"Prof.Chomsky, we are a group of🇺🇦economists grieved by your recent interviews.We noticed several recurring fallacies: –Assuming Putin is interested in diplomatic solution –Treating🇺🇦as🇺🇸pawn –Advocating yielding to🇷🇺demands is the way to avert nuclear war blogs.berkeley.edu/2022/05/19/ope…

And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. #BrainDamage #PinkFloyd

Wait, so gun control laws aren’t going to help prevent shootings but laws against abortion are supposed to stop abortions?

Georgia must now come together politically to design a clear path towards structural reform and the EU.   So we recommend 🇬🇪 to grant the European perspective, but to come back and assess how it meets a number of conditions before granting it candidate status.

🇬🇪🇪🇺 Anthem of Europe 'Ode to Joy' performed outside Georgia's Parliament. 📷 Nino Khutsidze

Roe v. Wade has been overturned. We have entered an era of “widespread state surveillance and criminalization,” Jia Tolentino writes. nyer.cm/2nNUrYl

It took Finland just under 3 years to join the EU once it submitted its membership application. It took Cyprus almost 14. How long will it take Ukraine? Here's our rundown of what candidate status actually means 👉 politi.co/3HQoVAG

Sie wollen eine Perspektive: Prowestliche Demonstranten sind am Freitagabend in #Georgien auf die Straße gegangen und haben für die Aufnahme ihres Landes in die EU demonstriert. An ihren Regierungschef glauben sie nicht mehr. spiegel.de/ausland/georgi…

The 2022 Blalock Lecture Series is here! Free lectures on social science topics, open to the public, all on Zoom. Check out our full listing and register for your favorites: myumi.ch/ICPSR2022Blalo…

How do democratically elected politicians get away with autocratizing their country? In theory, voters can stop democratic backsliding by punishing such politicians at the ballot box🤔Our new study on #polarization has some surprising answers fes.de/lnk/polarizati…➡️🧵1/8

As we approach the anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, I'm in Kyiv today to meet with President Zelenskyy and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

Legislative initiative on “agents of foreign influence” in #Georgia and its potential negative impact on #mediafreedom & #freedomofexpression is concerning. I closely follow the discussion on the issue and look forward to OSCE/ODIHR's legal opinion on the draft laws.

Woman holding an EU flag facing water cannon by herself. Happening now in #Tbilisi. Georgian people are out in the streets to defend the country’s European future amid ruling party’s adoption of Russian foreign agent law. Georgia’s future will be European. #NoToRussianLaw

With this picture I am going home.

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How to do Exploratory Data Analysis and Descriptive Statistics for Political Science Research in #rstats Tips and Code: rforpoliticalscience.com/2022/02/06/exp… #rstudio #econTwitter #dataviz #rpackages #ggplot #dataanalysis #phd

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In Globalization, Nationalism, and Imperialism (Central European University Press, 2023) James W. Peterson and Jacek Lubecki retell the political history of Eastern Europe from the vantage point of globalization, nationalism, imperialism. Lia Chkhetiani reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/globali…

"Engaging, enlightening, and thoroughly researched, it highlights the dynamics that have shaped the destinies of Eastern European nations." Lia Chkhetiani CEU Review of Books You can buy Globalization, Nationalism and Imperialism here: 📙 tinyurl.com/CEUPressGlobal…