New in PNASNews : 🇺🇸 U.S. democratic backsliding hurts its image abroad 🤝 But it doesn’t erode foreign policy cooperation—yet. Tested this via survey experiments in 12 countries (N = 11,810) 📄 doi.org/10.1093/pnasne… #Democracy #USPolitics #PublicOpinion #ForeignPolicy

Excited to share our new paper "Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and American Reputation," coauthored with Sung Eun Kim (Sung Eun Kim), Jong Hee Park (Jong Hee Park), & Inbok Rhee (Inbok Rhee). Now British Jnl Poli Sci Link: doi.org/10.1017/S00071…

Excited to share our new AJPS paper! We analyze 5M+ Douyin videos from 18K+ regime-affiliated accounts and show how propaganda is now produced and spread through a decentralized model on social media. Four years of work with an incredible team: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

AJPS has for decades been recognized as one of the top two or three journals in all of political science. The central goal of the new editorial team is to maintain and, if possible, further strengthen this reputation. Read the Editorial Principles at AJPS: ajps.org/2025/06/05/edi…

Such an inspring piece. So excited to see Eunji and Shawn bringing entertainment (back) into the spotlight!

Glad this paper is finally out in American Political Science Review, five years after we began the project. Hope it proves useful to researchers. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

From our new issue: "Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" by MITCHELL BOSLEY (Mitchell Bosley), SAKI KUZUSHIMA, TED ENAMORADO (Ted Enamorado), and YUKI SHIRAITO (Yuki Shiraito) #APSRNewIssue cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚨 New Comparative Political Studies publication w/ Jiawei Fu & Haibing Yan Haibing Yan! Does affluence influence responsiveness in urban China? We show mixed findings: richer areas get faster municipal service—but poorer areas receive equally positive outcomes. 🔗journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Fantastic work showing that propaganda research is thriving! Congrats, Eddy and Yumin!!

In December 2022, Chinese official propaganda on COVID policy made a sharp U-turn. How did these contradictory messages from the policy shift impact citizens’ perceptions? We find "soft" ones lost persuasiveness while "hard" ones more strongly deterred protests. PSRM Journal

Just published on APSR First View: Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites by ANTONELLA BANDIERA, HORACIO LARREGUY (Horacio Larreguy), and JORGE MANGONNET (Jorge Mangonnet) cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Just published on APSR First View: Causal Panel Analysis under Parallel Trends: Lessons from a Large Reanalysis Study by ALBERT CHIU, XINGCHEN LAN, ZIYI LIU, and YIQING XU cambridge.org/core/journals/…

WashU Political Science faculty members Margit Tavits, Jacob Montgomery, Christopher Lucas, and former WashU Political Science PhD students Dahjin Kim and Taishi Muraoka have published a new article in the journal Political Science Research and Methods (PSRM Journal).

Thanks for handing me a perfect job talk slide, WSJ. wsj.com/world/asia/as-…

am on the job market this fall! I study authoritarian politics, political communication, political psychology, and public diplomacy. Check out more info at my website: rexweiyedeng.org!

Haiya finally out la!

Associate Professor, Timm Betz, has published an article in the journal International Organization that examines why some companies are more successful than others in obtaining privileged treatment by the government. Read more about the article on our website: buff.ly/jFKmgqr

Our Call for Papers for the Spring 2026 is now open! Submit your proposal by November 9th using this link: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT7o… For more information visit: apsg.work/cfp/

🚨 out at American Political Science Review 🚨 ➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation ➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India ➡️ Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months ➡️ Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms