It’s ideology, not geography 🗺️ New research by Natasha Wunsch of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social & @mihailchiru.bsky.social show conflicts over democratic backsliding in the EP are driven more by ideology (pro-EU vs Eurosceptic) than by a simple East–West split

Does ideology trump geography? Political divides and MEP responses to democratic backsliding | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Does ideology trump geography? Political divides and MEP responses to democratic backsliding

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Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026

Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union

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#JOB: Associate Professor in International Relations of Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Great opportunity @osgaoxford.bsky.social & St Antony's College. Open to all subfields of International Relations, but expertise in FP of former Soviet & EE states desirable my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

As far as the Anglo consensus is concerned, Spain's assertive centre-left government has done everything wrong: Keynesian, redistributive, socially open, net-zero-friendly, multilateralist, Trump-sceptical. Yet the governing PSOE just hit 33% in latest CIS poll, above even its 2023 election win.

Happy to share that today is my first day as Associate Professor in Central and Eastern European Politics @politicsoxford.bsky.social & @osgaoxford.bsky.social‬. It has been a long journey & I am grateful to all the people who helped me, especially to my brilliant collaborators & generous mentors

⚖️ Poland has a new president, but democratic backsliding and rule of law concerns remain. ❗ For anyone wanting to learn more about democratic backsliding or planning their course syllabi on the topic, look no further! Discover our JEPP collection on how the EU responds to democratic backsliding 👇

Reacting to democratic backsliding in the European Union

Explore the article collection: Reacting to democratic backsliding in the European Union. Published in Journal of European Public Policy.

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📢APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative European Politics to provide teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate level and contribute to the Departmental examining and graduate admissions processes.🗓️ CLOSES: 12pm, 5 Aug: ow.ly/brXi50WpZav

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

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First the EC showed hesitation by postponing the presentation of the 2040 target. Then Macron decided to openly attack it. Now PfE are aiming to kill it. The 2040 target has become, a political target not a technical one anymore. @delorsinstitute.bsky.social

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NEW: For years, the extreme right was content pooh-poohing the EU's climate efforts from the back benches. No longer. Why the far right ended up in charge of parliamentary talks on the 2040 climate target, what it means and what's next w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social: www.politico.eu/article/the-...

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030. Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

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I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.

DPIR’s 25th anniversary: Read our 25 in 25 Collection - celebrating staff, students, alumni, and the impact of our world-leading research. Meet @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social‬ - Associate Professor in Comparative Politics: www.politics.ox.ac.u...

📢 100 days are up for @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu! What took years to build can be dismantled in mere months... Here's our take on the Commission's risky bet on deregulation. From the @brusselstimes.com ⬇️ www.brusselstimes.com/opinion/1481...

The Commission’s risky bet to deregulate threatens European nature and well-being

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🎉🎉🎉 Super excited that our paper -- on how changing public attitudes on gender equality don't seem to affect parties' candidate selection strategies -- with the amazing @ThomasDäubler and @mihailchiru.bsky.social is now accessible OnlineFirst at the EUP: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The results of the first round of the Romanian presidential election were shocking. For the first time since 1989, neither of the candidates from the two largest parties qualified for the run-off and an ultra-nationalist won. What to expect from the parliamentary elections taking place tomorrow?

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All - Bluesky Directory

A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

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Many political parties sponsor citizen legislative initiatives to promote their own ideological priorities, increase issue salience, mobilize supporters/ attract new voters. Does it pay off? Read this new article @thejop.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The electoral returns of party-sponsored citizen legislative initiatives | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

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@profmusgrave.bsky.social could you add me to polisky? Thank you!