Ryan D. Griffiths
@ryan-griffiths.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University ryan-griffiths.com New Books: The Disunited States (Oxford UP, 2025) and Before Colonization (Columbia UP, 2025, with Charles Butcher)
It was a tremendous pleasure having this conversation with James Ker-Lindsay about secession in America.
James Ker-Lindsay@jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 4h agoCould the #UnitedStates break apart? Aside from deep political differences between Red and Blue states, it also has some fascinating separatist movements. It was great to talk about all this with @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social #CalExit #Texit youtu.be/ZmGfSa2gfXQ
Do states make systems, or do systems make states? Michael McCall and I provide an answer in this EJIR article. @mccall.bsky.social
EJIR@ejir.bsky.social · 3mo ago"The state made the system and the system made the state" by Ryan D. Griffiths and Michael C. McCall is out now in EJIR and available open access. You can read it here: t1p.de/yxac5
It was a pleasure talking about The Disunited States. Thanks to the Progressive Page Turner for hosting. open.spotify.com/episode/1OxR...
Episode 10: Ryan Griffiths - The Disunited States
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Our event on @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social's new book, The Disunited States, is fast approaching. Join Ryan and panelists @erinjenne.bsky.social and @karlobasta.bsky.social next Monday, March 30, at 3pm BST. Register/info: edin.ac/40MwMcG
I wrote a piece in Wired about why secession in America is not the solution some think it will be. www.wired.com/story/dont-l...
Don’t Listen to Anyone Who Thinks Secession Will Solve Anything
Americans increasingly fantasize about a divorce between red and blue states—but they dread the thought of civil war. You can’t have one without the other.
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Join @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social @erinjenne.bsky.social and me for a book panel on Ryan's The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America, and Why They Won't Work. All details below 👇 @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social
Centre on Constitutional Change@ccc-research.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe Disunited States - Online Event Join author Ryan Griffiths and our panel to discuss his new book, The Disunited States, in which he examines what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful national divorce. Register/info: edin.ac/40MwMcG
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing the “Interstate System” url: academic.oup.com/isr/article-...
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing the “Interstate System”
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I did an interview on The Disunited States with Rorotoko. www.rorotoko.com/11/20251117-...
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Voters lose when maps get redrawn before every election instead of once a decade − a trend started in Texas, moving to California and likely spreading across the country @us.theconversation.com David Patterson Soule Kyle Redican theconversation.com/voters-lose-...
Voters lose when maps get redrawn before every election instead of once a decade − a trend started in Texas, moving to California and likely spreading across the country
With a new, mid-cycle redistricting war raging in state after state, the media and politicians focus on which party is winning or losing seats. But are citizens winning or losing in this conflict?
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My piece in The Conversation: Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce theconversation.com/polarizing-p...
Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce
As support for secessionist movements increases, it’s vital that political leaders reduce the divisions that threaten to tear the US apart.
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Check out the latest Campbell conversation where SU Prof Grant Reeher interviews @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on his new book about these disunited states: www.wrvo.org/podcast/camp...
Ryan Griffiths on the Campbell Conversations
Ryan Griffiths, a political scientist at Syracuse University, talks about his new book, "The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work."
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It was a pleasure talking to Grant Reeher on the Campbell Conversations about my new book, The Disunited States. www.wrvo.org/show/campbel...
Ryan Griffiths on the Campbell Conversations
Ryan Griffiths, a political scientist at Syracuse University, talks about his new book, "The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work".
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Party like it's 1984! & 1985, 1987, 1989, & 1995! (If you don't get the joke: these are previous years when the US used the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund to bailout Argentina)
Matt Peterson@mattpeterson.bsky.social · 10mo agoAnyway we're bailing out Argentina
We had a rousing conversation about the future of the dollar, the euro, and more at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics in Brussels earlier this week. Thanks to Josh Lipsky for leading us. Watch the full panel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k6w...
New blog! The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work Read @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce' Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy
The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work
There is a growing interest in secession, or what some refer to as a national divorce, between Red and Blue America. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for it on multiple occasion...
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A recent Times/Siena survey found that 64% of Americans think the country is too politically divided to solve its problems. Some might think a division into Redland and Blueland is the answer. It's not. I explain why in this book.
Oxford Academic@academic.oup.com · 10mo agoA 2023 Axios poll found that 1 in 5 Americans support a “national divorce” between red and blue states. With polarization rising, is secession a real solution or a dangerous illusion that could tear the country apart? See more in “The Disunited States” available now: oxford.ly/4nC1zTC
I wrote an op-ed about the dangers of a second American civil war. Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war? www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war?
More than a dystopian thought experiment, it's a chance to recognize the signs — and change course.
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In the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has once again called for a national divorce. But as I argue in a new book, an American divorce would be a violent disaster, and is no solution at all. See www.amazon.com/Disunited-St...
The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work
The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work - Kindle edition by Griffiths, Ryan D.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work.
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I was at a panel at APSA that discussed this issue. Ryan D. Griffiths just wrote this book about it: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 11mo agoI don’t think it’s good that someone in Congress is advocating for the breakup of the country
Just started reading The Disunited States by Ryan Griffiths (for an APSA roundtable) about the potential for secession in the US the same day South Carolina troops may be headed to DC. I don't like this timing.
Wonderful talk with Daniel Moran at New Books Network about The Disunited States. Here's the link to the podcast: newbooksnetwork.com/the-disunite...
Ryan Griffiths, "The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Thanks to Kirkus for reviewing my book, The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
THE DISUNITED STATES | Kirkus Reviews
An exploration of the possibility that the U.S. could disintegrate along ideological lines.
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How do shocks to the global system shape state creation? New article with @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social & @kyungwon.bsky.social. We argue that global crises create waves of new secession movements, but also doom them to failure after the crisis passes. [open access] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In your local arthouse cinema !! The doc 'The Promise' about the betrayal of the West Papuans in their independence strife is a must-see. (dodgy roles for the Netherlands and the US) @freewestpapua.nl @unpointl.bsky.social @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Mi...
The Promise - Official International Trailer | West Papua Documentary 2025 [Eng Sub]
YouTube video by Free West Papua Campaign (Nederland)
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what does trump's foreign policy mean for separatists and secession movements around the world? our new piece with @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social argues breakaway regions could find new opportunities but also a lot more risks www.foreignaffairs.com/world/new-pr...
The New Price of Statehood
Trump is a mixed blessing for the world’s separatists.
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Really jazzed about the company we are in www.sup.org/books/politi... @plagasse.bsky.social, Dave Auerswald, and I have been proofing the past few months, so this is starting to get real.
