Free at last, free at last. (Stefanski, not the Browns)

Firing Stefanski while keeping Berry in place makes absolutely zero sense. Browns continue to do Browns things.

I do not, of course, endorse kidnapping. But there’s a certain kind of US-centric law-brained analysis that’s very forward in the Serious Papers. It’s kind of depressing. I mean, this headline is faintly ridiculous. Call the IR, Poli Sci, and Area Experts before you phone the lawyers, please.

I feel like have a pretty high bar for being surprised by this administration, but Trump capturing Maduro still elicited a genuine “what the fuck.” So many questions. Are Iran and Cuba next? Does this legitimize aggression by Putin and others? Just mind boggling stupidity on display.

"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors." NYT Editorial Board www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...

As good a take as you will see.

been there

This was a lot of fun to research, and also the most-read sports piece I've published since returning from public-baseball-analysis exile: I found statistical evidence (not just Smoltzesque bellyaching) that MLB teams are going to their bullpens too early, and should leave their starters in longer.

Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers

once again everyone would have been happier, Trump included, if we just Truman Showed him and let him play pretend president on the teevee

My thoughts are with colleagues and friends at Brown, and with their loved ones. Another day, another shooting on a college campus in this country. This kind of violence is preventable if only our leaders had the courage and moral clarity to act.

Got Theory? In their new research, Allison Carnegie, @rickyclark.bsky.social and @noahzucker.com theorize that #populist #leadership helps explain variation in whether accurate information is provided to #IOs due to populists’ #anti-elitism. Read more here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...

‼️ New working paper ‼️ We find bipartisan appeals credibly signal policymaking intentions—on an issue-by-issue basis We show how and why bipartisan lawmaking persists amid congressional conflict: progress often comes through issue-specific pathways rather than broad consensus between Ds and Rs 🧵👇

So excited that my book with @allisoncarnegie.bsky.social, Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave, will be published with @princetonupress.bsky.social on January 27, 2026. You can pre-order the book now for 30% off with the code P329 at the below link!

Political inexperience in Congress has measurable effects on legislative outcomes. Our research finds that when districts elect political newcomers over career politicians, congressional dysfunction tends to increase. New explainer of our PNAS study: theconversation.com/amateur-hour...

I’m on the committee for this search and am happy to answer questions as well. Come join us at ND! ☘️

Applications for our Visiting Fellowship are open @kellogginstitute.bsky.social, and I want to encourage folks of all ranks to apply! It is a tremendous intellectual community, and we are looking for postdoctoral as well as junior and senior faculty fellows kellogg.nd.edu/about-our-vi...

New research using African public opinion finds citizens support foreign aid conditions when they distrust their government & trust the donor. These findings reshape our understanding of accountability relations in global governance. @rickyclark.bsky.social sky.social; @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social

Really exciting to see this article with @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social and Alexa Zeitz published @isq-jrnl.bsky.social. As aid is increasingly politicized, we examine how publics in recipient countries assess various conditions that are commonly attached to aid. academic.oup.com/isq/article-...

🧵 When the government announces that it will fire people for producing numbers that the government doesn't like, here is how our institutions should respond. (Whether they do is another story.) 1/

You can also hear me discuss my book, Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance, on the Global Stage podcast from @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social @kellogginstitute.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5Pws...

Many thanks to Michael Breen @dublincityuni.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of my book, Cooperative Complexity: The Next Level of Global Economic Governance, in The Review of International Organizations @the-peio.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This sounds batsh*t crazy but it's, quite literally, a straightforward & purely factual description of what's going on here

I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?

Is it a humanitarian disaster? Yes But is it a geopolitical disaster? Also yes But is it a financial disaster? Again, yes

If I had to sum up what I’ve learned from analyzing mountains of election data—and what Mamdani’s campaign exemplified perfectly—it’s this: Stop moderating. Start energizing.

It's obligatory

Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

Kenneth Scheve of Yale University has been appointed the I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts & Letters by the University of Notre Dame President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. He begins a five-year term as dean on July 1. al.nd.edu/news/latest-...

When does communication fail in international politics? In a new @intsecurity.bsky.social piece, Tyler Jost and I present some fresh theory and evidence on an enduring challenge for states — getting others to understand what they are trying to say

Trump with tariffs

How much of this romanticizing of factory jobs is really just nostalgia for a white and male breadwinner world of the past?

I have a request for you all as we celebrate @slangsonsports.bsky.social's birthday: Tell one person in your life today what makes them special to you. Be specific. Then report back here and tell us how it felt. We can all make a better effort at this, together. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...

As international organizations have proliferated, so too has cooperation between them. This book unravels the ties that bind them. Cooperative Complexity by Richard Clark #Politics 💙📚 cup.org/3EFhdfD

Help spread the word. APSA's International Collaboration section has travel grants for grad students going to APSA.

Dear god let this man cook.

Oh my god

Popes are hardly ever capable of escaping the traditions of the Roman Curia, jfyi. Sometimes they go full on political, and their words matter. But rarely they are as emancipated as Francis was. If you want a data-based take on this I and others have written on it - just ask a political scientist…

Ty Jerome **IS** the NBA Sixth Man of the Year.

Ty Jerome!! My goodness

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👇🎯 Quite literally, they are destroying the export industry in which we have the most overwhelming & (until now) unchallenged comparative advantage.

watch your boy on the far left enjoying the hell out of this

This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.

2) Trump has had the same impact on economic uncertainty as a global pandemic.

omg

NEW - Strategies of a Rising Power: Chinese Economic Influence in Regional International Organizations - cup.org/42p80Rx "I find a consistent null relationship between temporary UN Security Council status and Chinese finance..." - Alicia R. Chen #OpenAccess