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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub, Björn Vollan

durlauf.bsky.social
1/ This very important paper by Tim Conley and Morgan Kelly is now forthcoming.

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The standard errors of persistence
Many studies of historical persistence find that modern outcomes strongly reflect characteristics of the same places in the distant past. However they…
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
USAID’s inspector general—presumably operating from a remote base in the mountains—has just released a report on the staggering effect of the Trump Administration’s assault on the agency. oig.usaid.gov/sites/defaul...
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
Thanks for spending time with us in Bogotá!
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub

christoesnaider.bsky.social
Dream Team: Profs Carolina Pinzón, María Alejandra Vélez, @miweintraub83.bsky.social - thank you very much for receiving me @ceseduniandes.bsky.social in June/July 2025! The perfect place to investigate the current drug politics in Colombia and on a global scale. #cocaine #sharedresponsibility
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub, Colombia

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New article on Fast Track by @miweintraub83.bsky.social, @abbeyst.bsky.social, and Sebastián Pantoja-Barrios, “The Bureaucracy of Reparations and Political Engagement,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
The Bureaucracy of Reparations and Political Engagement: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
Gracias, querido!
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
Gracias mil, Ben :)
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
Hace unas semanas me volví colombiano. Escribí en @lasillavacia.bsky.social sobre lo que ha significado para mí.

"Colombiano, por fin" 🇨🇴

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Colombiano, por fin
Adquirir la ciudadanía colombiana como extranjero: un acto de amor y compromiso con un país de contrastes, desigualdades y esperanza.
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub

abenewman.bsky.social
US trade war is not a global trade war. Its US self-isolation. Europe/China/Japan/India/Brazil should meet immediately and announce plans to resist global restrictions with each other. Otherwise, US tariffs could cause trade diversion spiral roiling global economy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
What Will Trump’s Tariffs Do to EU-China Trade Relations?
The European Union is deepening other trade partnerships as U.S. relations sour. But with China, the relationship could get closer — or more combative.
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub, Ruth Dassonneville, Todd Landman , and 1 more

guygrossman.bsky.social
🚨 working paper alert🚨

@carotorreblanca.bsky.social, Will Dinneen, and I have published an updated draft of "The Evolving Landscape of Political Science: Two Decades of Scholarship in a Growing Discipline." We hope you will find it interesting.

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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
Escribí en @elpaisamerica.bsky.social @elpaisamericaco.bsky.social sobre la tendencia del Presidente Gustavo Petro a llamar "nazi" a sus detractores.

Reduce a eslogan una palabra cargada de un peso histórico que exige cordura.

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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub

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🚨 Calling all alumni of Bridging the Gap programming…

Check your email! We’ve just sent you a survey, and we’d love your input.

Let @bridgingthegap.bsky.social know if you didn’t receive it, and feel free to ask @miweintraub83.bsky.social & me any questions.

Thanks so much in advance!!
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
I am so sorry for your loss.

Reposted by: Michael Weintraub

dickinsonbeth.bsky.social
From the moment I met Edgar Tumiña, he was always surrounded by children.

Tumi dedicated his life to rescuing kids who were recruited into armed groups, and preventing more from joining.

I have been struggling to find words to write about his assassination on Saturday. Short 🧵
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub

A small ray of light: my paper with @heingoemans.bsky.social and @miweintraub83.bsky.social, “Loss Framing in Territorial Disputes,” is “just accepted” at @thejop.bsky.social! See what prospect theory can (and can’t) explain about territorial disputes: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Loss Framing in Territorial Disputes | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
“Lo obvio y lo correcto.” Mi columna en @ElPaisAmericaCo: a pesar de la violencia en el Catatumbo, volver a la erradicación forzosa de la hoja de coca sería un error. Mejor que el Estado ejerza su función reguladora del mercado.

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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
Mañana hablaremos con más de diez Secretarios de Seguridad y de Gobierno en Colombia, para discutir los retos que enfrentan en sus labores. Próximamente sacaremos un documento de síntesis resumiendo las conclusiones principales.
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
It has been three years since my mom died. While I miss her terribly, each year it’s gotten progressively easier. If any one of you reading this is grieving, I hope you’ll soon find respite from the pain.
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
Thanks so much, Mara 👏👏👏
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub

apsrjournal.bsky.social
Just published on APSR First View: "Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia" by Erica DeBruin, Gabriella Levy, Livia Schubiger and Michael Weintraub. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub

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"More than half of the 100 congressional districts with the largest proportion of federal workers are held by the GOP, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis." (@wsj.com chart below shows congressional districts in the South.) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Chart showing the estimated number of federal workers in congressional districts in the South, based on an analysis by The Wall Street Journal.
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub, John H. Knox

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The Trump administration has directed agency heads to fire most trial period and probationary staff within two days, taking aim at many of the roughly 200,000 people hired by the federal government within the last two years
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Trump administration directs agency heads to fire most probationary staff
Terminations should happen within two days, according to four people familiar with internal conversations.
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Reposted by: Michael Weintraub

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Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social by @edebruin.bsky.social, @gabriellalevy2.bsky.social, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow Livia I. Schubiger ‪and @miweintraub83.bsky.social
Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
📢 ¡Agéndese para la transmisión del seminario (en español) del
@ceseduniandes.bsky.social!

🗓️Este lunes 17 de febrero, a las 12:30 pm.

Inscríbase aquí: shorturl.at/zoalR
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
A tremendously important report. Bravo.
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Feb 10
USAID’s inspector general—presumably operating from a remote base in the mountains—has just released a report on the staggering effect of the Trump Administration’s assault on the agency. oig.usaid.gov/sites/defaul...
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
Thanks to the editors and reviewers for their helpful feedback. We are also grateful to National Science Foundation for their generous support of this project.

We look forward to your comments!

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Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
4️⃣ Even in contexts characterized by contestation, political and criminal armed groups have meaningful incentives to provide services and to incorporate the views of local residents into their governance practices.
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
3️⃣ Governments & armed groups may build legitimacy differently. While state-led economic aid often struggles to boost support, non-state armed groups can gain legitimacy by providing services, resolving disputes, and engaging communities.
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
2️⃣ Armed groups receive substantial dividends from offering dispute resolution, roads, and medicine. That *any* of these goods or services reduces civilians’ negative perceptions of armed groups suggests that the bar to “outcompete” rivals might be relatively low.
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by Michael Weintraub

miweintraub83.bsky.social
What conclusions can we draw?
1️⃣ While violence is most often studied in contested areas, our findings suggest that governance choices are important for how civilians judge groups in these contexts.
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