"Authoritarian Norm Entrepreneurs: How Autocratic States Reshape Global Norms.” by @debremaria.bsky.social & @danielleflonk.bsky.social in @jird-jour.bsky.social (2026) #SummerReading

Authoritarian norm entrepreneurs: how autocratic states reshape global norms - Journal of International Relations and Development

Authoritarian states are increasingly shaping global normative orders by promoting state-centric and communitarian alternatives to liberal norms in global governance institutions. This article studies...

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Happy to announce a new publication! Ever wondered how and why digital platforms change over time? In this open access paper in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social, Kevin Garvey and I present three mechanisms by which platforms change. doi.org/10.1177/2976...

New publication with @tsommerer.bsky.social looking at changes of IO membership composition as a consequence of autocratization. Are non-democracies taking over? Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Are non-democracies taking over? Autocratization and international organization membership - Maria Josepha Debre, Thomas Sommerer, 2025

Broad scholarly consensus exists that the third wave of democratization had an important role in the expansion of power and influence of international organizat...

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Thomas Sommerer@tsommerer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

How do international organizations change as the consequence of autocratization? A new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social with @debremaria.bsky.social explores how regime transformations affect IO membership composition. Are non-democracies taking over? ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon) If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.

I'm beginning a week-long research stay at Hitotsubashi University's Institute for Advanced Study. Thanks to @danielleflonk.bsky.social for the warm welcome.

New publication! In @iajournal.bsky.social, @debremaria.bsky.social and I show the emergence of hollow multilateralism, whereby autocracies use the rules and principles of the liberal international order to hollow out the system from within. Our paper is open access! academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...

Hollow multilateralism: how autocracies contest the norms and procedures of international organizations

When autocracies promote multilateralism, are they using liberal language to hollow out established rules from within, and seeking to exclude non-state act

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Thrilled that our piece 'Hollow Multilateralism' is out in the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social! Co-authored with @danielleflonk.bsky.social, we show how autocracies use liberal language to hollow out norms in internet governance and sideline critical non-state actors.

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With summer in full swing, we have launched our July issue today!☀️ 🌏 Special section on Central Asia and the Indo-Pacific 🔖 Articles on climate politics, EU-UK relations and more 💻 Policy papers on US foreign policy & AI governance 📚 24 book reviews Read NOW: academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/4

✨We warmly invite you to the opening event of the workshop "Autocracies as International Lawmakers", co-hosted with @debremaria.bsky.social ✨ The discussion is followed by a reception. Please register here: www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/... 📅 2 June 2025, 15:00-17:00 📍 Norwegian Nobel Institute

How should scholars of international politics think about the future of IR in the midst of important shifts in global politics? We're seeking submissions -- limited to 4,000 words -- for a special section on the future of IR, due June 15, 2025. Please share! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A short article of mine on civil-military relations and democratic backsliding had been accepted for publication in the journal "Connections". Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x) #CivMilSky

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New project! Happy to be granted the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) by the JSPS for my project on hollow multilateralism. In this four-year project, I will assess how autocracies are increasingly pushing for new norms and institutions that challenge conventional notions of multilateralism.

The Dictators’ Club: How Regional Organizations Sustain Authoritarian Rule (OUP) is out now! 📚 We live in an age of rising authoritarianism. Many assume that regional organizations (ROs) are key to help protect democracy and human rights - but what if they do the opposite?

Exciting to be working on this project on the role of regional organizations in promoting digital sovereignty with @debremaria.bsky.social!

Maria Debre@debremaria.bsky.social · last yr.

I am thrilled to receive a grant on the role of #RegionalOrganizations and the spread of #digitalsovereignty practices in the Global South from the Thyssen Stiftung together with @danielleflonk.bsky.social. Stay tuned for insights on how, where, and why #digitalauthoritarianism travels.

Call for papers: international workshop on Social Purpose in International Order. Please share! www.hsu-hh.de/polipo/en/ne...

If you're interested in this topic, consider submitting to the #ecprgc25 section 'Internet and Politics in the AI era' (S31) chaired by Gabriela Borz and co-chaired by Ramón Villaplana and myself. We are looking to fill three panels on internet freedom. @ecpr.bsky.social ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Internet and Politics in the AI era: digital technologies and their impact on norms, rights and political processes

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Acabestie @drbrandonharris.bsky.social (along with Andrew Wilson & Danielle Flonk) promise a provoking final #NCACreatorPrecon presentation on shitposting and trolling. (This shitposting scholar is selfishly excited!) #NCA2024

Pleased with our new open access paper w @mcneilwillson.bsky.social: “Watering down the wine: European Union regulation of violent right‐wing extremism content and the securitisation of new online spaces” in Policy & Internet! doi.org/10.1002/poi3... Started the project as Max Weber Fellows at EUI!