Hilde Eliassen Restad
@herestad.bsky.social
Associate professor of IR at Oslo New University College (ONH). Fulbright, UWC, and UVa alumna. Fall’24 Fulbright Visiting Scholar @ClementsCenter UT Austin
"When you spend enough time talking with people on the broader right, it becomes clear that the line between the hard right and the mainstream has long been more porous than many think." www.vox.com/on-the-right...
Inside the war tearing the Heritage Foundation and the American right apart
A Heritage insider alleging “openly misogynistic and racist” conduct shines a light on the right’s inner workings.
www.vox.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:39 AM
"When you spend enough time talking with people on the broader right, it becomes clear that the line between the hard right and the mainstream has long been more porous than many think." www.vox.com/on-the-right...
Slutt å gi Nobelpriser til fascister, folkens. Det lønner seg aldri.
January 16, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Slutt å gi Nobelpriser til fascister, folkens. Det lønner seg aldri.
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If Trump issued an executive order today canceling the 2026 election, it would still happen. The president has no involvement in the running of elections, which is done by states.
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
If Trump issued an executive order today canceling the 2026 election, it would still happen. The president has no involvement in the running of elections, which is done by states.
"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind." This January marks 250 years since Thomas Paine published "Common Sense." He was right about a good deal of things, such as, "There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of Monarchy"
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind." This January marks 250 years since Thomas Paine published "Common Sense." He was right about a good deal of things, such as, "There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of Monarchy"
America First as disguised Neoconservatism: “The aide said that guys like me were ‘in what we call the reality-based community,’ which he defined as people who ‘believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.’… ‘That’s not the way the world really works anymore,’
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
America First as disguised Neoconservatism: “The aide said that guys like me were ‘in what we call the reality-based community,’ which he defined as people who ‘believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.’… ‘That’s not the way the world really works anymore,’
Noor Jdid skriver et kjempenyttig innlegg i debatten om hva "norskhet" er: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Enhetskulturen er et historisk mer sammensatt prosjekt enn Asle Toje antyder
Norsk språk, norsk identitet og norsk fellesskapsforståelse har aldri vært nøytrale størrelser.
www.aftenposten.no
January 11, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Noor Jdid skriver et kjempenyttig innlegg i debatten om hva "norskhet" er: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
"Kanskje er det derfor uroen i teksten kjennes så nær og det på en måte som berører sterkt. Det hun forsøker å forstå, er ikke bare noe som skjer langt borte, men noe som har vært en del av hennes egen verden, og som nå er i ferd med å gli ut av hendene hennes." 😭 rosemariechr.com/2025/12/27/a...
Anmeldelse av «USA – En nekrolog?» av Hilde Eliassen Restad (2025)
Når USA mister grepet … Det finnes bøker som ikke bare vil forklare verden, men som bærer den med seg. «USA – En nekrolog?» er en slik bok. Hilde Eliassen Restad skriver ikke fra …
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January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
"Kanskje er det derfor uroen i teksten kjennes så nær og det på en måte som berører sterkt. Det hun forsøker å forstå, er ikke bare noe som skjer langt borte, men noe som har vært en del av hennes egen verden, og som nå er i ferd med å gli ut av hendene hennes." 😭 rosemariechr.com/2025/12/27/a...
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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Are you writing about #Greenland and looking for expertise on the tense geopolitical situation? (unless you trust US AI chatbots to do the trick, of course 🙃)
The University of Southern Denmark @sdu.dk has a team of experts ready to help 🔽
The University of Southern Denmark @sdu.dk has a team of experts ready to help 🔽
Savner du viden, dybde og perspektiv i den anspændte politiske situation omkring Grønland? - Så har vi samlet vores eksperter på en emneinddelt liste her: www.sdu.dk/ekspert
📞 Giv dem et kald, hvis du arbejder på en historie eller på en anden måde i dit arbejde har brug for ekspertviden på området.
📞 Giv dem et kald, hvis du arbejder på en historie eller på en anden måde i dit arbejde har brug for ekspertviden på området.
January 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Are you writing about #Greenland and looking for expertise on the tense geopolitical situation? (unless you trust US AI chatbots to do the trick, of course 🙃)
The University of Southern Denmark @sdu.dk has a team of experts ready to help 🔽
The University of Southern Denmark @sdu.dk has a team of experts ready to help 🔽
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Aside from anything else, the Peace Prize is pretty meaningless if its carefully selected recipient is willing to literally barter it to a tyrant in exchange for political power
people will say “he will not literally post on truth social that this lady runs venezuela now after she gives him the physical nobel peace prize” and I am here to tell you that is absolutely in play and is in fact a likely outcome
I thought Trump would never get the Nobel Peace Prize. He's about to prove me wrong!
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Aside from anything else, the Peace Prize is pretty meaningless if its carefully selected recipient is willing to literally barter it to a tyrant in exchange for political power
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The scale of the protests in Iran are absolutely unbelievable. Hard to quantify, but I've seen some speculation that this uprising is more significant than the 2023 protests (themselves the largest challenge to the regime since it came into power in '79.)
(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)
(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The scale of the protests in Iran are absolutely unbelievable. Hard to quantify, but I've seen some speculation that this uprising is more significant than the 2023 protests (themselves the largest challenge to the regime since it came into power in '79.)
(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)
(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)
"Hvis Europa mener alvor med avkolonisering og respekt for urfolks rettigheter, starter det med å slå fast det åpenbare: Grønland er ikke en eiendel som kan erverves." www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
Grønland tilhører grønlenderne
Det er ikke til forhandling.
www.vg.no
January 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM
"Hvis Europa mener alvor med avkolonisering og respekt for urfolks rettigheter, starter det med å slå fast det åpenbare: Grønland er ikke en eiendel som kan erverves." www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
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I am really sorry for the faculty there, but Texas A&M should lose accreditation.
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I am really sorry for the faculty there, but Texas A&M should lose accreditation.
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Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
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Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.
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Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
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There's a long, miserable history of the US installing leader and being shocked, shocked that this leader (the agent) does not do exactly what the US (the principal) wants. Because, well, the agent has his/her own interests (again, shocking!) and those don't match up with what the US wants. 2/
January 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
There's a long, miserable history of the US installing leader and being shocked, shocked that this leader (the agent) does not do exactly what the US (the principal) wants. Because, well, the agent has his/her own interests (again, shocking!) and those don't match up with what the US wants. 2/
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found while cleaning out old photos, lol
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
found while cleaning out old photos, lol
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Trump has accomplished the feat of replicating 12 years of disastrous Reagan-Bush era foreign policy and tax + spending reforms in just 11 months. Truly impressive
January 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Trump has accomplished the feat of replicating 12 years of disastrous Reagan-Bush era foreign policy and tax + spending reforms in just 11 months. Truly impressive
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It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times