Christina Cottiero
ccottiero.bsky.social
Christina Cottiero
@ccottiero.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. International organizations + international influences on autocracy/democracy. https://www.christinacottiero.com/
https://ucigcc.org/research/future-of-democracy/illiberal-regimes-and-glob
Reposted by Christina Cottiero
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.
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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 ⛰️🚵‍♂️
September 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM