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
Bort fra konformitetens klamme hånd…? ;)
January 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Bort fra konformitetens klamme hånd…? ;)
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How it started ... How it's going
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
How it started ... How it's going
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I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
Full disclosure: husker ingenting av den
January 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Full disclosure: husker ingenting av den
Kanskje han mente å kjede Goebbels til døde
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Kanskje han mente å kjede Goebbels til døde
"Anyone with eyes can see that Donald Trump is the figure currently holding a fractious right together. ... Trump’s ideological incoherence, together with his charismatic cult of personality, allows him to unify them under the banner of fighting the left."
January 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"Anyone with eyes can see that Donald Trump is the figure currently holding a fractious right together. ... Trump’s ideological incoherence, together with his charismatic cult of personality, allows him to unify them under the banner of fighting the left."
"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.
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
2026 is not a great year for the Semiquincentennial, given US democratic backsliding. But it *is* a great year to start the US over again. I'm sure Paine would have plenty to say about that. reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
2026 is not a great year for the Semiquincentennial, given US democratic backsliding. But it *is* a great year to start the US over again. I'm sure Paine would have plenty to say about that. reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
Republican National Convention Acceptance Speech, 1980
Republican National Convention Acceptance Speech, 1980. July 17, 1980 Mr. Chairman, delegates to the Convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation: With a deep awareness of the responsibility co...
reaganlibrary.gov
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
2026 is not a great year for the Semiquincentennial, given US democratic backsliding. But it *is* a great year to start the US over again. I'm sure Paine would have plenty to say about that. reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
2026 is not a great year for the Semiquincentennial, given US democratic backsliding. But it *is* a great year to start the US over again. I'm sure Paine would have plenty to say about that. reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
and not so right about other things (slavery, settler colonialism). His impact on American political thought is undeniable, indeed his writings gave a lot of fuel to my research area, "American exceptionalism." Reagan famously quoted him upon his nomination in 1980, saying,
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
and not so right about other things (slavery, settler colonialism). His impact on American political thought is undeniable, indeed his writings gave a lot of fuel to my research area, "American exceptionalism." Reagan famously quoted him upon his nomination in 1980, saying,
"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"
We’re history’s actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.’”
—Ron Suskind in a 2004 essay for The New York Times Magazine, quoting an anonymous senior adviser to President George W. Bush, interviewed in the latter half of 2002
open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
—Ron Suskind in a 2004 essay for The New York Times Magazine, quoting an anonymous senior adviser to President George W. Bush, interviewed in the latter half of 2002
open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
Reverting to the Historical Mean
Trump's foreign policy misadventures point the way toward a future a lot like the past
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
We’re history’s actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.’”
—Ron Suskind in a 2004 essay for The New York Times Magazine, quoting an anonymous senior adviser to President George W. Bush, interviewed in the latter half of 2002
open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
—Ron Suskind in a 2004 essay for The New York Times Magazine, quoting an anonymous senior adviser to President George W. Bush, interviewed in the latter half of 2002
open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
he continued. ‘We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out.
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
he continued. ‘We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out.
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)