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“Free at Last”: What Bangladesh’s Interim Government Can Teach Other Countries in Transition - IGCC

Very timely new blog post from @fburil.bsky.social and Erica Shein (IFES) about what lessons we can learn from Bangladesh about transitioning from autocracy to democracy, based on their recent IFES report. @ucigcc.bsky.social ucigcc.org/blog/free-at...

The Election Trust Research Podcast Government Podcast · At a time when American elections are being tested in new and complex ways, it's more important than ever to bridge the gap between those who run elections and those who study the...

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Please download and share The Election Trust Research Podcast. The Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections at UCSD produced a series of episodes last spring interviewing experts and folks on the front lines of American democracy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Thank you, Mike!!

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#OpenAccess from @iojournal.bsky.social -

International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience - https://cup.org/4bjlp1U

- @ccottiero.bsky.social & Christina J. Schneider

#FirstView

In sum, autocratic IFIs provide outside options of growing importance. Autocratic cooperation in global finance is an understudied phenomenon with real political consequences. We should pay more attention to these orgs, beyond just the AIIB.

Exploratory Extension 2: Are Democratic IFIs Different? Here we do see divergent behavior. We see no consistent relationship between democratic IFIs' lending and domestic conflict in autocracies.

Exploratory Extension 1: Do Autocratic IFIs Lend Differently to Democracies? It appears so. We find little evidence that autocratic IFIs direct loans to bolster political stability in democracies.

What do we find re. how IFIs with autocratic principals target aid? We find that autocratic IFIs increase lending to autocratic governments when they face internal conflict or external democracy pressure. We also present two exploratory extensions.

We argue that autocratic IFIs' allocation strategy reflects shared interest among authoritarian members in reinforcing their own stability and that of like-minded autocracies by addressing key threats such as internal political conflicts and external threats such as democracy promotion.

18 autocratic international financial institutions

We introduce an original dataset covering 18 IFIs with predominantly autocratic members and track their lending across 143 recipient countries from 1967-2021. Some of these IFIs are not in AidData or OECD data.
(We distinguish btwn hybrid orgs that are autocratic for part of their lifespan)

🎉I'm excited to share my new article with @cjschneider.bsky.social, now online at International Organization @iojournal.bsky.social: “International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience.” Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S002...
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UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation

I recommend subscribing to the UC IGCC newsletter(s), which includes working papers, podcast episodes, and other blogs each month mailchi.mp/ucigcc/signup @ucigcc.bsky.social

Five Questions on How Viktor Orbán Is Testing the EU’s Democratic Core - IGCC The Hungarian government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been locked in a confrontation with the EU over the rule of law for a decade. “The Orbán problem” is one of many examples from around th...

New Q&A on how Viktor Orban is testing the EU with @lisa-h-anders.bsky.social and Sonja Priebus ucigcc.org/blog/five-qu... 4/4

The Authoritarian Rebranding of Democracy - IGCC

New blog post from Duong Pham (UCSD) on the authoritarian rebranding of democracy ucigcc.org/blog/the-aut... 3/4

Cross-Border Repression in the Cameroon Anglophone Transnational Movement - IGCC

New blog post from Eliana Fonsah (UC Merced) on transnational repression of anglophone Cameroonians ucigcc.org/blog/cross-b... 2/4

Novels on Authoritarian Rule III - IGCC

3rd installment of Steph Haggard & Matt Draper's posts on novels on authoritarian rule (one could do a course teaching authoritarianism via novels with some of these) 1/4 ucigcc.org/blog/novels-...

🚨We have a series of great new posts on our IGCC project page (thread) ucigcc.org/research/fut...

Applications for the 2026 Journeys in World Politics workshop (10/1-10/3) in San Diego are being accepted (due 6/1). The workshop features Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor as senior mentors. Christina Schneider is our local host! Visit the site below to apply.

www.saramitchell.org/journeys.html

Closing the season on May 5, @liviosilva.bsky.social (@weatherheadcenter.bsky.social) and Henrique Sposito (Bern) will present "Does democratic backsliding defund the liberal world order?" Anna M. Meyerrose (Arizona State) and @ccottiero.bsky.social (Utah) will discuss.

US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations.

The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation.

Benin coup attempt: About 200 soldiers from Nigeria and Ivory Coast deployed for 'clean-up' This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.

"The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, deployed troops from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast to secure key installations and prevent any resurgence of the violence" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nigeria says it deployed troops to Benin to ‘dislodge coup plotters’ Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.

Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.

How to Write an Academic Article in Political Science - IGCC While each paper may be unique, the process of writing an academic paper is not (or does not have to be). In the hopes of helping to make the process more efficient and the final product more clear, c...

Helpful resource to share with graduate students!
David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.

What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

State Department International Organizations Account, Outlays by Calendar Year Quarter ($m).

International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.

We'll also be posting a full professor/chair line, wide open field/research focus, soon 🎉 I can also chat about the full professor line at APSA
Salt Lake City is a growing city right next to the mountains and we have a vibrant, research productive dept! I live 15 minutes from hiking and skiing ⛰️🚵‍♂️

📣🚨The University of Utah is hiring! 1st line: Assistant Prof in Comparative Politics! For applicants who work on Asia (esp. China) or Africa, will be expected to teach quant methods, grad + undergrad. If you're a good fit and have questions, I can chat at APSA! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/188...