Allison Grossman
@allisong.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tulane | politics of development & humanitarianism in the Sahel and West Africa | bilingue
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Court documents used to convict five men in London for burning a warehouse of supplies for Ukraine included Telegram chats with an account called Lucky Strike.
Lucky Strike turned up again in Poland, named as offering $4,000 to a man to burn down a paint factory.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Lucky Strike turned up again in Poland, named as offering $4,000 to a man to burn down a paint factory.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
From pigs’ heads to arson plots: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe
The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine
www.irishtimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Court documents used to convict five men in London for burning a warehouse of supplies for Ukraine included Telegram chats with an account called Lucky Strike.
Lucky Strike turned up again in Poland, named as offering $4,000 to a man to burn down a paint factory.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Lucky Strike turned up again in Poland, named as offering $4,000 to a man to burn down a paint factory.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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2. Our new analysis suggests that protest events in 2025 have occurred across a wider range of US counties than we observed during Trump's first term. And the current protest movement has already reached deeper into Trump country than at almost any point during the first Trump administration.
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
2. Our new analysis suggests that protest events in 2025 have occurred across a wider range of US counties than we observed during Trump's first term. And the current protest movement has already reached deeper into Trump country than at almost any point during the first Trump administration.
an insane expansion and abuse of powers that is so clearly rooted in Global War on Terror architecture
we need evidence of two things: first, that trump can distinguish fantasy from reality and second, that trump is actually president
The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?
September 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
an insane expansion and abuse of powers that is so clearly rooted in Global War on Terror architecture
Final reminder! Political scientists in the southeast, submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback and hang out in New Orleans on 11/7! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. Submissions due TOMORROW 9/19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#polisky
#polisky
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September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Final reminder! Political scientists in the southeast, submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback and hang out in New Orleans on 11/7! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. Submissions due TOMORROW 9/19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#polisky
#polisky
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Two things to add to this:
1) I am much more concerned with party elites and leaders encouraging and stoking violence than shifts in the public from vaguely worded questions.
2) These public shifts in support for violence are almost always downstream of elite rhetoric and narratives.
1) I am much more concerned with party elites and leaders encouraging and stoking violence than shifts in the public from vaguely worded questions.
2) These public shifts in support for violence are almost always downstream of elite rhetoric and narratives.
These estimates of public support for violence (from www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...) are inflated - *much* higher than what we and others have found using question wording that reduces acquiescence bias: brightlinewatch.org/accelerated-... The vast majority of Americans reject political violence.
September 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Two things to add to this:
1) I am much more concerned with party elites and leaders encouraging and stoking violence than shifts in the public from vaguely worded questions.
2) These public shifts in support for violence are almost always downstream of elite rhetoric and narratives.
1) I am much more concerned with party elites and leaders encouraging and stoking violence than shifts in the public from vaguely worded questions.
2) These public shifts in support for violence are almost always downstream of elite rhetoric and narratives.
Political scientists in the southeast (broadly defined), submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. We're hosting at Tulane on November 9, submissions due September 19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Political scientists in the southeast (broadly defined), submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. We're hosting at Tulane on November 9, submissions due September 19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Come hang out in New Orleans! January, not surprisingly, is a great time to be here!
SPSA deadline today.
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SPSA deadline today.
spsa.net/annual-meeti...
2026 Conference Information – Southern Political Science Association
The purpose of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) shall be to publish professional journals, improve teaching, promote interest and research in theoretical and practical political probl...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Come hang out in New Orleans! January, not surprisingly, is a great time to be here!
SPSA deadline today.
spsa.net/annual-meeti...
SPSA deadline today.
spsa.net/annual-meeti...
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Les acteurs russes ont joué un rôle de premier plan en alimentant et en amplifiant de faux récits autour de la junte burkinabè. La junte, à son tour, a été l’un des plus ardents défenseurs de la présence sécuritaire croissante de Moscou en Afrique.
Une divergence croissante de narratifs autour de la sécurité au Burkina Faso – Centre d’Études Stratégiques de l’Afrique
Les conditions sécuritaires du Burkina Faso continuent de se détériorer sous la junte militaire, malgré une campagne d’information de grande envergure.
africacenter.org
September 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Les acteurs russes ont joué un rôle de premier plan en alimentant et en amplifiant de faux récits autour de la junte burkinabè. La junte, à son tour, a été l’un des plus ardents défenseurs de la présence sécuritaire croissante de Moscou en Afrique.
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OUT OF EVERY DITCH, A PATH
I just don't see politically how the foreign aid comes back. No Democratic president is going to spend political energy to fight, say, AIDS in Africa, knowing that Republicans will attack it and then defund all of it the next time they win back the White House.
September 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
OUT OF EVERY DITCH, A PATH
Come work with me! Tulane Poli Sci is hiring an Assistant Professor in comparative political economy: apply.interfolio.com/172989
I'm not on the committee but happy to answer Qs about dept, NOLA, etc
I'm not on the committee but happy to answer Qs about dept, NOLA, etc
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September 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Come work with me! Tulane Poli Sci is hiring an Assistant Professor in comparative political economy: apply.interfolio.com/172989
I'm not on the committee but happy to answer Qs about dept, NOLA, etc
I'm not on the committee but happy to answer Qs about dept, NOLA, etc
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Great forum to present some work and get some feedback if you have a paper on anything on African politics. Given its virtual format, it's a great place for junior scholars and scholars based on the continent to do an hour long workshop-style discussion of a paper!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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APCG Online Colloquium Call for Papers - Fall 2025 & Spring 2026
The APCG Online Colloquium is designed to increase opportunities for scholars of African politics to present and receive timely, constructive feedback on unpublished work. Colloquium sessions will be ...
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August 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Great forum to present some work and get some feedback if you have a paper on anything on African politics. Given its virtual format, it's a great place for junior scholars and scholars based on the continent to do an hour long workshop-style discussion of a paper!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political Science Association's Carey McWilliams Award honors "a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics." This year's winner is Jamelle Bouie. Since joining the New York Times as a columnist in 2019, Jamelle Bouie has consistently worked to redefine what a newspaper opinion column can be.
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August 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jamelle Bouie Receives the 2025 Carey McWilliams Award
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
The Carey McWilliams Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor major journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The American Political…
We're hosting the next edition of the Southern Workshop in Empirical Political Science (SoWEPS) at Tulane on November 7! Please submit a paper or sign up to be a discussant here by September 19: forms.gle/iB5b4E8mrofq...
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August 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We're hosting the next edition of the Southern Workshop in Empirical Political Science (SoWEPS) at Tulane on November 7! Please submit a paper or sign up to be a discussant here by September 19: forms.gle/iB5b4E8mrofq...
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We're at the dawn of some bad shit in the Azawad. Again
July 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We're at the dawn of some bad shit in the Azawad. Again
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this is all horrible. alongside devastating blows to PBS and NPR, this bill totally ends US funding to key UN bodies that do frontline work, including UNICEF & OCHA, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Completely eliminates US contributions—previously the US was the key funder.
NEWS: Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress
House gives final passage by a vote of 216-213.
The Senate passed it yesterday 51-48.
With Republican votes only. Democrats all voted NO.
This now goes to Trump for his signature.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House gives final passage by a vote of 216-213.
The Senate passed it yesterday 51-48.
With Republican votes only. Democrats all voted NO.
This now goes to Trump for his signature.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress
The $9 billion package passed the House and Senate with only Republican votes through the rarely used "rescissions" process. Trump is now expected to sign it into law.
www.nbcnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
this is all horrible. alongside devastating blows to PBS and NPR, this bill totally ends US funding to key UN bodies that do frontline work, including UNICEF & OCHA, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Completely eliminates US contributions—previously the US was the key funder.
indefensible
NBC reports Trump administration working on plan to ethnically cleanse 1 million Gazans into strife torn Libya: “In exchange for the resettling of Palestinians, the administration would potentially release to Libya billions of dollars of funds that the U.S. froze more than a decade ago.”
Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
www.nbcnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
indefensible
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This is the reality of Burkina, just when a massive campaign on anglophone social media invents non-existent, crazy achievements by IB Traoré and makes him the liberator of Africa, thanks to AI generated posts. Also, yesterday was another day of debacle for the army, with 11 attacks by JNIM
Burkina Faso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres | Human Rights Watch
The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by pro-government militias in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in March 2025.
www.hrw.org
May 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is the reality of Burkina, just when a massive campaign on anglophone social media invents non-existent, crazy achievements by IB Traoré and makes him the liberator of Africa, thanks to AI generated posts. Also, yesterday was another day of debacle for the army, with 11 attacks by JNIM
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After noteworthy gains in the previous decade under democratically elected governments, Niger’s military coup in July 2023 has resulted in a deterioration in security, economic wellbeing, and agency for Nigerien citizens.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
After noteworthy gains in the previous decade under democratically elected governments, Niger’s military coup in July 2023 has resulted in a deterioration in security, economic wellbeing, and agency for Nigerien citizens.
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My colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social & @stano.bsky.social: "If American university presidents do not forcefully denounce these unconstitutional and un-American actions, our universities will soon be shells of their former selves, like (...) other nations that have lapsed into authoritarian rule."
@andrewleber.bsky.social and I have an op-ed out in @nolanews.bsky.social urging @tulaneu.bsky.social to denounce and take legal action to stop the unconstitutional and utterly un-American attacks on foreign students and faculty for their political speech.
Tulane professors: Tulane must speak out to protect international students
Tulane professors: The Trump administration's actions in relation to international students at U.S. universities are those of an autocrat. Tulane officials must speak out.
www.nola.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My colleagues @andrewleber.bsky.social & @stano.bsky.social: "If American university presidents do not forcefully denounce these unconstitutional and un-American actions, our universities will soon be shells of their former selves, like (...) other nations that have lapsed into authoritarian rule."
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This is horribly unethical. Violating the subreddit’s rules, no meaningful consent, and has the downstream consequence of reducing people’s trust in other posters in a space that seems like it was actually a decent place for dialogue & people being open to changing their minds about important issues
NEW: Researchers secretly ran a massive, unauthorized AI persuasion experiment on Reddit users in a large debate subreddit. The bots' answers mined the original posters' identity and post history to generate its answers & created identities such as "rape survivor"
www.404media.co/researchers-...
www.404media.co/researchers-...
Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users
The researchers' bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.
www.404media.co
April 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is horribly unethical. Violating the subreddit’s rules, no meaningful consent, and has the downstream consequence of reducing people’s trust in other posters in a space that seems like it was actually a decent place for dialogue & people being open to changing their minds about important issues
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About 70% of the migration flows across West & Central Africa involve temporary, seasonal, and permanent migration of workers, with economic hubs such as Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria the key destinations.
See our Spotlight for more:
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African Migration Trends to Watch in 2025 – Africa Center
A preview of migration trends for 2025 including the need for more regional innovation to accommodate intracontinental population movements.
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April 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
About 70% of the migration flows across West & Central Africa involve temporary, seasonal, and permanent migration of workers, with economic hubs such as Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria the key destinations.
See our Spotlight for more:
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See our Spotlight for more:
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"The same person [...] coordinating all foreign assistance across the department is also [...] the chief humanitarian for the U.S. government, responsible for getting billions of dollars of assistance to the most difficult operating environments with likely 95 percent less staff than before" 1/2
Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department
The Trump administration’s proposed shake-up of the State Department targets human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"The same person [...] coordinating all foreign assistance across the department is also [...] the chief humanitarian for the U.S. government, responsible for getting billions of dollars of assistance to the most difficult operating environments with likely 95 percent less staff than before" 1/2
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April 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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I first learned Rwanda was open to accepting people not wanted in the US via a copy of a diplomatic cable sent in March.
A new cable sent today confirmed that the first person had been "relocated" after the US paid the Rwandan government $100,000.
A new cable sent today confirmed that the first person had been "relocated" after the US paid the Rwandan government $100,000.
US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement
A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I first learned Rwanda was open to accepting people not wanted in the US via a copy of a diplomatic cable sent in March.
A new cable sent today confirmed that the first person had been "relocated" after the US paid the Rwandan government $100,000.
A new cable sent today confirmed that the first person had been "relocated" after the US paid the Rwandan government $100,000.