Need some light reading? Check out @rickyclark.bsky.social and Allison Carnegie's article on how populists are reshaping international institutions. goodauthority.org/news/how-pop...

Global Governance Under Fire How international organizations can combat populist opposition—and the implications for institutional resilience, legitimacy, and accountability

This analysis draws from our new book, Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave @princetonupress.bsky.social. Find it here! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Populists aren’t just weakening global institutions; they’re reshaping them.

In @goodauth.bsky.social with Allison Carnegie, we show how IOs respond by appeasing and sidelining populists and their constituents.

Both help institutions survive, but at a cost.

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This thread on Iran is worth your time (as always) from @profsaunders.bsky.social. I’ll be relaying to my students!

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After watching this shit show in Iran can we now agree that maybe having academics isn’t a bad thing?

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Global Governance Under Fire How international organizations can combat populist opposition—and the implications for institutional resilience, legitimacy, and accountability

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Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave by Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark

In Global Governance Under Fire, Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark argue that international organizations are, in fact, strategic agents with the tools to resist populist pressures.

Now available!

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A department on the rise: Notre Dame political science turns heads with big hires, impactful research, and vibrant centers and institutes …

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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

no one in the history of the world has ever loved the City of Cleveland more than José Ramírez

Global Governance Under Fire How international organizations can combat populist opposition—and the implications for institutional resilience, legitimacy, and accountability

press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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The Browns should offer John Harbaugh $1 billion

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Free at last, free at last.

(Stefanski, not the Browns)

Firing Stefanski while keeping Berry in place makes absolutely zero sense. Browns continue to do Browns things.

I feel like have a pretty high bar for being surprised by this administration, but Trump capturing Maduro still elicited a genuine “what the fuck.” So many questions. Are Iran and Cuba next? Does this legitimize aggression by Putin and others? Just mind boggling stupidity on display.

Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise

"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors."

NYT Editorial Board

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As good a take as you will see.

been there

This was a lot of fun to research, and also the most-read sports piece I've published since returning from public-baseball-analysis exile:

I found statistical evidence (not just Smoltzesque bellyaching) that MLB teams are going to their bullpens too early, and should leave their starters in longer.

Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...

Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers

once again everyone would have been happier, Trump included, if we just Truman Showed him and let him play pretend president on the teevee