliding typically occurs through legal machinations. Self-enforcing democracy requires that political parties refrain from exploiting legal opportunities to tilt elec...

Thinking about US gerrymandering stories in the news:

A few years ago I published an article on "democracy by deterrence." Our motivating example was gerrymandering, examining tit-for-tat retaliation and how it can (or fail to) deter electoral tilting

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(4) "Stronger Challengers can Cause More (or Less) Conflict and Institutional Reform" by Andrew T. Little @anthlittle.bsky.social and Jack Paine @jackpaine.bsky.social

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Thanks for the thoughtful review! And agreed on the thoughts at the end regarding productive next steps.

Pleased to share this podcast with @alexandermlee.bsky.social about our recent book!

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Thanks, Ali!

Brief synopsis of our recent article on African borders at @apsrjournal.bsky.social

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🚨New paper alert!🚨 @anthlittle.bsky.social and I are excited to share “Presidential Election Concessions.” We present a new global dataset on concessions in presidential elections in all countries worldwide from 1980 to 2024 /1

Very excited this is out! @ricarthuguet.bsky.social

We have a longer summarizing thread on Twitter (womp womp) from a while back: x.com/ricarthuguet...

Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship In this pathbreaking empirical study, Lee and Paine illuminate the complex ways in which colonialism shaped the prospects for democracy in countries emerging from imperial rule.

Brief summary of my recent book with @alexandermlee.bsky.social at @foreignaffairs.com

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Pleased to see research I’ve been working on with @annemeng.bsky.social and @jackpaine.bsky.social on rebel regimes featured in the @nytimes.com Interpreter column this week. The piece does a nice job summarizing our paper’s implications for the challenges that may be ahead in #Syria. Link 👇

The original Twitter thread summarizing the paper is here: x.com/annemeng_/st...

Why Do Some Rebel Governments Last When Others Fall? One factor matters most, and it could be a problem in Syria.

My paper with @kbclarke.bsky.social and Jack Paine, “Violent Origins and Authoritarian Order: Divergent Trajectories after Successful Rebellions,” was featured in a NYT article analyzing recent events in Syria! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...