Which countries get US foreign military training? Short answer: almost everyone gets some. Beyond that, the variation reflects several different logics, each consistent with the US trying to act like a global hegemon. [Thread.]

New International Studies Quarterly article: academic.oup.com/isq/article/68…

⁉️ What do dictators talk about? Alexander Baturo & Jakob Tolstrup introduce a novel corpus of post-Soviet leaders’ legislative addresses & employ text analysis to show what prompts dictators to substitute between different rhetorical strategies⬇️Journal of Politics @[email protected] jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/what-dictators…

I am looking for PhD student for my @DFG_public funded project “The Causes and Consequences of Prime Minister Replacements” at MZES Uni Mannheim. Start: September 24

Don’t hesitate to get in touch!

All details here: mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/news/ite…

I had a fantastic day yesterday: Presented my book project at the ETH Zürich / Universität Zürich CIS colloquium (@CIS_ETH_UZH), met great people, received excellent feedback and was able to spend a few lovely hours in the sun.
Many thanks for the invitation, IPZ - Political Science UZH!
Picture by Natalia Umansky