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“With all the bad news on climate science and climate governance lately, how do you find hope to persevere?” In the past decade, I have been asked this question with increasing frequency in my climate governance lectures. It usually comes from a disillusioned student struggling to process new developments about climate science projections or climate […]
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Every few years, hope briefly returns to the Middle East. Negotiators meet behind closed doors, world leaders speak of a historic opportunity, and commentators predict that peace may finally be within reach. Then the talks collapse, violence resumes, and another generation grows up believing that the conflict is simply irresolvable. Must it always be this […]
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Politicians are notorious promise breakers. A British prime minister vows to cut net migration to the “tens of thousands,” only to discover that EU free‑movement rules, domestic demand for migrant labor, and global shocks keep the numbers high. A US president pledges to bring back manufacturing jobs, but global supply chains and trade rules blunt […]
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This year marks the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. Few documents in world history have been as extensively studied and analyzed, and it is fair to ask if there is anything new to be said about the Declaration. There certainly is. Much of the scholarly and popular writing on the Declaration has […]
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Why do governments get overthrown? Why are many political systems chronically unstable? The Coup Trap in Latin America answers these questions by explaining why political systems fall prey to endless cycle of golpes and contra golpes. It provides an innovative explanation of why officers and civilians (“the coup coalition”) overthrow presidents – and will be […]
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In Post-Soviet Brides in China Dream, I look at marriages between Chinese men and post-Soviet Slavic women and how they have come to be seen in China as an ideal type of transnational love and a pathway to the “China Dream.” I also look at what actually happens in people’s everyday lives behind that image. […]
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In July 2023, President Ruto stood in a marquee in Kilifi County and proclaimed that the Pemba people officially constituted an ethnic community of Kenya. The crowd was elated. Recognition as an ethnic group, it turns out, is understood by presidents and communities alike as a prerequisite for citizenship. His predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta did the […]
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In March 1979, the government of dictator General Jorge Rafael Videla, submitted a law proposal to overhaul Argentina’s revenue-sharing regime. Following the rules of this regime, the bill was duly presented to the Legislative Advisory Commission, a legislative body created by the dictatorship and staffed by military officers. The provincial governors, who were also appointed […]
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