President Donald Trump has unveiled the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet now converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft.

Uzbekistan has asked U.S. authorities to explain security checks on its national football team before its final World Cup warm-up in New York https://ow.ly/YcP350ZaBvY #Uzbekistan #WorldCup #Football #US #Sports #WorldCup2026

This was a fun interview together w/ @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social about sports, politics, authoritarianism, the World Cup, and the U.S. w/ @global-affairs.bsky.social I already regret making a quasi-prediction about who won’t win the tournament….

Illiberal administration is allowed by an illiberal international governing body to enforce unequal competition rules

At its current rate, Russia will consolidate its hold on the 5 Ukrainian provinces it seeks around the year 4575.

If only we had an analytical framework to explain such unusual arrangements..

New interview on kleptocracy and foreign policy for Spain's El Confidencial (gift link; Spanish): www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2026-0...

Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases ft.trib.al/8vEg1xv

This is insane. We can talk about "informal empire" all we want, but NATO allies haven't been remotely "vassals" since the 50s. This smacks of the horror-show intersection of Colby's fetish for making "pivot" happen re: Asia with Trump's flailing efforts to find scapegoats for his Iran fiasco.

Important investigation- national policy bends to the will of billionaires if the Trump clan will make $ from it

Magyar has called on the national president to resign so that the new parliament can elected a new president. (Orban amended the law on the presidency in December to make it impossible for the parliament to impeach the president.) If Sulyok stays, he can act as roadblock for the new govt.

It's been almost fifteen years of wrestling with the implications of Orbanism in Hungary, and practically every year feeling like it only got more radical and more dangerous for the world. Immensely satisfying to see it refuted by Hungarians.

Post Postliberalism…?

Dear Mr. President, Please stop providing new material for the Revised Edition of Exit from Hegemony. We would like to be able to finish the book. Thank you for your attention to this matter, Dr. Daniel Nexon

"Why aren't there experts in the room?" you ask. In our recent @foreignaffairs.com article, @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I connect the dots between Trump's corruption and his administration's decision to dismantle the normal U.S. foreign-policy process.

[email protected] and I joined @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and Daniel Nexon to discuss how transnational corruption shapes foreign policy. We examine how autocratic actors use illicit networks to advance geopolitical goals—and how Putin has long leveraged this playbook. w/@erep.csis.org

Exciting to see another review of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social , this time in the Journal of Communication Inquiry. Many thanks to the author and journal for taking the time to think about our arguments!

The United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus has been hit by a drone, the Cyprus Mail learned in the early hours of Monday morning. cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/s...

As always, good thread from @profsaunders.bsky.social. @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social talk about how Trump admin hollowed out these processes, why it did so, and what some of the costs are in our recent @foreignaffairs.com article. Spoiler: a combo of far-right ideology and self-dealing.

What an engaging interview- Mark brings out the best in his speakers and engages with the nuances and uncomfortable implications of their arguments.

Many thanks to Alireza Nouri for taking the time to speak with us and to @onglynette.bsky.social for facilitating. @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I enjoyed the conversation!

@cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and @dhnexon.bsky.social argue that the Trump administration’s foreign policy is “fundamentally kleptocratic.”

For the definitive account of how “the West” was employed to legitimate American security guarantees to Europe, see @profptj.bsky.social’s book, Civilizing the Enemy. But you can read an earlier, article-length treatment (specifically about NATO) here: www.kittenboo.com/blog/wp-cont...

Look what came in the mail yesterday 👇

Check out my co-author @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social presenting our book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social

So if the major dynamic of "multipolar orders" is — as @skumsrud.bsky.social, @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social, and I argue (with contributors) — a game structured by the politics of "goods substitution," than Trump 2.0 is playing a losing strategy.

Thrilling & flattering to have leading scholars Aurel Croissant, Julia Bader, John J. Chin, Jessica C. Teets & Emilie M. Hafner-Burton read & comment on Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social for @nbr.org See the roundtable here:

🧵 If you want to understand how Trump is committing geopolitical suicide, you might check out EXIST FROM HEGEMONY, Oxford University Press 2020 — in which, I am regularly told, @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I got "everything right" 👇. 🚨 Bonus: Kindle Edition is currently $9.99 on Amazon! 🚨

I had *planned* on writing a post today about the ongoing sane-washing of the U.S. National Security Strategy, but I decided instead to put up a more detailed version of my skeets about the entanglement of Trump corruption, overseas autocratic wealth, and U.S. media consolidation.

Check out this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion in which @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics. newbooksnetwork.com/dictating-th...

🧵 Obligatory self-promotion. @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social devote a chapter to the transnational far-right in Exit from Hegemony. We contextualize it within broader dynamics of int'l power transitions, hegemonic decline, and transformation in international order. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

NB: as @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and I argued back in January, if you're a "China hawk" and you think Russia is a more important ally than Europe, then you've got the geopolitical acumen of a candy wrapper.

Confirmation of key thesis in @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and @alexdukalskis.bsky.social's book "Dictating the Agenda:" channels for global cultural and market liberal influence now being weaponized by authoritarian states against liberal society institutions www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Many thanks to @moisesnaim.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of Dictating the Agenda by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social “This is an excellent book…. one of the most penetrating and original accounts yet of how authoritarian regimes are reshaping the global order.”

Looking forward to giving along w/ @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social the @nupinytt.bsky.social & Norwegian Centre for Geopolitics annual lecture in Oslo Wednesday. “Dictating the Agenda – How Authoritarians are Transforming Global Governance” Details & live stream:

In the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social I map out the global authoritarian resurgence and what it means for Ireland

🧵 Fascism is an ideology. The government is fascist. But it's an unconsolidated competitive authoritarian regime, not a totalitarian one. @justinscasey.bsky.social and I discuss this, and the heterogeneity of interwar fascism, here 👇

If you're in Dublin next week come join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at the Institute of International & European Affairs (IIEA) on Thursday where we'll talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics Details: www.iiea.com/images/uploa...

And here’s a write-up:

We are all students of democracy. Grateful for the exchange with students during my keynote and Q&A on The Age of Democratic Security. Thank you to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social World Leaders Forum, Acting President Claire Shipman, & Prof. @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social.

Author copies for Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today! If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.

And I talk about it towards then of @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social and my essay on the crisis of liberal order. (sorry, I know I've posted this stuff before).

If you prefer to listen to your books, the audio book version of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social was released today. Get it wherever you get your audio books - Audible, Amazon, Apple, Storytel, your library, etc.

Was great for me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social to talk with @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social on the the Chicago Council on Global Affairs @global-affairs.bsky.social podcast about Ukraine & our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics. Have a listen here:

Princeton University Press Stumbles Into a Xinjiang Tour Debacle thediplomat.com/2025/07/prin...

Was great for me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social to talk with @zeit.de about our new book and the resurgence of authoritarianism in global politics.

New 5 Questions piece on the Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance project page! On the super interesting new book by @alexdukalskis.bsky.social & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social ucigcc.org/research/fut... @ucigcc.bsky.social

Nice review in Kirkus Reviews of my new book w/ @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social (out next month) Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics "A dispassionate argument proposing that the lights are going out." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...