How can existing research on norm entrepreneurship be broadened beyond liberal actors or non-state advocacy networks? @debremaria.bsky.social & @danielleflonk.bsky.social focus on China and Russia to demonstrate how authoritarian coalitions are reshaping global normative orders. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/feRlG

📚 Book Talk am Bodensee 🗓 Do, 23.04.2026 🕖 19:15–20:45 📍 Zeppelin Universität Für alle, die sich für Politik, Geschichte & Autokratien interessieren. Ich freue mich auf den Austausch! Vielen Dank an @debremaria.bsky.social & @steffenhurka.bsky.social für die Einladung. Mehr Infos & Anmeldung: 👇

Book Talk | Making a Career in Dictatorship | Zeppelin Universität

The Secret Logic Behind Repression And Coups: Book Talk with Prof Dr Adam Scharpf, University of Copenhagen

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How does autocratization affect the capacity of IOs to tackle global challenges? @tsommerer.bsky.social and I receive funding from @dfg.de for a 3-year project on 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, and 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗢) @unipotsdam.bsky.social & @Zeppelin Uni

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/...

Terrorism-that’s how many autocracies frame dissent. In my new article with @stephengfhall.bsky.social in @cspjournal.bsky.social, we trace how 5 autocratic clubs have built Interpol-style security structures to help regimes learn ‘worst practices.’ Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Developing best practices “against terrorists who protest”: Regional organizations as learning clubs for autocracies

Regional organizations have long addressed cross-border challenges like environmental degradation and terrorism. While much of the existing literature analyzes how democratic regional organizations...

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StephengfHall@stephengfhall.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Really excited to share that my new article, co written with @DebreMaria.bsky.social, “Developing best practices “against terrorists who protest:” Regionam organisations as learning clubs for autocracies” is out with @CSP_journal.

Authoritarian regimes use regional organizations to suppress dissent and bolster their power as @debremaria.bsky.social shows in her new book "The Dictators' Club". As autocrats coordinate across borders, democratic actors must do the same, she writes. www.democracywithoutborders.org/37302/

Dictators’ clubs: how regional blocs support authoritarianism

Authoritarian regimes use regional organizations to suppress opposition, resist pressure, and stay in power, new book shows.

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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.

International Affairs@iajournal.bsky.social · last yr.

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

Come join us this morning to discuss the state of the world with Muhammet Bas, @debremaria.bsky.social , @catherinedevries.bsky.social , @andduer.bsky.social and myself. 🌍🇪🇺 🌍🇪🇺 🌍🇪🇺 🌍🇪🇺 🌍🇪🇺

@epsanet.bsky.social · last yr.

🎥 @stefwalter.bsky.social invites you to her #EPSA2025 roundtable: Geopolitics & the Implications for Europe 🌍 As global power dynamics shift, what does this mean for Europe’s future? Don’t miss this conversation. 📅 June 28 | 09:30–11:10 📍 Auditorium 🔗 epsanet.org #Geopolitics #PoliticalScience

Join us for an exciting public opening event if the workshop “Autocracies as International Lawmakers” at the Norwegian Nobel Institute Oslo on June 2. More info below 👇

Nina Reiners@ninareiners.bsky.social · last yr.

✨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

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?

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.

Neue Ausgabe der @apuz.bsky.social zu #Sanktionen mit tollen Beiträgen, vom Sanktionsregimen gegen Russland bis zur deutschen Sozialstaatsdebatte. Ich durfte einen Beitrag zu Sanktionen in der internationalen Politik beisteuern. Schaut rein! 👇 www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/sanktionen-2025/

APuZ@apuz.bsky.social · last yr.

Die neue APuZ #Sanktionen ist erschienen! Mit Beiträgen von Maria Debre @debremaria.bsky.social, Janis Kluge @jakluge.de, Niloofar Adnani, Birgit Menzel, Jörg Kinzig und Markus Wolf: www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/sanktionen-2025/

Exactly one year since the publication of "Are international organisations in *decline*? An absolute and relative perspective on institutional change" in Global Policy with @debremaria.bsky.social for our NestIOr project