#APSA2025 that’s a wrap! It was great to present my work on Populist Undermining and the Resilience of Electoral Institutions.

By pushing through an amnesty law to secure parliamentary support from separatist parties, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez broke a core norm of Spanish democracy, notes @cristyramirezp.bsky.social.

Treasury bonds are traditionally seen as a safe haven in times of economic turmoil, because they offer investors a guaranteed payment backed by the U.S. government. Instead, investors are selling the assets. Here's what to know.

Catching up on reading and am over the moon to see my fantastic @kcl-spe.bsky.social PhD student @cristyramirezp.bsky.social quoted in this article on Trump's Panama folly. We're very lucky to have their expertise in our department. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

APSA panel accepted!! I'm excited to be co-organizing a panel on democratic backsliding and opposition resistance, featuring @cristyramirezp.bsky.social, @dnsltr.bsky.social, @beattyriedl.bsky.social, and @schaferd.bsky.social, with @lgamboa.bsky.social and @orcunselcuk.bsky.social as discussants!

As Trump continues to blast falsehoods about Panama and the Panama Canal it’s important to understand why he is doing it ?

By pushing falsehoods, the Trump administration has manufactured a crisis that appears more performative than substantive. Thus, the following question arises: is this aggressive and unwarranted stance toward Panama merely a distraction from domestic issues blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

By pushing falsehoods, the Trump administration has manufactured a crisis that appears more performative than substantive. Thus, the following question arises: is this aggressive and unwarranted stance toward Panama merely a distraction from domestic issues blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Minimal #factcheck #Panama did not hand over the #PanamaCanal to China. A Chinese company manages 2 of the 5 ports at the entrance to the Canal, as do companies of other nationalities. This contract dates back to 1997 when #US still administered the Canal.

Trump at it again talking about the virtues of tariffs. Two key papers: Diamond-Mirrlees Atkinson-Stiglitz, establish conditions under which tariffs should not be employed and show the income tax is a great tax. Or read @pkrugman.bsky.social Pop internationalism!

Breaking News: Jimmy Carter has died at 100. A one-term president and peacemaker from Georgia’s farmland, he was beset by crises in office. nyti.ms/49WdF3G

Someone told Trump there is a Canal in Panama and him claiming he is going to take it back it’s known in IR as “mad men” theory

Three days to go until our OPUS Conversation with Dr. Orçun Selçuk - make sure you're registered! We look forward to seeing you there 🤩

Are you planning to attend APSA 2025? I'm putting together a panel proposal on democratic backsliding, democratic resilience, and opposition to democratic backsliding for APSA with Erica Frantz. I'm looking for other authors and discussants with interests in those topics. Thanks in advance!!

new WP y'all www.nber.org/papers/w33236

Fantastic to be able to sit in on my brilliant PhD student @cristyramirezp.bsky.social presenting their work today. Always a lovely moment when a PhD really comes together - this work has the potential to make a really big splash.

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How can we interpret the fact that breaking democratic norms is no longer a deal breaker for the electorate? If you missed the webinar the @ItssVerona 2024 Webinar Series - After the Vote: How the 2024 U.S. Election Will Reshape the World: m.youtube.com/watch?v=lAuh...

Amazing paper and take on the ongoing crisis in Venezuela

You can still sign up for this webinar tonight: ⬇️

Join us tomorrow to discuss how the US election will reshape the power balance in the geopolitical stage @gesineweber.bsky.social

Werning research on dollarization couldn’t have been more timely for Argentina’s electoral campaign. A sector, not only in Argentina but in Latam, believe that the way out of Arg’s problems is just taking monetary control away from politicians. They should look towards Brazil not Panama

Yesterday, Dani Rodrik at CEPR a conference on the Polítical Economy on Populism. He argues that the main driver to the current wave of RWP is basically globalization Polisky

Polisky is ruling Bluesky !

Amazing effort to communicate all the work political scientists to a broader audience. Democratization of knowledge!! Polisky goodauthority.org/news/welcome...

El profe Sajuria hizo la tarea. Aquí hay un feed que hacía falta ⤵️. | A much needed LatAm social sciences feed! 🤩 thanks Javier.