The Trump admin has mostly added 3 types of groups to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list:
1. Latin American crime groups, e.g., Venezuelan
2. Iran-backed groups
3. European antifa/left groups
He's used the terrorist designations to justify
1. Maduro grab
2. Iran strike
3. ...?
DeclareDesign used to be a kind of Turing test. Not anymore
Og så finnes det spennende måter å vise hvor uintelligent du er på..
In a world where the US is turning into an authoritarian banana republic, Russia has wrecked its economy trying and failing to conquer its neighbor, and China is turning into a hyper-nationalistic totalitarian nightmare, it is surprising so many people are thinking that Europe is the failing one.
I guess this makes sense. My ‘nearest neighbor’ is @torewig.bsky.social, which is nice :) Not sure exactly who these British birders and Portuguese progressives are, but happy to be hanging out with you!
This is very reassuring!
☀️☀️ Exciting news in Madrid!
We are VERY happy to officially announce the creation of the Instituto Juan Linz (aka “IJL”).
ijlinz.es
The IJL ("Juan Linz Institute" in English) is dedicated to cutting-edge research and teaching in political science, sociology, economic history and more.
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Steve Levitsky, the co-author of How Democracies Die, on the dangerous place we have reached as Trump escalates:
“Orbán doesn’t arrest journalists,” he said. “And in Hungary if you walk the streets of Budapest or other Hungarian cities, you will not find heavily armed masked men abducting people."
NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out!
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I really think there needs to spontaneous protests against ICE happening right now in front of every federal building in the country and especially in Washington D.C. Otherwise those opposed to the Trump administration will not gain enough momentum or control the narrative.
One thing most people don't understand is that we in the US enjoy greater wealth funded by other countries because they assume we are a stable and relatively friendly hegemon.
Three coffins wrapped in Danish flags are carried by 4-6 soldiers each; a cargo aircraft is in the background
I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
Seeing people do "here's the savvy take on how and why the US should acquire Greenland" and just feeling so *embarrassed* for them. Have some dignity. You don't need to be an apologist for the world's dumbest autocrat, you're not somehow sophisticated for seeing The Smart Play on imperial vainglory.
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
Nobelkomiteen burde åpenbart ikke bestå av politisk utnevnte medlemmer, men av fageksperter. Slik det er nå blir komiteen tilsynelatende litt for opptatt av å være «smarte» og taktiske, på en måte som nå har mislyktes spektakulært.
Nå er de for alvor i ferd med å våkne de anstendige folka i media, politikken og samfunnsdebatten som for få år siden mente advarslene om fascismen var alarmisme. Fremover vil det komme et rush av kommentarer om at «den gamle verden står i fare». Til det vil jeg si:
Den gamle verden er død.
Greenland is happening. Not a joke, not trolling, not a distraction. He has already made up his mind and nobody who matters in the inner circle will try to talk him out of it. Some of them want it precisely because it will destroy NATO. There are no adults in the room. They really mean to do it.
I was losing track of what the Peace President was up to, so I made a map
More astonishing public comments from Danish PM on Greenland: “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland. But I will also make it clear that if the US chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including NATO..."
As I've long argued, the Greenland risk is underpriced
A possible US intervention in Greenland is the biggest source of risk to the transatlantic alliance and intra-NATO and intra-EU cohesion, arguably far greater than those presented by
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Turns out defending international law in a world of predators is impossible if you don't have sufficient force to defend yourself.
By way of preparing for teaching and making sense of current events, I spent today trying to synthesise the demand-side literature on democratic backsliding (see figure below). The starting point of most of this literature is simple: Do voters punish politicians who violate democratic norms, or do
«Hvis det finnes et historisk mønster som sier noe om sammenhengen mellom multikultur, liberalisme og sosialt, økonomisk og politisk fremskritt, er det det helt motsatte av den nasjonalkonservative dommedagsprofetien.» www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/asle-t...
BJPolS abstract of an academic article discussing how democratic institutions prioritize citizen preferences regarding economic and physical security, with a focus on varied democratic features across thirty countries.
NEW -
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Newly released evidence from Portugal shows that taking exams on a computer reduces kids' scores A LOT.
Old fashioned paper and pencil exams FTW!
Thanks Carl!
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
