A Global Ranking of Research Productivity of Political Science Departments Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 March 2025 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In the 21st century, the zero point of populism is Turkey, not the United States or any other country. 👇 Confronting Our Autocrat-In-Waiting: Part II BY Larry Diamond www.persuasion.community/p/confrontin...

"From Gridlock to Polarization?" New paper insight: When politics is stuck in gridlock, voters may actually reward more extreme candidates — because they discount blocked issues as less relevant. Gridlock doesn’t just stall policy, it can fuel polarization. Valuable 👇 gratton.org/papers/Gridl...

We don't have the option of living without AI. Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/t...

Artificial Intelligence: ‘Less a bubble and more a boom’ - why market optimism for AI’s future is justified Sep 25, 2025 www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

Türkiye's Homemade Crises By hakan kara alp şimşek 👇 www.nber.org/papers/w34287

"México 2024: The risks of unchecked power and politicized organized crime" www.scielo.cl/pdf/revcipol... 👇

When Democracy Is on the Ballot By Michael Ignatieff muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

A reading list titled “The Appeal of Polarization” via @jodemocracy.bsky.social Recomended www.journalofdemocracy.org?s=The+Pull+o...

Digital currency is closely related to citizen income👇 Today is an opportunity to discuss one vital element in our ongoing efforts: ensuring that CB money remains universally accessible for daily transactions. To achieve this, cash needs to be available not just in physical form,but also digitally

Tracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter Information Trump administration’s another step to undermine elections 👇 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

remarkable 👇 www.nber.org/papers/w34256

remarkable 👇 www.nber.org/papers/w34256

What Will U.S. Capitalism Look Like in 50 Years? Seven Experts Weigh In The predictions—some hopeful, some less so—offer different visions for the future Sept. 21, 2025 10:00 am ET 👇 www.wsj.com/economy/amer...

I joined the ReturnToBandung podcast to talk about capitalism, imperialism and global inequality... listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/4tI4...

Absolutely wild. Israel targeted and massacred 31 journalists and media staff in Yemen. The second-deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded. The Israeli regime is built on war crimes.

Recommended papers 👇 www.nber.org/conferences/...

Weekend reading 👇 Recommended open.substack.com/pub/korybko/...

A shining paper :) How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2025 By Vicente Valentim Elias Dinas Daniel Ziblatt 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Professor at Cambridge University and Political Economist, @haugejostein.bsky.social joins the show to discuss his piece “What Does China Want“. Checkout his Substack The Global Currents. Live-streamed on September 11, 2025 youtube.com/watch?v=g66x...

By #andrewo'donohue Keep following 👇 Law versus Democracy: Judicial Selection Institutions, Court Capture, and Democratic Backsliding in Turkey 90 Pages Posted: 13 Jun 2023 Last revised: 10 Sep 2025 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT YUEN YUEN ANG SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 | THE IDEAS LETTER 👇 www.theideasletter.org/essay/polytu...

New research published in The Lancet finds that Western unilateral sanctions have caused 38 million deaths since 1970. The average death toll ranges from 400,000 to over 1 million per year. Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.

How Serbian Students Created the Largest Protest Movement in Decades 👇👇👇👇 www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

Poland case www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/dem...

This struggle is universal. 👇 The autocrats may seem very similar to each other, but the real defining differences come from the opposition movements.

Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk Chris Hedges @ChrisLynnHedges 👇 x.com/ChrisLynnHed...

This paper shows that US sanctions against Venezuela killed more than 40,000 people in the first year, 2017-2018. The authors argue that the sanctions violate the Geneva and Hague conventions against collective punishment of civilian populations.

The Kirk assassination took place in a very strange and thought-provoking manner just before another September 11th, and suddenly dominated the agenda. While pondering all this, this book fell into my lap. A powerful analysis and a significant contribution to the literature

Kabul etmeliyiz ki, peş peşe ve bir arada pek çok krizi yönetmek zorunda kalıyor ve oldukça da iyi gidiyorlar. Ancak iktidara talip olmanın diğer yarısı, geleceği inşa etme gücünü ortaya koymaktan geçer. bsky.app/profile/ozgu...

👇 Unstoppable The world stands at the brink of an unstoppable cycle Youth is rewriting the history x.com/CerveauxNon/...

I am afarid this is another September 11th 👇 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Sevgili @alpbugdayci.bsky.social uzun zamandır sosyal medya aracılığıyla takip ettiğim, tanıdığım, eğitimine yurt dışında devam eden; okuduğu eserlere, paylaşımlarında öne çıkan yorumlarına dudak ısırarak gıpta ettiğim, ülkem adına gururla izlediğim pırıl pırıl, bir elmas gibi pırıl pırıl bir genç

How do democracies respond to extremist attacks? Selen A Ercan, Jordan McSwiney, Emily Beausoleil, Claire Fitzpatrick & @andreafelicetti.bsky.social explore 2 approaches to resilience- ‘bouncing back’ & deepening democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/I5TbA9U @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

The Turkish case presents a political experience that is so unique it cannot be confined to classical models of populism.

Why Do Populist Strongmen Love Low Interest Rates? Sep 3, 2025 ŞEBNEM KALEMLI-ÖZCAN www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

Trump’s Defining Issue: China While Xi flexes at his Tianjin summit, the U.S. president aims to prevail on trade. By Walter Russell Mead 👇 www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...

Thinking differently – rather than dismissively – about AI and education September 2, 2025 NB. this is the draft introduction to the final criticaledtech.com/2025/09/02/t...

A multilateralism 👇 foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/11/u...

America's new patriotic capitalism 👇 www.ft.com/content/830e...

New global order www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/b...

Valuable paper #nikitasud 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Imperialism and racism are central to the capitalist world economy. The barbarism is a feature, not a bug.

"If we want real democracy, we need to extend it to the economy. That means overcoming the capitalist law of value and redirecting production toward social and ecological needs." Thanks to @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social for this conversation. progressive.international/wire/2025-08...

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Erdogan vs Orban www.ft.com/content/2a40...

Yesterday in 1953, the US and Britain carried out a brutal coup that deposed Mohammad Mosaddegh, the popular Prime Minister of Iran, beloved for his progressive and pro-worker reforms, because he sought to restore national control over the country's oil reserves.

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shapingwork.mit.edu/careers/Great opportunity to work with Daron Acemoglu David Autor, for a Predoctoral position, MIT 👇👇👇 shapingwork.mit.edu/careers/jame... Want to work with us? We're hiring for Predoctoral Researcher positions to work with @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor, and @baselinescene.