Superstar @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social undergrad Angelina Kunitskaia pitched me this project as a first-year after reading Tomz & Weeks (2013) in my Intro IR class. Can media framing of a war shape the opinions of third-party publics without altering any facts or endorsements? A resounding YES.

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@kolbyhanson.bsky.social & Angelina Kunitskaia show that how wars are framed can strongly shape public sympathy and support for military aid—even when the underlying facts stay the same. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

How does moving to #autocracies shape #migrants' attitudes toward #democracy and their #democratic behavior? To address this, Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social & @aliz-toth.bsky.social facilitated #migration from #India to the #PersianGulf in their Jan WP article doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #vote

The January issue of WP is online! muse.jhu.edu/issue/56279 Read articles from Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social, & @aliz-toth.bsky.social; Tim Vlandas; Tomothy Hellwig & Tonya K. Dodez; @davevitto.bsky.social, Sébastien Rojon, & @jbpilet.bsky.social; and Handi Li. #autocracy #democracy

#FirstView from @iojournal.bsky.social - How Migrating Overseas Shapes Political Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment - https://cup.org/4n84OB6 - Nikhar Gaikwad, @kolbyhanson.bsky.social & @aliz-toth.bsky.social

Had a great conversation about my new book with Wesleyan's Leo Bader on New Books in Political Science (and New Books in South Asian Studies). Ordinary Rebels is out now with OUP! @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

What happens to armed organizations when states tolerate their activities? And what do rank-and-file militants, recruits, and supporters actually want out of armed movements? Very excited to announce that my new book is out with @oxfordacademic.bsky.social !! (Thread below.)

Wesleyan GOVT department is hiring! Open subfield (IR/CP/PT), but we have interest in scholars of human rights, migration, environment, global health, inequality, or international law. I am on the committee, so feel free to reach out with any questions about the position or Wes!

#OpenAccess from the new issue of @psrm.bsky.social - Polarization versus professionalism: military and civilian views on the domestic use of the military - cup.org/4lN6HDv - @kolbyhanson.bsky.social & @austinknuppe.bsky.social

A new paper by @kolbyhanson.bsky.social and Austin Knuppe seems extremely relevant to the moment: Key finding: while the American public is sadly quite ready to back deploying the military for domestic policing — including of “downtown riots” — actual soldiers are very unsupportive of such missions

Trump has suggested using the military to police protests. Polls show that the public might be supportive but that the military’s professional norms are a check against this, write @kolbyhanson.bsky.social and @austinknuppe.bsky.social in this week’s Foreign Policy Essay.

Who Would Support Deploying the Military to Domestic Protests?

The military’s professional norms are a check against a potential abuse of power.

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We know a lot about how native-born individuals react to migrants. But how does migration shape the attitudes of migrants themselves? The first paper from our years-long field experiment on migration (w/ Nikhar Gaikwad and Aliz Toth) is ONLINE at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! (1/n)

Thanks so much to MIT SSP, especially Roger Petersen and Erik Lin-Greenberg, for the opportunity to share some highlights from my soon-to-be-forthcoming book! Now under contract with OUP. My talk starts at 08:35 on the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEWY...

I'm excited to teach trade using data from Africa by assigning my new paper with Helen Milner at @iojournal.bsky.social. Both Afrobarometer and original survey data from 🇬🇭 & 🇺🇬 are highly consistent with factor endowment models – arguably more consistent than data from 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 have been. 👇