My article with @heingoemans.bsky.social and @miweintraub83.bsky.social is now out at @thejop.bsky.social! See how prospect theory applies (and doesn’t) to territorial disputes:

Journal of Politics@thejop.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"Loss Framing in Territorial Disputes" by Andi Zhou, Hein Goemans, and Michael Weintraub. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

This paper with @miweintraub83.bsky.social, @edebruin.bsky.social, and Livia Schubiger has been online for a bit, but it is officially published! cambridge.org/core/journal...

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

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...

Hace unas semanas me volví colombiano. Escribí en @lasillavacia.bsky.social sobre lo que ha significado para mí. "Colombiano, por fin" 🇨🇴 www.lasillavacia.com/red-de-exper...

Colombiano, por fin

Adquirir la ciudadanía colombiana como extranjero: un acto de amor y compromiso con un país de contrastes, desigualdades y esperanza.

lasillavacia.com

🚨 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. osf.io/preprints/os...

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.

nytimes.com

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. elpais.com/america-colo...

🚨 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!!

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 🧵

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

journals.uchicago.edu

“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. elpais.com/america-colo...

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.

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.

Congratulations @edebruin.bsky.social @gabriellalevy2.bsky.social, Livia Schubiger & @miweintraub83.bsky.social on this important contribution!

American Political Science Review@apsrjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

"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...

I know so many talented young people who decided to pursue careers in public service in the past year and were excited to receive jobs in the federal government. It’s just sickening to see how they are being treated. We are losing people who were working hard on our behalf.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last yr.

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 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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

📢 ¡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

A tremendously important report. Bravo.

southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

My paper with @edebruin.bsky.social, @gabriellalevy2.bsky.social, and Livia Schubiger, "Out-Competing Rivals: Armed Group Governance and Civilian Attitudes in Colombia," has been published online at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. Here is a 🧵on our paper. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

You could say this about so many things. USAID. Dept of Ed. But we have representatives in Congress who are elected to hash out these arguments and write the compromises into law. Either we do it that way, or we recognize that we are in a completely new country.

El otro día @miweintraub83.bsky.social comentaba en el Seminario de Políticas y Desarrollo de la FEG EAFIT cómo podemos evitar la llegada de alguien como Bukele a un país como Colombia. Aquí van algunas pistas:

Vicente Valentim@valentimvicente.bsky.social · 2y ago

On this note, here is a thread with recent research on what normalization is and how it happens. It includes links to references, from my work and that of others. I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work. 1/8

Psyched about the final proofs for this paper (w/ @edebruin.bsky.social @gabriellalevy2.bsky.social & Livia Schubiger). As soon as the manuscript is up on the @apsrjournal.bsky.social website, I will do a thread describing the paper!

Wednesday.

Thanks for your visit, @miweintraub83.bsky.social! We are very happy to have started our Politics and Development Seminar Series with your presentation.

Michael Weintraub@miweintraub83.bsky.social · 2y ago

I loved presenting today at Universidad EAFIT. This coauthored paper (with Joana Monteiro and André Mancha) studies the creation of a new police unit in Brazil. Thanks to @santiagotobon.bsky.social and colleagues for the warm welcome. (Photo credit: the excellent Pablo Sanabria.)

I loved presenting today at Universidad EAFIT. This coauthored paper (with Joana Monteiro and André Mancha) studies the creation of a new police unit in Brazil. Thanks to @santiagotobon.bsky.social and colleagues for the warm welcome. (Photo credit: the excellent Pablo Sanabria.)

I received a desk reject yesterday for one of my papers. It sucked! (This post is part of my campaign to normalize failure.)

applications close 12 January for our doctoral search! focus on political violence; global south; methodological rigor; fun community and great city! bsky.app/profile/maca...

Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 2y ago

⏰ Please share widely! We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq) wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!

new year, new ways to help graduate students! :) during graduate school, I found grant/fellowship applications overwhelming & it was hard to know where to start. Hopefully having access to some successful examples can help: www.angietorresbeltran.com/service