The head of Tunisia's Truth and Dignity Commission, which investigated crimes committed by the previous dictatorship, is now imprisoned by the next dictatorship.

Our department has three calls for tenure track positions. IE is a fast growing group of scholars doing top-notch work, which offers very attractive conditions in a great European city. If you are looking for an academic job in Europe, definitely do consider applying.

Do you study institutional resilience to democratic erosion? We want to hear from you! Check out our Call for Proposals for an upcoming scholar-practitioner convening on “Guarding the Guardrails of Democracy.” The submission portal is open through June 30. Please apply, and spread widely!

For folks in DC, this is an interesting program next week @brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/events/stole...

📢 Public good announcement : I’m releasing 3 R packages 📦 with data from the last 2 censuses in Tunisia 🇹🇳, including one with harmonized panel data (I’m using in my dissertation). Available on my GitHub. CRAN version upcoming. www.mohameddhiahammami.com/data

Conventional wisdom says that US foreign military training builds influence abroad, but is it true at the individual level? U.S. trained officers **are** more likely to grant a U.S. request, but expect reciprocity. New paper at #JCR with @ilkerkalin.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Our Spring 2026 Newsletter is out from editors @dbgreenwald.bsky.social @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @samershehata.bsky.social! Featuring deep dives into the role of AI in MENA politics, and in MENA research. Plus career reflections from Nathan Brown. Check it out! zenodo.org/records/2019...

One of the VERY FIRST things done after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to have the text of the new Constitution translated into Dutch and German, which were at the time the two largest non-English language spoken in the United States. Here's the National Archives making this point:

Are you an early career scholar? Do you want to be part of the next season of our workshop series and get feedback from experts in the field? Apply by May 31 here: forms.gle/5SSuuybK3739... For more information visit: apsg.work/seminar-rules/

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion/IR (3 yrs) @unigreifswald.bsky.social Work on democratic resilience in times of crisis using cross-national survey data. flexible start (earliest possible) deadline: 31 May 2026 🔗 www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

I won't be at #MPSA, but my brilliant coauthor Wali Reheman will be presenting our new paper on Muslims in Europe: Comments welcome, please reach out for a draft! #MPSA2026

@au.dk is hiring 3 postdocs (2 yrs) on personality cults & strategic communication in autocracies, led by Jakob Tolstrup & Alexander Baturo. They're looking for profiles with text-as-data, survey experiments and/or Chinese politics experience. Start fall 2026. Looks like a great opportunity!

New work out today at @psjeditor.bsky.social: Using a survey experiment fielded with civil servants from 9 US states, Dan Butler and I find bureaucrats are less responsive to term-limited chief executives onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝! Postdoc Position at V-Dem Institute and GLD ❗ Applications still open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cross-National Survey Methodology in Political Science. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 15 here: tiny.cc/au61101 #PoliSky #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceJobs #AcademicSky

"Hegseth had been pressing senior Army leaders, including Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll, for months to remove the officers’ names.... But Mr. Driscoll, citing the officers’ decades-long records of exemplary service, had repeatedly refused." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

For folks still at ISA on Wednesday, I'll be presenting two papers with my PhD students: 8:15am: US reactions to self-coups 10:30am: Natural disasters and military rule Abstracts attached!

I told @brookings.edu that Trump will be further emboldened after Maduro's capture and Khamenei's killing to go after heads of state. "Trump has proven to be even more hawkish than his predecessors, leaving future generations to face the eventual blowback." www.brookings.edu/articles/aft...

Fascinating paper by Sean Paul Ashley on "The Dark Side of Defection" in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social: "I find that where nonviolent revolutions involved security force defection, coups and civil wars were significantly more likely to ensue." academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

What should military leaders do when a president orders something illegal? History offers a guide. @kschake.bsky.social on how Ulysses S. Grant navigated the most dangerous civil-military crisis in American history.

Exciting news! We just posted an opening for a Survey Associate on @pewresearch.org's Methods team! This is an amazing opportunity for someone relatively early in their career to join what is, IMO, the most fun methods team in the business. Full description at the link below.

Happening today! @au-spa.bsky.social @ausis.bsky.social

Friends in DC: The former Prime Minister of #Tunisia, Youssef Chahed, will be speaking at American University on Monday. Register here for an interesting conversation on building democracy in the Arab world: @au-spa.bsky.social @ausis.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/building-d...

Breaking News: Prosecutors failed to secure an indictment against six Democrats who posted a video reminding members of the military to refuse illegal orders.

Join SPA Asst. Prof. @sharangrewal.bsky.social and @discoveringaub.bsky.social as he examines how elite bargains have slowed reform and deepened public frustration. With his expertise on revolutions and democratic transitions, it’s a must‑listen. Register: https://bit.ly/4bGJUHe

Own goal, so much winning, what are we even doing

Join SPA Asst. Prof. Sharan Grewal at the first Farsi Lecture in Islamic Peace this spring! He will lead a conversation with Dr. Youssef Chahed, former Prime Minister of Tunisia, on the path to democracy in the Arab world. Reserve your spot now 👉: https://bit.ly/4tjqcaD

"A large share of Iranians today personally knew someone murdered by authorities this month. Thus even people who did not themselves participate in the demonstrations now have a personal grievance with the regime."

"Through intense repression, the Islamic Republic has managed to survive another day, but at a significant cost. The massacres have deepened antiregime sentiment across society in powerful ways, even if the long-term political consequences remain uncertain."

"By further delegitimizing the system, the massacres in Iran will make it even more difficult for the regime to win back support through reforms or concessions." Wrote about the deadly repression in Iran with a brilliant PhD student, Ehsan Habibpour: www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

"Earlier this month, Iranian authorities killed thousands of protesters, potentially tens of thousands — most of them over the course of just two days, January 8–9."

🚨 Job Alert! We are looking for a Senior Scientist (40h/week) to develop, establish, and organize the research network “Democracy and Human Rights”. Start: March 1, 2026 Application deadline: February 2, 2026 Find out more👇 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...

Especially worrisome that it is Fort Bragg, where last summer troops cheered and applauded Trump and purchased MAGA gear... www.military.com/daily-news/2...

@sharangrewal.bsky.social: while "grievances for revolution have returned, the factors that had facilitated Tunisia’s revolution and transition to democracy—a supportive military, a strong civil society, and a cooperative political class—have largely disappeared." www.brookings.edu/articles/15-...

Today marks 15 years since Tunisia kickstarted the Arab Spring. Is a new revolution possible in Tunisia today? Yes, but it will be more difficult than in 2011. My latest for @brookings.edu: www.brookings.edu/articles/15-...

This poll shows that 74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting getting rid of the agency. Any elected Democrat who wants ICE to exist is outside the mainstream of their party and the people they purport to represent.

A George Floyd or Mohamed Bouazizi type of moment. Hopefully, the beginning of the end...

Postdoctoral research position at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Applications are due next month. I’m happy to answer any questions about the position! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

New post-doc position working with me in a new lab at @snfagora.bsky.social ! It's one year appointment, renewable for up to 5 years. The position includes data analysis and independent research, mentorship of lab members, and participation in SNF Agora Institute life. apply.interfolio.com/178796

Early version of the network based sampling method I use in my dissertation field research is out in the new issue of QMMR. Many thanks to the Emerging Methodologist Workshop team for making this possible. www.mohameddhiahammami.com/working-papers doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities. Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.

🤔 Thinking twice about a career in research? Check this out: 📊 By the end of Year 2 in SPA’s PhD programs… ✅ 93% present their work ✅ 87% publish or have a project under review ✅ 73% gain teaching experience 🎓 85% land research jobs within 6 months of graduation Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IJgHz2

I am delighted to share the fall issue of the APSA MENA section newsletter, co-edited by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social, @samershehata.bsky.social, and me, available for download here: zenodo.org/records/1745...

POMEPS is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: Political Movements in North Africa and the Sahel after the Arab Uprisings. The deadline to apply is Monday, Nov. 3rd. For more information on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-pap...

BREAKING: Over ‘7 million people’ have protested on this “No Kings Day”…👇 Good job! 😎✨

"a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority" The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.

Another one bites the dust -- mass protests and military defection lead Madagascar's Andry Rajoelina to flee www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Trump's favorite dictator