Professor Mark Brockway notes that the plaques may seem ridiculous and are certainly a ham-fisted approach to pushing a message. “But they really are a way to reaffirm the narrative that everything that’s wrong in the world is because of somebody else,” he says. @supolisci.bsky.social

🚨New article alert 🚨 SU PoliSci PhD candidate @meddhiah.bsky.social has a new essay out in QMMR on a network based sampling method.

🚨New article alert🚨Check out the latest from our colleague @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social and co-authors on the state system.

For Trump, it doesn't matter whether an immigrant obeys the law, or owns a business, or has been here for decades, says Professor Mark Brockway. “They are caught in the middle of Trump's fight against an invented evil enemy.” @supolisci.bsky.social

It took three days of work, but iteration two of my Geoeconomics & Statecraft PhD seminar is ready to launch in Spring 2026. Syllabus link: drive.google.com/file/d/1u3p6...

1/4 "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is now available through @mitpress.bsky.social in the @belfercenter.bsky.social Studies in International Security series! See below for contents, contributors, and discount codes. @managingtheatom.bsky.social

🚨New book alert🚨 Congrats to our colleague & @isanet.bsky.social President @audieklotz.bsky.social on the release of the 2nd edition of her seminal book on Norms in International Relations!

Professor Margarita Estévez-Abe thinks most of the items on Takaichi's budget will do little to accelerate growth. “I don't think Takaichi's budget, or anything she has stated so far, addresses any of the core underlying factors,” she say. @supolisci.bsky.social

Check out my article in the @us.theconversation.com today, co-authored with Tim Slack. 6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong theconversation.com/6-myths-abou...

Apply now for the 2026 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute by January 25th! The 2026 institute will be held May 24 – June 25, at Duke University. Hear from past #RBSI scholars about program impact on research and graduate pathways. buff.ly/0pLifGl Apply Now! buff.ly/PqPljks

Today is Giving 'CUSEday! 🍊 When the #SyracuseU community comes together, we create lasting change for students and our Orange family 🧡 Make an impact: https://go.syr.edu/mc/giving-tuesday

“I think the fundamental problem remains, that Putin wants to subjugate and control Ukraine and Ukraine wants to stay independent and sovereign. ...So it's really hard to see a meaningful deal coming out of this,” says Professor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social @supolisci.bsky.social

Professor Margarita Estevez-Abe reacts to Japan's $135-billion stimulus package: “We are already seeing the negative reactions from the market... Further depreciation of the yen will hit ordinary Japanese households with higher prices.” @supolisci.bsky.social

🍂 17.4 🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away. A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳

Less than 2 weeks to apply to the Open Pool Fellowships of the Institute for #Qualitative & #Multi-Method Research (IQMR) Details: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen... The APSA/IQMR Fellowship for scholar from Arab MENA countries is also open (Dec. 14 deadline): web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...

I did an interview on The Disunited States with Rorotoko. www.rorotoko.com/11/20251117-...

🚨 New article alert🚨 our colleague @minjulisettekim.bsky.social has a new article out in RIO on how transparency affects international bureaucrats. See the 🧵 below for more.

We were delighted to host @jztidecat.bsky.social at the @cprmaxwell.bsky.social seminar series today to hear about his book project on situational trust among Black Chicagoans.

My piece in The Conversation: Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce theconversation.com/polarizing-p...

@maxwellsu.bsky.social is offering a new AI Minor at @syracuseu.bsky.social, co-led by our own Baobao Zhang with colleagues from all over campus: news.syr.edu/2025/10/27/n...

Check out the latest Campbell conversation where SU Prof Grant Reeher interviews @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on his new book about these disunited states: www.wrvo.org/podcast/camp...

Congratulations to Colin Elman, professor of @supolisci.bsky.social, on being elected to the American Political Science Association’s governing council! His leadership in qualitative and multi-method research represents the best of Maxwell scholarship and collaboration. @apsa.bsky.social

My first post on Bluesky! Excited to share this good news! Thank you for all your support!

Congratulations to our colleague Colin Elman on being elected tothe @apsa.bsky.social Governing Council! www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

Committed to public service and public servants, the #1-ranked Maxwell School is offering current or former U.S. federal government employees a fee waiver and guaranteed tuition discount for qualifying professional graduate degree programs. ➡️ Find out more: https://bit.ly/49d5odi

Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social faculty colleague @sgadarian.bsky.social on a new grant studying individual vaccine decisions: “The Association of State Vaccination Policies with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States.” www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

2025 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantees The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2025. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral…

Great new contribution from @advincensorship.bsky.social to the literature on backlash to LGBT rights advances, featuring 3 cases studies of 1990s campus conflicts over recognition of LGBT student orgs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

S. Erdem Aytaç, David Steinberg and I have a new experimental study out now in @bjpols.bsky.social exploring the impact of inflation on support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. TL;DR: price increases hurt Harris' popularity, especially among Ds and Is, and in regions hit hardest by inflation.

Last Friday was a very special day at @maxwellsu.bsky.social : the first meeting of the Latin American Politics Discussion Group, which I co-coordinate with Erika Arias under the mentorship of Jessie Trudeau. ✨

@maxwellsu.bsky.social hosted an excellent panel with UM's Rob Mickey & @jamellebouie.net, moderated by @faricy.bsky.social. @jamellebouie.net shared some of the insights from the Q&A on instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZBwVR...

I wrote an op-ed about the dangers of a second American civil war. Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war? www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

New blog! The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work Read @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce' Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy

Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. candidates @nickdamico.bsky.social @hannahradner.bsky.social and Jingding Wang on their APSA prizes! Nick won a prize for his diss proposal while Hannah and Jingding each won an @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship! www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

By Dennis Rasmussen, one of my colleagues here @supolisci.bsky.social -- also got a very enjoyable audiobook version, highly recommended.

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars. - @nickdamico.bsky.social presents "Diverse Identities, One Politics? Exploring Correlates of LGBTQ Participation" on Thursday 8am 1/x

🚀 Generative AI is transforming the workplace—and Maxwell’s Baobao Zhang is leading the research. She’s earned an NSF CAREER Award to study its effects on productivity, satisfaction and skill growth. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/41lD3wW @supolisci.bsky.social

“We’re not seeing young people go live on communes,” said Lerner Affiliate, @sgadarian.bsky.social. “They’re working at banks, they’re starting gig economies, they’re working in high tech. If that’s not capitalism, I’m not clear what would be. Learn more:

Nicholas D’Amico Receives the 2025 Kenneth Sherrill Prize for “Rainbow Participation? Assessing the Forces Motivating the LGBTQ Participation and Political Identity in the United States” The Kenneth Sherrill Prize is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor…

Thanks to Kirkus for reviewing my book, The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

🚨 New chapter alert 🚨 A new Brookings edited volume on Russia under Putin has a chapter by SU Prof @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social. 🧵 ⬇️

🚨 New article alert 🚨 SU Prof @labdelaaty.bsky.social has a new article on how elite framing affects attitudes toward refugee. 🧵 ⬇️

Our @supolisci.bsky.social colleague Sarah Pralle is featured in this article on flood map oversight and Camp Mystic.

My article about the EU Commission and infringements won the EUP Sage Award for 2024! @eupthejournal.bsky.social‬ Read the article here: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XC7UG... Link to the award announcement here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... ‪

Recently I completed the Institute for Qualitative and Multi‑Method Research (IQMR). I studied with some of the top methodologists in the Political Science and Social Science fields. Thank you to @supolisci.bsky.social for granting me the Kristi Andersen Award that funded my participation!

🚨 new book alert 🚨 Professor @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social has *another* new book out, this one on the (lack of) potential for secession movements in the USA.

Thrilled to share my new EJIR article on what reassures U.S. allies in crises. It’s Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/1354... A short thread 🧵

Just in time for #UNPublicServiceDay, Dean David M. Van Slyke writes to alumni about the challenges of the changing federal landscape and the importance of public service. ⬇️

🚨 New article alert 🚨 one of our outstanding PhD alums, @aykutozturk.bsky.social, has a new article out on advertising online surveys.

🚨 New article alert 🚨 our PhD alum @thlim.bsky.social has a new piece in Nature’s scientific data on his Korean campaign data project.