Check out our new article on rebel regimes at @apsrjournal.bsky.social!

Anne Meng@annemeng.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 New in @apsrjournal.bsky.social! 🚨How do the origins of authoritarian regimes shape their subsequent trajectories? @kbclarke.bsky.social @jackpaine.bsky.social and I are excited to share "Rebel Victory and Authoritarian (Dis)Order" /1

Thinking about US gerrymandering stories in the news: A few years ago I published an article on "democracy by deterrence." Our motivating example was gerrymandering, examining tit-for-tat retaliation and how it can (or fail to) deter electoral tilting onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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In contemporary democracies, backsliding typically occurs through legal machinations. Self-enforcing democracy requires that political parties refrain from exploiting legal opportunities to tilt elec...

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(4) "Stronger Challengers can Cause More (or Less) Conflict and Institutional Reform" by Andrew T. Little @anthlittle.bsky.social and Jack Paine @jackpaine.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks for the thoughtful review! And agreed on the thoughts at the end regarding productive next steps.

Shagun Gupta@shagunrgupta.bsky.social · last yr.

Glad to see my book review of Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship by @alexandermlee.bsky.social and @jackpaine.bsky.social in International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social! An essential read if you're interested in the enduring effects of colonial rule on democratic governance.

Pleased to share this podcast with @alexandermlee.bsky.social about our recent book! newbooksnetwork.com/colonial-ori...

Thanks, Ali! Brief synopsis of our recent article on African borders at @apsrjournal.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone@alicirone.bsky.social · last yr.

New Broadstreet post up! Highlighting some great work rethinking common assumptions about African borders! @ricarthuguet.bsky.social @jackpaine.bsky.social and Christy Qiu www.broadstreet.blog/p/african-bo...

🚨New paper alert!🚨 @anthlittle.bsky.social and I are excited to share “Presidential Election Concessions.” We present a new global dataset on concessions in presidential elections in all countries worldwide from 1980 to 2024 /1

Very excited this is out! @ricarthuguet.bsky.social We have a longer summarizing thread on Twitter (womp womp) from a while back: x.com/ricarthuguet...

American Political Science Review@apsrjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago

From our new issue: "Endogenous Colonial Borders: Precolonial States and Geography in the Partition of Africa" by Jack Paine, Xiaoyan Qiu, and Joan Ricart-Huguet. #ASPRNewIssue https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/endogenous-colonial-borders-precolonial-…

Brief summary of my recent book with @alexandermlee.bsky.social at @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/colo...

Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship

In this pathbreaking empirical study, Lee and Paine illuminate the complex ways in which colonialism shaped the prospects for democracy in countries emerging from imperial rule.

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Pleased to see research I’ve been working on with @annemeng.bsky.social and @jackpaine.bsky.social on rebel regimes featured in the @nytimes.com Interpreter column this week. The piece does a nice job summarizing our paper’s implications for the challenges that may be ahead in #Syria. Link 👇

Anne Meng@annemeng.bsky.social · 2y ago

My paper with @kbclarke.bsky.social and Jack Paine, “Violent Origins and Authoritarian Order: Divergent Trajectories after Successful Rebellions,” was featured in a NYT article analyzing recent events in Syria! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...

The original Twitter thread summarizing the paper is here: x.com/annemeng_/st...

My paper with @kbclarke.bsky.social and Jack Paine, “Violent Origins and Authoritarian Order: Divergent Trajectories after Successful Rebellions,” was featured in a NYT article analyzing recent events in Syria! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...

Why Do Some Rebel Governments Last When Others Fall?

One factor matters most, and it could be a problem in Syria.

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