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As one of Princeton University's largest departments, Politics brings together the diverse perspectives of nearly 60 faculty, 150 undergraduate concentrators and 140 graduate students.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 29d

Introducing our 2025 job market candidates! We’ll share more about each student and their work in the days ahead, but in the meantime, you can meet all of our candidates here: politics.princeton.edu/graduate/job...
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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 17h

Princeton SPIA Faculty React to U.S. Government Shutdown
"The shutdown is a striking example of contemporary 'blame game politics.' When you play the blame game, you act to cast an opponent in the worst possible light in front of voters. Here, somewhat unusually, both sides are playing the blame game as hard as they can - and very likely to succeed. If so, voters, like Mercutio, will cast 'a curse on both your houses.' Unfortunately, it will be the federal employees and those dependent on affected federal programs, especially the health insurance exchanges, who will bear real costs of the theatrics." Charles Cameron, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

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Isabelle DeSisto 🇺🇦 @isadesisto.bsky.social · 3d

Check out my new piece on Moldovan 🇲🇩 elections with @grigopop.bsky.social

Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 5d

Despite Russian meddling, Moldova’s pro-Europe party wins a majority.

Russia’s social media campaign fell short.

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Despite Russian meddling, Moldova’s pro-Europe party wins a majority

Russia’s social media campaign fell short.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

We speak with Politics Professor Jan-Werner Müller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social about what political science can contribute to a better understanding of architecture. #WorldArchitectureDay
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Professor Jan-Werner Müller gesturing at a presentation screen showing the proposed design for Ground Zero during class.

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Killian Clarke @kbclarke.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨 I’m thrilled to share that my book, Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed, will be published this month with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org in their Comparative Politics Series

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 7d

Politics Grad Alum Karthick Ramakrishnan *02 @karthick.com
Executive Director and Researcher @aapidata.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social will be presenting on Parenting in a Digital Age.
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Karthick Ramakrishnan *02 POL - Many Minds, Many Stripes

Karthick Ramakrishnan has served in leadership roles that span academia, government, public policy and philanthropy. He has written seven books and is a sought-after expert on public opinion and socia...

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 7d

October 9-11, Princeton will host “Many Minds, Many Stripes: A Princeton University Conference Celebrating Graduate Alumni,” coinciding with the Princeton Graduate School’s 125th anniversary.

All alumni are invited to attend. Register now: manyminds.alumni.princeton.edu

Many Minds, Many Stripes

A Princeton University conference celebrating graduate alumni, coinciding with the 125th anniversary of the Graduate School. October 9-11, 2025

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 13d

"This hub is an instrument for empowering communities to build their own evidence-based solutions, moving beyond aid to self-reliant development."
Prof. Leonard Wantchekon explained of The Princeton-African School of Economics Research at the 2025 Devolution Conference.

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Princeton-backed innovation hub launches in Kenya to plug skills gap

PASER aims to create a new model for development where municipalities and devolved governments use data-driven research to train a new generation of professionals and attract investment.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 16d

"They put into place in our Constitution a system of structural constraints on power knowing that no one, given the nature of human beings, could be trusted with unchecked and unaccountable power." Robert George on the Pursuit podcast @constitutionctr.bsky.social
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Introducing Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness

Podcast for Introducing Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness from the National Constitution Center

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 19d

Dahyun Choi @dahyunchoi.bsky.social studies how private and public organizations strategically use expertise in the U.S. administrative state. Her job market paper shows that while high-quality studies remain resilient to political turnover, partisan bias still shapes which evidence agencies use.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 19d

Professor Robert George to give The 2025 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence of the Library of Congress.

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The 2025 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence: Dr. Robert George | In Custodia Legis

Please join the Law Library of Congress, in-person and virtually, for the 2025 Kellogg Lecture in Jurisprudence on October 9, 2025, presented by Dr. Robert George.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 19d

"I would probably focus quite a bit on academic freedom, on knowledge. That is really the root of all things in terms of liberty — which is really the core of what we're trying to do with the democratic process, to preserve liberty.”
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Advises Princeton Students to Work Hard for Their Passions | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

“When you’re trying to figure out what you want to do with your life, the key question is, ‘What am I willing to work for?’” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson advised students on her first-e...

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 19d

Aaron Friedberg @alf2014.bsky.social discusses the current geopolitical situation and the threat posed by China on the podcast Conversations with Bill Kristol. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

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Aaron Friedberg: The Trump Administration's Surprising China Policy - Conversations with Bill Kristol

On the second Trump administration’s surprising China policy

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 19d

She finds that the establishment of constituent-focused political institutions by rebel groups insulates them from the worst forms of negative intervention and increases the likelihood that they will receive international support.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 19d

In her dissertation, Manasi ‪@manasibose.bsky.social examines international responses to rebel governance and uses the case study of HTS in Syria to address the question of why groups with no expectation of legitimacy or legal recognition engage in costly political institutionalization.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 19d

During the COVID-19 pandemic, officials relied on rapidly evolving science and data to make high-stakes decisions. Join @upenn.edu and our Prof. Lee for a seminar discussing the health, social, & economic impacts of those choices.
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Health and Politics in the Aftermath of COVID-19

This seminar will take stock of how data, evidence, communications, and politics shaped pandemic-era health policy and the politics of today.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 21d

Join us today, from 5-6:30PM in McCosh Hall 50 for the annual Princeton University Constitution Day Lecture, co-sponsored by the James Madison Program, titled, "Our Civil Rights Revolution."

The lecture will feature Jeannie Suk Gersen of @harvard.edu and an introduction by Prof. Robert George.

Jeannie Suk Gersen Professor, Harvard Law School and Contributor, The New Yorker
Constitution Day Lecture
Our Civil Rights Revolution
We are in the midst of a civil rights revolution involving all the branches of government and major institutions of civil society including universities. What does the transformation portend?
September 17 5:00-6:15pm McCosh 50
Sponsored by Program in Law and Normative Thinking
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James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
Princeton University Public Lectures
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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 21d

2024 APSA Kenneth Sherrill Prize recipient @nancyyuntang.bsky.social studies how authoritarian regimes and LGBTQ movements interact through the "law", whose job market paper explores how Chinese feminist and queer movements advance non-heteronormative reproduction under state pro-natalism.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 22d

Ironically, these policies of control become opportunity structures for activists who mobilize in these punished places to win elections, to instigate protests, and even to foment revolutions.

Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 22d

In his dissertation book project, Hani F. Abdel-Warith demonstrates that autocrats in the Middle East and North Africa punish their opponents by withholding schools from restive regions.

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APSA Law & Courts Section @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social · 23d

Jeff Staton presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Charles Cameron 🏆👏 Congratulations to Dr. Cameron on this well-deserved honor and thank you for your extraordinary contributions to our field!

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Gresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 23d

Free tickets: From Tyranny to Athenian Democracy
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Prof Melissa Lane* traces Athenian democracy to 508 BCE, when a popular uprising toppled a tyrant & Cleisthenes’ reforms reshaped politics, identity & society

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 23d

In his job market paper, @hirotosawada.bsky.social presents a formal model to explain (i) when a climate disaster triggers armed conflict and (ii) why empirical evidence on climate and conflict seems mixed. His research can be found at hiroto-sawada.github.io.

Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 23d

"The horrendous killing of the far-right activist Charlie Kirk has been met with calming, statesman-like responses on both sides of the political aisle. But it has also demonstrated yet again the fundamental asymmetry of contemporary American politics." Prof. Jan-Werner Müller writes

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Violence As Policy in Trump’s America

Jan-Werner Mueller argues that the murder of Charlie Kirk has highlighted the fundamental asymmetry of contemporary US politics.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 23d

In his book project, Huseyin Emre Ceyhun examines how elite access to new communication technologies re-shapes internal power dynamics within ruling parties in competitive authoritarian regimes — creating new forms of intra-party challenge to autocratic leadership.

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Subfields: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Quantitative Methods
Expertise: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Authoritarian Politics, Politics of the Middle East
Book Project: Autocratization in an Age of Digitalization
Committee: Amaney Jamal, Grigore Pop-Eleches, Andy Guess

Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 26d

In his job market paper, Christian examines how permanent oil revenue shortfalls reshape distributional conflicts in oil-dependent states and drive targeted institutional reforms to strengthen public goods provision, offering insight into how these states will respond to the clean energy transition.

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