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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 26d

State Department International Organizations Account, Outlays by Calendar Year Quarter ($m).

International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 28d

We'll also be posting a full professor/chair line, wide open field/research focus, soon 🎉 I can also chat about the full professor line at APSA
Salt Lake City is a growing city right next to the mountains and we have a vibrant, research productive dept! I live 15 minutes from hiking and skiing ⛰️🚵‍♂️

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · 28d

📣🚨The University of Utah is hiring! 1st line: Assistant Prof in Comparative Politics! For applicants who work on Asia (esp. China) or Africa, will be expected to teach quant methods, grad + undergrad. If you're a good fit and have questions, I can chat at APSA! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/188...

Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science

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UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation @ucigcc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Commentators are divided in their appraisals of two Trump-led Ukraine peace summits. But most have missed one thing: how the meetings have taught the president crucial realities about ending the war, argues Branislav Slantchev of
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The Education of Donald J. Trump: Reflections on Two Peace Summits - IGCC

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UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation @ucigcc.bsky.social · Aug 21

Political science can explain the historical factors behind authoritarianism, but has little to say about the actual experience of living under dictatorship. IGCC's Steph Haggard shares five novels that illuminate the realities of autocratic rule: bit.ly/45u6TBO

To Understand Authoritarian Rule, Read These Five Novels - IGCC

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Aug 14

New post summarizing the takeaways from the new book by @debremaria.bsky.social !

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation @ucigcc.bsky.social · Aug 12

Multilateralism—once a tool for democratization—is now being used to cement authoritarian rule. For the IGCC blog, Maria Debre discusses how autocrats are banding together in “Dictators’ Clubs” to protect themselves from both internal and external threats: bit.ly/41H0f8L

Five Questions on How Dictators’ Clubs are Defending Autocracy - IGCC

Across the world, authoritarian regimes are growing more assertive while democracies grapple with the challenge of backsliding. IGCC’s Stephan Haggard speaks with Maria Debre, professor for internatio...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Trump team pushes to oust No. 2 official at world energy body

The administration and its Republican allies in Congress say the Paris-based International Energy Agency discourages fossil fuel investments around the world.

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UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation @ucigcc.bsky.social · Aug 8

The U.S. has had a fraught relationship with UNESCO for decades. But, argue Christina Cottiero and Stephan Haggard, the recent decision to withdraw—again—from the organization forms part of a pattern of the U.S. ceding influence in UN bodies to China: bit.ly/4mCmZPu

Here We Go Again: The U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO - IGCC

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Aug 7

2 weeks ago, the U.S. announced we're leaving "woke" "pro-China" "pro-Palestine" "DEI" UNESCO. New blog from me & Steph Haggard on U.S. withdrawal from IOs + implications for Trump admin officials who claim countering China is "absolutely critical"+ thoughts on what's next ucigcc.org/blog/here-we...

Here We Go Again: The U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO - IGCC

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · Aug 1

🧵 When the government announces that it will fire people for producing numbers that the government doesn't like, here is how our institutions should respond. (Whether they do is another story.)

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · Aug 1

About to get positively Argentinian up in here

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Aug 1

Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · Jul 14

Hegemonic suicide, example #214. Trump fired all USIP employees (for a second time) in a dead-of-night email; USIP effectively dead once again

US Institute of Peace employees experience another round of mass firings following court ruling | CNN Politics

Employees at the United States Institute of Peace were terminated for a second time by the Trump administration, after a federal court ruling last month paved the way, according to multiple fired empl...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is painfully embarrassing.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Jul 9

Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"

English is the official language of Liberia...

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Huss Banai @hbanai.bsky.social · Jul 3

Insightful piece by @sarahbush.bsky.social and @jenniferhadden.bsky.social (for your fall syllabi): reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/07/03/t...

The End of the Age of NGOs?

How Civil Society Lost Its Post–Cold War Power

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · Jul 2

For @lawfaremedia.org, I explained how the Trump administration has destroyed promising policy progress on transnational repression in record time www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...

Trump Is Undermining Policies Against Transnational Repression

The Biden administration made policies to protect exiles and diasporas a priority. Trump 2.0 has already undercut these efforts.

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 27

Utah drought management and water conservation policy is going great. Annual pray for rain day!

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · Jun 27

Gov. Spencer Cox has asked Utahns, again, to join him in a "Day of Prayer and Fasting for Rain" as nearly all of Utah experiences drought conditions.

Nearly all of Utah is in drought. Gov. Cox again asks Utahns to pray and fast for rain.

Gov. Spencer Cox has asked Utahns, again, to join him in a "Day of Prayer and Fasting for Rain" as nearly all of Utah experiences drought conditions.

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

New 5 Questions piece on the Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance project page! On the super interesting new book by @alexdukalskis.bsky.social & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social
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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

Meyerrose and Nooruddin (accidentally published in prev. RIO issue) show that backsliders undermine liberal norms promotion in the UN HRC, block targeted resolutions, & criticize liberal democracies in the UPR @anna-meyerrose.bsky.social
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Trojan horses in liberal international organizations? How democratic backsliders undermine the UNHRC - The Review of International Organizations

Liberal democracy is facing renewed challenges from a growing group of states undergoing democratic backsliding. While entrenched autocrats have long resented and contested the established liberal ord...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

Winzen shows illiberal leaders take advantage of practice of accommodation in EU decision-making, voting against EU Council proposals that threaten them most: those that would enable EU to inhibit backsliding & prevent executive aggrandizement @twinzen.bsky.social
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How backsliding governments keep the European Union hospitable for autocracy: Evidence from intergovernmental negotiations - The Review of International Organizations

The European Union (EU) is a democratic organization but faces severe cases of democratic backsliding. The literature deems the EU a hospitable environment for and reluctant to reign in backsliding. T...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

Lipps & Jacob find rising assertiveness of illiberal leaders in roll call votes in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). They show that illiberal parties from illiberal domestic environments challenge the majority most often @marcjacob.bsky.social
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Undermining liberal international organizations from within: Evidence from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - The Review of International Organizations

International organizations promoting democratic governance and human rights are increasingly challenged by some of their own member states. To better understand this dynamic, we propose a distinction...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

Hafner-Burton et al show that under pressure, authoritarian IOs strategically, shallowly adopt certain less-threatening good governance mandates. They minimize the threat by directing good governance policy outward toward non-members @cjschneider.bsky.social
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Good governance in autocratic international organizations - The Review of International Organizations

A large and growing number of international organizations (IOs) are made up and governed by illiberal or outright authoritarian regimes. Many of these authoritarian IOs (AIOs) formally adopt good gove...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

Morrison et al show how incumbents benefit from authoritarian IOs' monitors contradicting credible monitors. They find competing IO verdicts on an election raise uncertainty, reduce post-election contention @danieladonno.bsky.social @burcusavun.bsky.social
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Competing judgments: Multiple election observers and post-election contention - The Review of International Organizations

By influencing beliefs about electoral quality, international election observation missions (EOMs) play an important role in shaping post-election contention. As the number and variety of internationa...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

With @sarahbush.bsky.social & @laurenrprather.bsky.social we document the rise of low-quality election monitors who legitimate host elections regardless of fraud & show that authoritarian-led regional IOs--esp. those anchored by Russia--have pioneered the tactic
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Zombies ahead: Explaining the rise of low-quality election monitoring - The Review of International Organizations

The international election monitoring regime has become considerably more complex in the twenty-first century. Although the number of organizations engaged in high-quality election monitoring has plat...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

In the intro to the SI, we consider how regime type & commitment to illiberal political norms affect states' engagement with global & regional IOs. What do these actors seek, how do IO rules inform their strategies, how are IOs affected?
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Illiberal regimes and international organizations - The Review of International Organizations

Illiberal regimes have become central players in international organizations. In this introduction to the special issue, we provide a unified framework for understanding their effects. We start by out...

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Christina Cottiero @ccottiero.bsky.social · Jun 25

📌The special issue "Illiberal Regimes and International Organizations" is now published as Vol. 20 Issue 2 in RIO! @the-peio.bsky.social
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Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵

The Review of International Organizations

The Review of International Organizations publishes original scientific contributions in the entire field of international political economy, with a focus on ...

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Skip Mark @skipmark.bsky.social · Jun 15

Why do peaceful protest turn violent?

Today’s #NoKings protests are a case study of why we need to think about both how protesters behave AND how the government and police respond to protest.

Millions of people protested peacefully, LA erupted in violence

This is an analysis of why

A thread

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