Guess what, my new book "The Art of Status" is out with @oxfordacademic.bsky.social 📚💃🎉 It's about looted art and international status competition - why some states decide to return and some don't. I explore in detail Parthenon Marbles, Benin Bronzes, and Nazi-looted art. More info/pics soon.

I learned so much from @rdassonneville.bsky.social's Voters Under Pressure, Tillman's Authoritarianism and the Evolution and Bartels's Democracy Erodes from the Top. In @comppol.bsky.social, I review each book on its own terms and draw out implications for the view that elections confer mandates. 🧵

So great to see Voters Under Pressure featured in this @comppol.bsky.social review article by @klingelt.bsky.social! Reviewing the book alongside work of Bartels and Tillman, Tristan's reading is the mandate function of elections is being challenged👇 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

Excellent op-ed on nonviolent protest from @robbwiller.bsky.social and @owasow.bsky.social on the importance of nonviolence here www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o.... Some additional points worth noting:

Incredibly honored that our (@sricht.bsky.social @loewnic.bsky.social) paper "Changing affective alignments between parties and voters" @wepsocial.bsky.social won the inaugural Rudolf Wildenmann prize for election research of Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V. www.forschungsgruppe.de/Aktuelles/Wi...

Starter pack of scholars of #emotions, #friendship, #positivepeace, #specialrelationships, #affect, etc in politics. Suggestions welcome! go.bsky.app/4X77g88 @simonkoschut.bsky.social, @bctallis.bsky.social, @yoniabramson.bsky.social, @piakoivunen.bsky.social, @europeanisa.bsky.social

Whose critique matters? The effects of critic identity and audience on public opinion by Yehonatan Abramson, Anil Menon, and Abir Gitlin is now available in Early View. @yoniabramson.bsky.social @armenon.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/03/12/w...

Does diaspora criticism work? In a new article at @ajpseditor.bsky.social, we find that #diasporas might have a slight advantage over complete foreigners when shaming their “homeland.” Open access in: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Polisky nationalisky migcitsky behavioursky A thread:

🧵4/10 "Securitizing the nation beyond the state: diasporas as threats, victims, and assets" by Yehonatan Abramson This article discusses the securitization of diasporas with a focus on Israel-diaspora relations. You can read it here: bit.ly/3Hx7R31%E2%8...

Populists have arguably made political discourse more emotional, appealing to anger and fear. In a paper @wepsocial.bsky.social, @sricht.bsky.social, @loewnic.bsky.social, and I investigate whether voters have adapted and privilege their affective orientations as a yardstick when voting. Polisky 🧵

A bit of a distraction from what’s going on.   1) Restraint in conflict needs to be narrated and justified. In a new article, published at CSP, Gil Baram and I examine the rhetorical strategies used by Gulf countries to “save face” following cyber intrusions. polisky intsec menasky IRtheory

Some thoughts on Biden visiting Israel in wartime and why this trip really is different. @goodauth.bsky.social polisky goodauthority.org/news/biden-w...

Exposure to graphic videos/images, like those of Gaza and Israel currently shared on this platform, can induce severe emotional distress. If you absolutely must watch this footage, consult Bellingcat's guide to reduce risk of vicarious traumatisation 👇 Polisky conflictsky menasky

The 2022 Impact Factor for @nationalitiesp.bsky.social is 1.2 NP now ranked 10/101 in History, 36/84 in Area Studies, and 138/187 in Political Science Congratulations to all of our authors, reviewers & past editors and board members! Keep reading, keep citing! nationalisky polisky

Check out this great special issue on comparative affective polarization -- including my paper with @liorsheffer.bsky.social and Guy Mor: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I created a nationalism studies list bsky.app/profile/did:... Let me know if it works. If it does, let me know if you want to be added to the list. Nationalisky

@profmusgrave.bsky.social Hi, could you add me to the Polisky list please? Thank you!

If you haven’t’ listened yet, check out the *live* recording (@ BISA) of PTJ’s and my discussion of Robert Cox’s classic article, *Social Forces, States, and World Order*. www.podomatic.com/podcasts/whi...

Are you a graduate student? Did you present a good paper at APSA 2023 in a Foreign Policy section panel of some type? Then we may have an award for you! (see description attached) #polisky #menasky

Thank you, @harrismylonas.bsky.social, for making it easy to decide what my first post would be! This is a fantastic volume on diaspora politics and I am so lucky to be a part of it.