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William Nomikos

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peacebuilding, climate change and conflict, domestic politics and foreign policy || Assistant Professor of Political Science @UCSB || williamgnomikos.com || Previously @Yale @WashU

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · Jan 15

"Local Peace, International Builders" demonstrates how legacies of colonialism shape the effectiveness of international interventions, peacekeeping, and statebuilding in the 21st century.

A quick thread summarizing how I do this over the course of the chapters of the book 🧵

William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · Jan 14

My book, "Local Peace, International Builders," is now OUT.

It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.

To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jan 14

'Local Peace, International Builders - How UN Peacekeeping Builds Peace from the Bottom Up' by @wnomikos.bsky.social.

Demonstrates how legacies of colonialism shape the effectiveness of international interventions, peacekeeping, and statebuilding in the 21st century.

📚 cup.org/4jtWATl 📚

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 11h

I’m not sure I have enough words for how awful this is.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12h

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 14h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 17h

Really excited to talk about my book next week at @stanfordcisac.bsky.social!

If you are around, come join!

To read the book (open access): www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

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Stanford CISAC @stanfordcisac.bsky.social · 17h

Next week: "Local Peace, International Builders: How the UN Builds Peace from the Bottom Up" with @wnomikos.bsky.social.

RSVP here⤵️
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/local...

Local Peace, International Builders: How the UN Builds Peace from the

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 1d

I’m extremely worried about ICE or national guard employing what looks like counterinsurgency tactics in American cities. This is exactly the type of military use that turns deadly. Undertrained forces doing this in places like West Africa quickly resort to indiscriminate violence against civilians.

William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 2d

It’s amazing and frightening how quickly things can go from “feels a bit 1960” to “feels a bit 1860.”

At some point, something will give. You have to hope it’s the Republican governors or maybe the military itself?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. They’ve got nothing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Lee Zeldin: "By Democrats continuing this shutdown, not only are the sombreros gonna grow 10 feet higher on President Trump's social media accounts, but the power of these agency heads administering the president's agenda and directives, it only gets easier."

William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 5d

This is top-notch political messaging. First, the interruption to call out a lie. Second, rebutting the entire argument on the merits, adding the tidbit about the Reagan-signed law requiring hospitals to provide care (independent of whatever happens here). @mehdirhasan.bsky.social would be proud.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

DOKOUPIL: Republicans says what you're really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for illegal aliens. I know that's not strictly true--

ELIZABETH WARREN: Excuse me, not strictly true? It is a flat out lie!

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 7d

Thinking about @mcopelov.bsky.social Dennis Green theory of politics here

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 9d

Bouie totally right here. The only thing to add is that 2024 GOP win relied also on the structure of American electoral politics at the Presidential, House, and Senate levels that have long favored Republican politics and demographics.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10d

i have said this before but i think that ones view of the current political situation is fundamentally shaped by how you view the outcome of the 2024 election. was it a definitive affirmation of the MAGA worldview or a narrow, extremely contingent result?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10d

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14d

"... reshapes our understanding of southern politics, democratic backsliding, and American political development."

Stolen Representation by Michael P. Olson, Coming Soon

Explore the first title in the Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures series

#LawSky #BookSky 🗺️ 🗃️

https://cup.org/46veCij

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 15d

Incredible stuff—can’t think of a way this could have gone worse for Trump. Great for Kimmel!

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15d

Breaking news: Jimmy Kimmel will return to television Tuesday, nearly one week after ABC took his show off the air under pressure from the Trump administration, station owners and critics over comments he made after the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Disney brings back Jimmy Kimmel, sidelined after Charlie Kirk comments

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC was taken off air following backlash from President Donald Trump, FCC Chair Brendan Carr, Nexstar, Sinclair and a bevy of conservative critics.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15d

Shanah Tovah, New York City. Here's to a sweet and hopeful New Year.

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 26d

Truly an honor and dream come true to see my book, Local Peace, International Builders, with the other Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org award winners at @apsa.bsky.social APSA 2025!

www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Please share: @alanjacobs.bsky.social and I are running a Jan '26 course at @gesis.org Cologne on

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🕵️Process tracing + Bayesian inference + graphical causal models

All in two heady days.

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GESIS Training Courses

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16d

Democrats should become the anti-corruption party. 72% of voters think a member of Congress would likely accept a bribe if offered one. 80% say donors run DC. The solution isn’t left vs right, it’s clean vs corrupt. But first, Democrats must reform themselves and reject big money.

The Democrats' Path Forward: Become the Anti-Corruption Party

But to reform the system they first need to reform the Democratic Party.

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 16d

I really like this as a general strategy for Dems but not sure about general claim abt corruption in comparative context.
Empirically, Putin's Russia, Bibi's Israel, PRC, among many others, prove corruption can work. Theoretically, selectorate logic also suggests corruption helps regimes last.

William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 16d

My mother had to flee the Greek dictatorship in the early 70s (to Sweden) and one of the things she would always talk about that I never understood was the regime collaborators. I see now of course, living with Trump, how easy and mainstream collaboration becomes. Wow!

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 16d

General reminders help! I must admit that my first thought went to students before I saw your earlier post as well. It’s very easy to forget our own colleagues in this moment.

William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 16d

Great point and one I’ve been discussing a lot with friends interested in a “US exit strategy.”

I’m also not sure that neutral is actually sitting it out in practice. For example, US can sit out of UN contributions but that would essentially mean defunding UNPKOs, a pillar of the liberal order.

Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 16d

This has been obvious for a long time, but I'm glad more people are saying it.

I was recently asked whether Europe and Japan (and others) could sustain their own "liberal order" without the U.S. The answer is yes, in theory, especially if the U.S. just "sat things out" — that is, remained neutral.

Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 16d

The Trump regime is seeking "regime change in Europe" former Chatham House director Robin Niblet tells the New York Times.

This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...

William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 16d

It would actually be very helpful to have clearer guidelines in general, even for those of us that are immigrants and naturalized citizens. I’m not sure how to protect and help my students and colleagues at this time.

William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 17d

This changed my morning.

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 17d

Hopefully Disney bends to pressure, apologizes, restores Jimmy, and we can all go back to She-Hulk, which was awesome.

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 18d

Tatiana Maslany remains the very best.
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'She-Hulk' star Tatiana Maslany and others call for Disney boycott after Jimmy Kimmel suspension

'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' star Tatiana Maslany and others are calling for a boycott of Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and ABC after the network indefinitely preempted 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.'

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 17d

I’m not sure what’s happening—Ezra is my age. But he and other such pundits—it’s like their politics froze in 2012.

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 18d

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 18d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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