I'm excited to share that my book PROTECTIVE CLUBS is now available from Cambridge University Press! Available in hardcover, paperback, or digital editions: www.cambridge.org/9781009755801
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
New Q&A blog with Jana Lipps on how the Council of Europe responded to Putin's aggression through 2021, including why some parties in PACE were more sympathetic to Putin. Based on her recent CPS article with @erikvoeten.bsky.social @ipz.bsky.social via @ucigcc.bsky.social ucigcc.org/blog/five-qu...
Five Questions on How the Council of Europe Deals with Putin - IGCC
An ongoing question for international organizations dominated by democracies is whether they should accommodate or sanction member countries that openly violate core liberal norms. In a recent article...
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Joining us next week for the last workshop of the season! On May 5, @liviosilva.bsky.social (@weatherheadcenter.bsky.social) and Henrique Sposito (Bern) will present "Do Backsliders Defund the Liberal World Order?" Anna M. Meyerrose (Arizona State) and @ccottiero.bsky.social (Utah) will discuss.
Very timely new blog post from @fburil.bsky.social and Erica Shein (IFES) about what lessons we can learn from Bangladesh about transitioning from autocracy to democracy, based on their recent IFES report. @ucigcc.bsky.social ucigcc.org/blog/free-at...
“Free at Last”: What Bangladesh’s Interim Government Can Teach Other Countries in Transition - IGCC
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🚨🚨🚨🚨 New Podcast Alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨 Please download and share The Election Trust Research Podcast. The Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections at UCSD produced a series of episodes last spring interviewing experts and folks on the front lines of American democracy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Government Podcast · At a time when American elections are being tested in new and complex ways, it's more important than ever to bridge the gap between those who run elections and those who study the...
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#OpenAccess from @iojournal.bsky.social - International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience - https://cup.org/4bjlp1U - @ccottiero.bsky.social & Christina J. Schneider #FirstView
🎉I'm excited to share my new article with @cjschneider.bsky.social, now online at International Organization @iojournal.bsky.social: “International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience.” Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S002... ✨🧵thread🧵✨
International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience | International Organization | Cambridge Core
International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience
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🚨We have a series of great new posts on our IGCC project page (thread) ucigcc.org/research/fut...
Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance - IGCC
The rise of illiberal regimes is reshaping global and regional organizations and posing challenges to U.S. foreign policy. International organizations once firmly under the control of democracies are ...
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Applications for the 2026 Journeys in World Politics workshop (10/1-10/3) in San Diego are being accepted (due 6/1). The workshop features Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor as senior mentors. Christina Schneider is our local host! Visit the site below to apply. www.saramitchell.org/journeys.html
Closing the season on May 5, @liviosilva.bsky.social (@weatherheadcenter.bsky.social) and Henrique Sposito (Bern) will present "Does democratic backsliding defund the liberal world order?" Anna M. Meyerrose (Arizona State) and @ccottiero.bsky.social (Utah) will discuss.
The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation.
US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations.
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"The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, deployed troops from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast to secure key installations and prevent any resurgence of the violence" www.bbc.com/news/article...
Benin coup attempt: About 200 soldiers from Nigeria and Ivory Coast deployed for 'clean-up'
This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.
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Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
Nigeria says it deployed troops to Benin to ‘dislodge coup plotters’
Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
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Helpful resource to share with graduate students! David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past) ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
How to Write an Academic Article in Political Science - IGCC
While each paper may be unique, the process of writing an academic paper is not (or does not have to be). In the hopes of helping to make the process more efficient and the final product more clear, c...
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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.
📣🚨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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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 @ucsandiego.bsky.social: ucigcc.org/blog/the-edu...
The Education of Donald J. Trump: Reflections on Two Peace Summits - IGCC
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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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New post summarizing the takeaways from the new book by @debremaria.bsky.social !
UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation@ucigcc.bsky.social · 12mo agoMultilateralism—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
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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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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🧵 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.) 1/
Tom Pepinsky@tompepinsky.com · last yr.About to get positively Argentinian up in here
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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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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Utah drought management and water conservation policy is going great. Annual pray for rain day!
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · last yr.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.