Rather late to this, but this is a great read and report on how states can avoid doing harm to democracy when engaging with authoritarian states. By Nic Cheeseman and Marie-Eve Desrosiers carnegieendowment.org/research/2023/…

Today is the last chance to register for the ARC PSA Launch Event taking place tomorrow 👇

#CPSA_ACSP24 This afternoon KEYNOTE ADDRESS Daniel Béland Cet après-midi Discours principal 👉shorturl.at/nEoqc at/à Concordia University 👉Programme shorturl.at/BVyQp Valérie Vézina

@Pad_egan University of Lincoln, UK BISA Foreign Policy Working Group Gulf Research Center - مركز الخليج للأبحاث Sharad Joshi Linda Yueh St Edmund Hall Chris Zebrowski Loughborough University The final speaker of the day is Marie-Eve Desrosiers speaking about the rise of authoritarian middle powers, part of a joint project with Nic Cheeseman. Very interesting section on nation branding/identity politics. BISA Foreign Policy Working Group Gulf Research Center - مركز الخليج للأبحاث #FPWG24

@Pad_egan University of Lincoln, UK BISA Foreign Policy Working Group Gulf Research Center - مركز الخليج للأبحاث Sharad Joshi Linda Yueh St Edmund Hall Chris Zebrowski Loughborough University Marie-Eve Desrosiers Nic Cheeseman Great group shot from the BISA Foreign Policy Working Group Gulf Research Center - مركز الخليج للأبحاث conference today! We hope you all found it engaging. Thanks to all who organised, presented and listened. Sharad Joshi @Pad_egan Nic Cheeseman Linda Yueh Inna Rudolf Amnon Aran ChrissieDux Marie-Eve Desrosiers Chris Zebrowski

Thanks to the 30,000 people who joined us for the Twitter Space on Kenya’s Gen-Z protests. Fantastic speakers and great insights on why the protests started, what sustained them, and what’s going to happen next. You can listen to the whole discussion below 👇 #KenyaProtest

#Ethiopia and #Russia discussed Monday to heighten their bilateral relations: Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Amb. Taye Atske-Selassie received Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation at his office, Mikhail Bogdanove. ebc.et/english/newsde…

It would be funny if it weren't so tragic. Back when Fred Rwigyema and his brothers-in-arms created the RPF, dreaming of a new Rwanda, did they ever imagine Kagame - the skinny guy no one liked or trusted - wd end up president for life, claiming to win 99.15 pct of the vote?

📣 Calling parliaments! New guidelines published today offer help in navigating the complex landscape of AI Developed by 22 experts from 16 countries, the guidelines consider ethical implications, transparency, accountability, and more. Explore them now: wfd.org/ai-guidelines-…

🚨Academic vacancy alert 🚨 The @Uantwerp IOB and Centre for Urban History are looking for 👉 a postdoctoral researcher on the Social and/or Economic History of Africa Check it out and spread the word 📣 bit.ly/postdoc-histor… #postdoc #vacancy

Deeply saddened by the news that Nic van de Walle has died He was one of the most brilliant and insightful comparative scholars I ever met He was also one of the kindest and supportive people in our community Nic will be missed in so many ways, as a prof and as a friend

The Authoritarian International: Tracing How Authoritarian Regimes Learn in the Post-Soviet Space by Dr Stephen Hall via Cambridge University Press (2023) #SummerReading cambridge.org/core/books/aut…

Amig@s, les invito a firmar esta carta contra el fraude de Maduro venezuelaletter.com. La oposición y el pueblo Vzolano hicieron un esfuerzo monumental para conseguir y documentar una victoria indisputable. Hay que mantener la presión para que se respeten los resultados.

Please sign and then circulate: An open letter on Venezuela's election, in support of a peaceful and democratic transition. venezuelaletter.com

Interested in how autocratic &/or backsliding states affect cooperation through international organizations? All 6 articles in our special issue "Illiberal Regimes and International Organizations" now online first PEIO/RIO! plus our introduction: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Thread:

“Afrobarometer is one of the key sources of data that actually continues to explain what citizens want and to make sure that presidents and people who want to manipulate power can't pull the wool over our eyes,” said Nic Cheeseman (Nic Cheeseman), a professor of #democracy at the

Did you know that support for democracy in Africa is far higher than in Asia and Latin America? Fascinating new report from Afrobarometer demonstrates the strength of democratic resilience as well as challenges. My latest for The Africa Report theafricareport.com/357338/opinion…

Violence in the #DRC increased significantly in the first months of 2024, especially in the East #Kivu #M23

New article! With Raul Sanchez Urribarri "The Dark Side of Legalism: Abuse of the Law and Democratic Erosion in #Argentina, #Ecuador, and #Venezuela" at American Behavioral Scientist. Thanks to the two editors Deisy Del Real and Cecilia Menjivar and the great reviewers. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

If you are at the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica conference this week, do not miss this insightful panel on the routes to Democratic Resilience: