The latest episode in our special "Global Democracy Series" of Global Stage features Joseph Asunka and Rachel Beatty Riedl discussing military coups/military rule and democracy in Africa. Listen at bit.ly/3xnEbUY or wherever you get your podcasts! #GlobalDemocracy #Africa

“I wanted to ensure that students eager to study remote or significant areas of our world did not have insurmountable hurdles." Read about the Amit Bhatia '01 Global Ph.D. Scholars program, administered through the @EinaudiCenter Global Cornell: gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/…

"Facilitating free and fair elections and accepting electoral defeat are keystones of democracy globally, and mobilizing supporters by any other logic is already assault on democracy itself," said Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy prof Rachel Beatty Riedl on Trump's election comments news.cornell.edu/media-relation…

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Universities must do more to prepare students to participate in #democracy, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels said at a Sept. 13 event launching the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy Center on Global Democracy. Rachel Beatty Riedl news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…

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"Before U.S. voters head to the polls, we asked a group of experts what were the most significant elections of the year so far. Here’s what they said." With Lucan Ahmad Way Dan Slater Rachel Beatty Riedl Sheri Berman & Peter Lewis journalofdemocracy.org/news-and-updat…

ICYMI: apply ! #democracy with Dan Slater and Noam Lupu

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0… At Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy & @EinaudiCenter we've been so fortunate to host and learn from Thomas E. Garrett . We look forward to a continuing collaboration, research and mentoring the next generation of democratic citizens.

New volume out today on Democratic Backsliding and Recovery. Coedited by Rachel Beatty Riedl , Murat Somer , Ken Roberts and me. 15 case studies, including countries currently with massive protests against autocrats: Hungary, Serbia and Turkey. aapss.org/annals/volumes…

Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered Lessons from around the world on strategies of effective resistance - one key takeaaway: institutional actors (courts, legislatures) gain courage & efficacy when they are pressured from below, broad coalitions

New op-Ed drawing on our research with Dr. Jennifer McCoy Murat Somer and Kenneth Roberts Good Authority : goodauthority.org/news/us-democr… Check the lessons

If we threaten our international community and take rights away from individuals who say things the government doesn’t like, we all lose. What begins with international students will not end with them. nytimes.com/2025/04/19/opi…