There's no such thing as "core Ukraine"-- not according to intl law, history, identity issues, or preferences of the people living there. Haas comes across as looking out for Ru's interests in this war and offering a "compromise" that no Ru rep is now offering. A crying shame.

One of those things you hear is “it’s Biden’s decision to make.” May be legally correct given nomination rules, but it isn’t a great normative stance — there are no property rights to public office

As a scholar of authoritarian regimes, no surprise that Maduro declared himself the winner. They all do: voices.uchicago.edu/ksonin/files/2…. Now, the hard part for the Venezuelan autocrat: he needs to survive the protests against the stolen elections. Not all dictators do.

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Cathy J. Cohen Receives the 2024 Frank J. Goodnow Award politicalsciencenow.com/cathy-j-cohen-…

So excited to see some of the best work on democratic backsliding recognized in this way. Congratulations Carlo Prato and Edo Grillo!

There's evidence in this vein in Ipek Cinar 's dissertation. She points out that if we do hear oppositions fixate on incumbents' undemocratic behavior, it's because the opposition has no achievements in office that it could claim credit for. Not so with this administration!

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One day I will stop writing books with macabre covers, but alas, it is not this day. The design teams at Basic Books and Basic Books UK are absolute pros, however, and I don't know which cover better conveys the story I tell.

On 03 September 2024 MEMOCRACY 🇵🇱 team PI dr. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias delivered a presentation on "The Phenomenon of 'Competeing Victimhood' in 🇵🇱 and its Legal Implications" at the event organized by Hannah-Arendt-Institut für Totalitarismusforschung with co-panelists Muriel Blaive, PhD and Monika Nalepa.

Congratulations Charlotte Cavaille !!!

Lovely to come back from APSA with this recognition from the Conflict Processes section. It was so nice to use this as an opportunity to connect with old friends from the Peace Science/Conflict Processes community. See you again in AA, Mich.

Our aerial tour of picturesque Hyde Park goes beyond campus and down 57th Street—a charming stretch of the neighborhood, which is home to independently owned cafés, restaurants and shops.

Thrilled to see Kurt Weyland's new book "Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat" featured in Good Authority! If you haven't gotten your copy yet, we're still offering 30% off all titles as part of our APSA virtual booth: cambridge.org/core/browse-su…

800,000 Poles live in Pennsylvania so PAP interviewed me to get my impressions of the debate (in Polish).

Come and work across the street from me! Please reach out if you want to know what it is like to work at the University of Chicago or contribute to the PE program (joint between Political Science and Harris).

Twenty-five years ago, I defended my MA in Warsaw, comparing measurement assumptions in two prominent theories of justice. Today, the key points of it are published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics in a series of articles on 'Uses of Formal Theory' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…