✍️ The #COP30 summit “exposed how populism has reshaped global climate governance, replacing cooperation with confrontation, facts with opinions, and urgency with delay,” Deborah Martinez writes in her op-ed. ♻️♻️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/348nw4k7

To strengthen democracy, collaborations must stretch beyond party lines. On Monday, Dec 1 from 12-1:15ET, we are cohosting a virtual event with the National Democratic Institute on big tent coalitions, featuring @jennifermccoy.bsky.social ! Register here:

🎙️ In the new episode of our podcast series produced in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @nateschenkkan.bsky.social examines transnational repression: a practice where states pursue individuals and groups beyond their own borders. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/mvbfhx4t

Pretty excited to share this. We worked on a monster for the past year, getting LLMs (AI, those ChatGPT kinds of things) to qualitatively code the levels of populism in political speeches with holistic grading. Enjoy. populism.byu.edu/large-langua...

🌍 AUTHLIB Special Issue Highlight In AUTHLIB's special issue, Melek Aylin Özoflu (Özyeğin University) & Giray Gerim (Istanbul University) examine how AKP uses civilizational identity to justify its illiberal turn in Türkiye. Read open access ⤵️

Reflexiones sobre la erosión democrática en EEUU y su impacto en América Latina

🎙️ In our new podcast, @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social examines the progress of undoing the consequences of eight years of illiberal rule in Poland, and the challenges that lie ahead. 🇵🇱🇵🇱🧑‍⚖️ 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2ywn387b

🔖AUTHLIB Publication 📊 Using #ESS data, Radosław Markowski @uniwersytetswps.bsky.social & Michał Kotnarowski examine how illiberal & authoritarian attitudes shape legitimacy in Central & Eastern Europe. 👓 Read open access in our special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a

✍️ Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Entrenched informality hollows out authority and turns governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules, @eljorobado.bsky.social argues in his op-ed. 🇵🇪🇵🇪 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3hdcnjjb

IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

How do illiberal politics shape Europe? Our Politics & Governance special issue, edited by @zsolt.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @schaferd.bsky.social & Bálint Mikola, explores illiberalism's impact across Europe. Read open access⤵️ www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Tomorrow in Salamanca!

🎙️ In our new podcast, @fholt.bsky.social discusses the evolution of the Democratic Socialists of America and to what extent it is bound to large cities or can address a broader electorate. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3tsk94hn

Sobre la ultraderecha y la elección de la próxima semana en #Chile www.ciperchile.cl/2025/11/10/e...

People think the closest example to what is happening in the US is Hungary. I think is Guatemala (2017-2023) where the Corrupt Pact co-opted state institutions and undermined state capacity to enhance impunity and corruption

Why is it so hard to build a movement to defend democracy? In a new talk for @scholars.org, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social suggests some comparative answers. She then identifies problems specific to the U.S., and suggests some solutions. Watch here🔽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZw...

✍️ Southeast Asia shows how democracy’s openness can be weaponized. Flexible illiberalism, the art of using democratic institutions to pursue illiberal ends, reveals how democracy endures not by collapsing, but by changing hands, Aqida Salma argues in her op-ed. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte

With @marianotorcal.bsky.social and Carolina Segovia on polarization, democracy and the far right in Latin America. Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZl...

New blog post on whether you need a #ChatGPT or other #AI or #LLM paid subscription, and if you do, how to get it on the #cheap. levente.littvay.hu/ai-on-the-ch...

New interview! Didi Kuo discusses the functions of political parties, party-building, revitalizing local politics, Trumpism, and illiberalism. Check it out! www.illiberalism.org/didi-kuo-on-... @didikuo1.bsky.social @fsi.stanford.edu

Check out the prog of this amazing annual conference of Eurozine to be held in Nova Gorica www.eurozine.com/translating-...

Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion! 🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int 🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social 🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque 🗣️ András Sajó 🗣️ Renáta Uitz 🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15 Details: 👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84 Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0

Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥 🗣️ Adrian Favell 🗣️ Pavel Bandakov 🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social 🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social 🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15 Details: 👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0

Online discussion | Democracy Under Pressure: How Illiberal Politics Reshape Europe 🗓️ Oct 31 | 🕒 15:00 CET Illiberal politics transform European democracies. But how deeply? 🗣️ Petra Guasti, Marlene Laruelle, Bálint Mikola, Zsuzsanna Végh Register: www.authlib.eu/democracy-un...

I look forward to discussing how to correctly diagnose the success of fa-right parties during this @etui.bsky.social lunchtime session on November 14th. Join us in Brussels (registration and info below)

Can moral emotions help address polarization, or do they make it worse? 🤔 🎙️ In our latest podcast, Zsolt Boda discusses @mores-project.bsky.social exploring moralized political identities and democratic trust. 🎧 Listen to it here: 👉 tinyurl.com/2tteujsv #MORESresearch

My interview with @umich.edu professor Dan Slater on the current landscape of democracy and authoritarianism in the US & abroad. "Short-term extremely pessimistic and long-term at least somewhat optimistic"; watch out for weak authoritarians; fire up the non-cooperation & more @dnsltr.bsky.social

New peiece: "The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power" I compare the PKK and FARC—the first of its kind. Part of PoLAR's special issue, edited by @adnancelik.bsky.social and @denizyonucu.bsky.social, patiently. 🙏 thank you!. 1/ polarjournal.org/2025/10/21/t...

✍️ In her op-ed, Laura-Stella Enonchong explains why Cameroonian voters face an electoral system designed to undermine the democratic will of the people. 🇨🇲🇨🇲🗳️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4udj4xst

A brilliant take by the brilliant Prof Schedler of 🇭🇺 @ceudeminst.bsky.social in @timeshighered.bsky.social on the demented absurdity of eurocentric and politicised @horizoneu.bsky.social funding. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/hori... @weareceu.bsky.social

Join us on Thursday, 30 October, from 12:00 to 13:30 CET at the @epc-official.bsky.social for a hybrid policy dialogue and launch of the 2nd edition of the EU's Rule of Law Shadow Report by the @ceudeminst.bsky.social Rule of Law Clinic www.epc.eu/events/asses...

✍️ Through dialogues between literature, film, and visual arts, Imre József Balázs traces how László Krasznahorkai’s work transforms despair into a haunting affirmation of art’s enduring power. 📖📖 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/kwk2mkyz

✍️ Moscow offers cheaper access to energy, finance, and payment rails, but not the investment and rules that make a real order, Evgeny Romanovskiy writes in his op-ed. 🇷🇺🇷🇺 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/56r43xym

🎙️ In our latest podcast, @fratrupia.bsky.social and Marina Simakova discuss the ideological co-optation of Antonio Gramsci’s ideas by the contemporary (far-)right. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4a9jeuur

My old research group at UvA is hiring an assistant professor to replace me. Do get in touch if you want to know what a fabulous place it is to work. And female colleagues, I especially encourage you to apply!

World leaders came together in NY for UNGA80 at a pivotal moment of waning global commitment to multilateralism. It is time to rethink the multilateral system—and reimagine one that adequately protects civilians, upholds human rights, and is grounded in justice, equity, and accountability.

Our statement in response to reporting that the Trump Administration is directing investigations without evidence into our operations.

¡Queda una semana para postular! El “Kellogg Institute’s Visiting Fellowship Program: (docentes, posdoctorales y Hewlett) impulsa la investigación sobre democracia global en Notre Dame. Cierra el 1 de octubre de 2025. ¡Solicita ya! kellogg.nd.edu/opportunitie...

One week left to apply! The Kellogg Institute’s Visiting Fellowship Program supports interdisciplinary research on global democracy through seminars, lectures & exchange at Notre Dame. Don’t miss your chance! Applications close October 1, 2025. kellogg.nd.edu/opportunitie...

We have to learn from these successes, to interrogate the obstacles, and to push forward with models that work for people, not just for markets or narrow interests, explains @open-society.bsky.social President @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social in her opening remarks at Climate Week NYC. bit.ly/4p94eoV

Deadline to Apply on September 30! Please send in your application

The panels of the excellent Budapest Forum 2025 are now available online m.youtube.com/@budapestfor...

🎙️ In our new podcast, @aborges75.bsky.social, Ryan Lloyd, and Gabriel Vommaro explore how Latin America’s right has been reshaped since the early 2000s, focusing on parties, movements, and leaders redefining right-wing politics in the region.- 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/22ajp7dv

Democracy is vital for economic justice and for a system that ensures fair outcomes by empowering those typically marginalized and vulnerable. A new report, launched today on International Day of Democracy, unpacks the relationship between democracy and economic justice in Africa: osf.to/4maYJmJ

🚩 How have leaders in Brazil, Hungary, India, and Türkiye embraced digital authoritarianism to consolidate power? 🔍Gülşen Doğan, PhD candidate at the Koç University, explains on the AUTHLIB Blog.

🎙️ In the new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @semuhi.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social reflect on capitalism’s enduring imperfections while presenting it as a plausible force for democratic change. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2mdcv2cw

✍️📚 New in Global Intellectual History: @ferenclaczo.bsky.social critically engages with Dirk Moses’ The Problems of Genocide, reflecting on how we name and frame the “greatest political evil” and its implications for global intellectual debates. Read the publication here: tinyurl.com/uh8zkr3f

Listen to our series developed in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social which discusses essential contributions made to their most recent issue on a rolling basis revdem.ceu.edu/category/jou...

New piece! Zorzeta Bakaki on the role of emotions in environmental politics and policy, and why policymakers must learn to identify, engage with, and ethically respond to the emotional landscapes of their constituents. Check it out!