not a surprising move by a military regime consolidating power but a worrying one

My fav investigative reporter on the story my law student next door neighbor and i have been following obsessively 👌

Colloque en ligne de l'APCG: Koffi Adaba (May 7) en francais Veuillez remplir le formulaire ci-dessous si vous souhaitez recevoir les instructions pour participer au colloque en ligne de l'APCG consacré à l'œuvre de Koffi Adaba, qui aura lieu le jeudi 7 mai de ...

Upcoming APCG Online Colloquium (in French)! We'll be discussing Koffi Adaba's paper on trust in political institutions on May 7 at 12 PM EDT / 4 PM GMT. Please join us: forms.gle/iywPGAxbNY7b...

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Prochain colloque en ligne de l'APCG (en français) ! Nous discuterons de l'article de Koffi Adaba sur la confiance dans les institutions politiques le 7 mai à 12 h (EDT) / 16 h (GMT). Rejoignez-nous : forms.gle/iywPGAxbNY7b...

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Colloque en ligne de l'APCG: Koffi Adaba (May 7) en francais Veuillez remplir le formulaire ci-dessous si vous souhaitez recevoir les instructions pour participer au colloque en ligne de l'APCG consacré à l'œuvre de Koffi Adaba, qui aura lieu le jeudi 7 mai de ...

Upcoming APCG Online Colloquium (in French)! We'll be discussing Koffi Adaba's paper on trust in political institutions on May 7 at 12 PM EDT / 4 PM GMT. Please join us: forms.gle/iywPGAxbNY7b...

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How Conflict in Iran Is Breaking Global Humanitarian Aid Efforts | Council on Foreign Relations The war in Iran has triggered severe global economic disruption, choking off disaster relief supply chains and spiking oil prices—further exacerbating existing humanitarian crises.

www.cfr.org/articles/the...

As Iran war drags on, food and medicine for millions is stuck in limbo The war has disrupted shipping routes, raised fuel and insurance prices, closed airports, and left aid groups with tons of essential supplies stuck in warehouses.

supply chain disruptions from the war are making aid delivery harder and more expensive at the same time donors have cut aid budgets www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

France–Côte d’Ivoire–Bénin: une coopération antiterroriste réaffirmée et renforcée Lors d'une réunion tripartite organisée jeudi 19 mars à Cotonou, les chefs d'état-major des armées française, ivoirienne et béninoise ont convenu de poursuivre leur collaboration entamée l'an dernier....

The relative failure of regional approaches (G5, Accra Initiative) and the emergence of the AES means that int'l security cooperation in West Africa is ever more piecemeal and transactional.

Hi, political scientist here. Did you know we have an extensive body of research and theory that says if people believe you will violently betray them, they are less likely to enter into an agreement with you?

I swear to God I have a real, non-bullshit job.

Maybe we could remove the *lead* (known, proven harmful) from our water before removing fluoride (known, proven safe at the levels in water and largely responsible for population-level improvements in dental health).

Has anyone else teaching at the university level noticed a dramatic decline in participation/student engagement quality this spring? For me the difference from Fall to Spring this year has been DRAMATIC.

this is a really cool model! i'll be sure to share with grad students

From pigs’ heads to arson plots: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine

Court documents used to convict five men in London for burning a warehouse of supplies for Ukraine included Telegram chats with an account called Lucky Strike.
Lucky Strike turned up again in Poland, named as offering $4,000 to a man to burn down a paint factory.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

2. Our new analysis suggests that protest events in 2025 have occurred across a wider range of US counties than we observed during Trump's first term. And the current protest movement has already reached deeper into Trump country than at almost any point during the first Trump administration.

an insane expansion and abuse of powers that is so clearly rooted in Global War on Terror architecture

Final reminder! Political scientists in the southeast, submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback and hang out in New Orleans on 11/7! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. Submissions due TOMORROW 9/19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Two things to add to this:

1) I am much more concerned with party elites and leaders encouraging and stoking violence than shifts in the public from vaguely worded questions.

2) These public shifts in support for violence are almost always downstream of elite rhetoric and narratives.

Political scientists in the southeast (broadly defined), submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. We're hosting at Tulane on November 9, submissions due September 19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Come hang out in New Orleans! January, not surprisingly, is a great time to be here!
SPSA deadline today.
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Une divergence croissante de narratifs autour de la sécurité au Burkina Faso – Centre d’Études Stratégiques de l’Afrique Les conditions sécuritaires du Burkina Faso continuent de se détériorer sous la junte militaire, malgré une campagne d’information de grande envergure.

Les acteurs russes ont joué un rôle de premier plan en alimentant et en amplifiant de faux récits autour de la junte burkinabè. La junte, à son tour, a été l’un des plus ardents défenseurs de la présence sécuritaire croissante de Moscou en Afrique.

OUT OF EVERY DITCH, A PATH

Come work with me! Tulane Poli Sci is hiring an Assistant Professor in comparative political economy: apply.interfolio.com/172989

I'm not on the committee but happy to answer Qs about dept, NOLA, etc

APCG Online Colloquium Call for Papers - Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 The APCG Online Colloquium is designed to increase opportunities for scholars of African politics to present and receive timely, constructive feedback on unpublished work. Colloquium sessions will be ...

Great forum to present some work and get some feedback if you have a paper on anything on African politics. Given its virtual format, it's a great place for junior scholars and scholars based on the continent to do an hour long workshop-style discussion of a paper!
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Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award

The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…

We're hosting the next edition of the Southern Workshop in Empirical Political Science (SoWEPS) at Tulane on November 7! Please submit a paper or sign up to be a discussant here by September 19: forms.gle/iB5b4E8mrofq...

We're at the dawn of some bad shit in the Azawad. Again

this is all horrible. alongside devastating blows to PBS and NPR, this bill totally ends US funding to key UN bodies that do frontline work, including UNICEF & OCHA, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Completely eliminates US contributions—previously the US was the key funder.

indefensible