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“Demagoguery and the decline of democracy” This is the subtitle of my new book with CUP. But it might just as well be a headline on 5 November 2024 when Donald Trump was voted 47th president of the United States. There is wide consensus that his choice of far-right cronies to his government is a […]
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In an era of increasing partisan conflict and ideological division in the U.S. Congress, primaryelections are frequently blamed. In my new book, Party Transformation in CongressionalPrimaries: Faction and Ideology in the Twenty-First Century, I explore how the dynamics ofprimary competition fundamentally changed in recent decades, contributing to the ideologicalpolarization of parties in Congress. Through original […]
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The role of international organizations (IOs) in global politics is as complex as it is critical. Today, they are arenas of contestation among established and rising states as well as domestic politics of major states in particular, the US. With nearly 8,000 formal and informal IOs operating across various domains, their capacity to influence world […]
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In a world increasingly at war, defined by both great power-rivalry and forgotten conflicts, the United Nations (UN)—the international organization tasked with the responsibility to maintain international peace and security—is at an existential crisis. Since the onset of violence in 2011, the conflict in Syria has stood as a harbinger of what is to come […]
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When Donald Trump moves back into the White House in January 2025, he will have many more international friends than when he first became President. The last couple of years have been good for the radical Right: In Austria, the hard-right Freedom Party won the most recent general election. A few weeks earlier, Alternative for […]
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States have an ambivalent relationship to their nationals abroad. In some cases, states actively support and protect their communities abroad, for example when rescuing their citizens from conflict zones or from areas that were struck by natural disasters. In other cases, states co-opt and exploit their communities abroad. They reach out to them in order […]
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In The King Can Do No Wrong: Blame Games and Power Sharing in Authoritarian Regimes, I ask why some dictators are better than others at avoiding blame for their countries’ problems. Dictators are powerful political leaders who do not need to worry about being removed from power through free and fair elections. In the absence […]
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Palestinians are faking their injuries. The October 7th attack was an “inside job.” Ukraine is full of secret Western chemical weapons labs. Misinformation narratives in situations of war and conflict continue to pile up around the world. When and where do these kinds of narratives spread, and what explains the extent to which people accept […]
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