Rachel Beatty Riedl
@beattyriedl.bsky.social
Professor @ Cornell University, Director Center on Global Democracy. Teach/research Democracy & Authoritarianism, African politics. Host, Ufahamu Africa podcast
Call for Applications re: Non-Resident Fellowship at Cornell Brooks Center on Global Democracy
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August 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Call for Applications re: Non-Resident Fellowship at Cornell Brooks Center on Global Democracy
Designed for academics and practitioners, the NRF is a one-year fellowship designed to expand networks & research collaborations globally.
Apply and share:
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Designed for academics and practitioners, the NRF is a one-year fellowship designed to expand networks & research collaborations globally.
Apply and share:
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'Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience' by Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social & Roberts is now available using our #BISA2025 30% discount.
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June 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
'Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience' by Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social & Roberts is now available using our #BISA2025 30% discount.
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Add your selection to your basket and use code 102385 at check out.
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Add your selection to your basket and use code 102385 at check out.
Reposted by Rachel Beatty Riedl
'Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience' by Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social & Roberts.
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A comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world.
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A comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world.
May 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
'Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience' by Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social & Roberts.
📚 cup.org/4jESqXD 📚
A comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world.
📚 cup.org/4jESqXD 📚
A comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world.
Broad coalitions help to defend democracy - what the US can learn from comparative perspective (coauthored w @jennifermccoy.bsky.social )
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How the U.S. Can Still Defend Democracy: Global Lessons on Building Broad Coalitions
Signs of public dissent have begun to grow in the United States from many different corners. People are mobilizing in the streets, in statehouses, in places of worship, and in town halls against perce...
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May 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Broad coalitions help to defend democracy - what the US can learn from comparative perspective (coauthored w @jennifermccoy.bsky.social )
thefulcrum.us/civic-engage...
thefulcrum.us/civic-engage...
Targeting higher education is an essential tool in the autocratic playbook www.brookings.edu/articles/tar...
My recent analysis with Jonathan Katz and Renée Rippberger @brookings.edu
My recent analysis with Jonathan Katz and Renée Rippberger @brookings.edu
Targeting higher education is an essential tool in the autocratic playbook
The targeting of higher education institutions in the U.S. is reminiscent of authoritarian strategies in other countries.
www.brookings.edu
May 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Targeting higher education is an essential tool in the autocratic playbook www.brookings.edu/articles/tar...
My recent analysis with Jonathan Katz and Renée Rippberger @brookings.edu
My recent analysis with Jonathan Katz and Renée Rippberger @brookings.edu
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Democracy across the world is being undermined by the very forces that once made it possible.
@beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
@beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
April 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Democracy across the world is being undermined by the very forces that once made it possible.
@beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
@beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Reposted by Rachel Beatty Riedl
Contents:
▪️ Types of Democratic Resilience
by Rachel Beatty Riedl (@beattyriedl.bsky.social), Jennifer McCoy (@jennifermccoy.bsky.social), Kenneth Roberts, Paul Friesen
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▪️ From Electoral U-turns to Re-democratisation
by Nic Cheeseman (@fromagehomme.bsky.social), Licia Cianetti
▪️ Types of Democratic Resilience
by Rachel Beatty Riedl (@beattyriedl.bsky.social), Jennifer McCoy (@jennifermccoy.bsky.social), Kenneth Roberts, Paul Friesen
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▪️ From Electoral U-turns to Re-democratisation
by Nic Cheeseman (@fromagehomme.bsky.social), Licia Cianetti
April 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Contents:
▪️ Types of Democratic Resilience
by Rachel Beatty Riedl (@beattyriedl.bsky.social), Jennifer McCoy (@jennifermccoy.bsky.social), Kenneth Roberts, Paul Friesen
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▪️ From Electoral U-turns to Re-democratisation
by Nic Cheeseman (@fromagehomme.bsky.social), Licia Cianetti
▪️ Types of Democratic Resilience
by Rachel Beatty Riedl (@beattyriedl.bsky.social), Jennifer McCoy (@jennifermccoy.bsky.social), Kenneth Roberts, Paul Friesen
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▪️ From Electoral U-turns to Re-democratisation
by Nic Cheeseman (@fromagehomme.bsky.social), Licia Cianetti
Reposted by Rachel Beatty Riedl
Democracy across the world is being undermined by the very forces that once made it possible.
@beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
@beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
April 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Democracy across the world is being undermined by the very forces that once made it possible.
@beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
@beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
This speaks to the real contributions international students and faculty make every day, and the real harm we are all facing : www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Opinion | What Is Lost When We Scare Away Foreign Students
The immigration crackdown has come to America’s campuses.
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April 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This speaks to the real contributions international students and faculty make every day, and the real harm we are all facing : www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Early stage neoliberalism combined political & economic competition=3rd wave of democracy formula.
late stage neoliberalism is characterized by extreme economic concentration globally& undermining democracy as inclusive fair political competition.
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/neo...
late stage neoliberalism is characterized by extreme economic concentration globally& undermining democracy as inclusive fair political competition.
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/neo...
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April 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Early stage neoliberalism combined political & economic competition=3rd wave of democracy formula.
late stage neoliberalism is characterized by extreme economic concentration globally& undermining democracy as inclusive fair political competition.
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/neo...
late stage neoliberalism is characterized by extreme economic concentration globally& undermining democracy as inclusive fair political competition.
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/neo...
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The world today provides important lessons for how to identify and resist autocrats.
In their piece for @goodauth.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social Kenneth Roberts & @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social highlight six key lessons on how to counter threats to democracy👇
In their piece for @goodauth.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social Kenneth Roberts & @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social highlight six key lessons on how to counter threats to democracy👇
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
April 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The world today provides important lessons for how to identify and resist autocrats.
In their piece for @goodauth.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social Kenneth Roberts & @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social highlight six key lessons on how to counter threats to democracy👇
In their piece for @goodauth.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social Kenneth Roberts & @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social highlight six key lessons on how to counter threats to democracy👇
Reposted by Rachel Beatty Riedl
What can the U.S. learn from other countries living through threats to democracy? Lessons from our global research and 15 case studies distilled in my new commentary with @beattyriedl.bsky.social Ken Roberts, and @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social include: (1/3)
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What can the U.S. learn from other countries living through threats to democracy? Lessons from our global research and 15 case studies distilled in my new commentary with @beattyriedl.bsky.social Ken Roberts, and @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social include: (1/3)
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
New op-ed out @goodauth.bsky.social based on our global research w Ken Roberts, @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social @jennifermccoy.bsky.social
Timely lessons re pressure on institutions and nature of pro-democracy coalitions
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
Timely lessons re pressure on institutions and nature of pro-democracy coalitions
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
March 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New op-ed out @goodauth.bsky.social based on our global research w Ken Roberts, @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social @jennifermccoy.bsky.social
Timely lessons re pressure on institutions and nature of pro-democracy coalitions
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
Timely lessons re pressure on institutions and nature of pro-democracy coalitions
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
Special issue : democratic #backsliding and resistance strategies ! With @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social and Ken Roberts along with incredible case study authors
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Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered – AAPSS
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March 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Special issue : democratic #backsliding and resistance strategies ! With @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social and Ken Roberts along with incredible case study authors
www.aapss.org/annals/volum...
www.aapss.org/annals/volum...
With excellent cast studies of key countries for lessons : Malawi , Poland, Hungary, Turkey, India, Ecuador etc
Want to know more about how democratic backsliding happens and how to counter it? See this fully open access issue of AAPSS, co-edited by @beattyriedl.bsky.social, Jennifer McCoy, Ken Roberts, and Murat Somer: journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/712/1
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March 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
With excellent cast studies of key countries for lessons : Malawi , Poland, Hungary, Turkey, India, Ecuador etc
Happening today , join us virtually 5pm eastern: Comparative responses to Backsliding threats events.cornell.edu/event/democr...
Democratic Mobilizing: Comparative Responses to Backsliding Threats
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March 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happening today , join us virtually 5pm eastern: Comparative responses to Backsliding threats events.cornell.edu/event/democr...
@ UCT Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance w old friends and new - on #democracy and #development , part of @ CEU hub network!
January 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
@ UCT Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance w old friends and new - on #democracy and #development , part of @ CEU hub network!
Join Dan Slater and I @ the IPPA International Conference on Public Policy (Chiang Mai Thailand July 2-4) by submitting a paper for panel T02P11 on Democratic Resistance: Domestic and International Policy Struggles. (CFP open until Jan 31).
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IPPA - List of Panels
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January 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Join Dan Slater and I @ the IPPA International Conference on Public Policy (Chiang Mai Thailand July 2-4) by submitting a paper for panel T02P11 on Democratic Resistance: Domestic and International Policy Struggles. (CFP open until Jan 31).
www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...
www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...
At Cornell’s Brooks School of Public Policy and the Einaudi Center for International Studies, we’ve been so fortunate to host Thomas Garrett as the Lund practitioner in Residence and Distinguished Global Democracy Lecturer. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Brooks lecturer teaches global democracy one headline at a time | Cornell Chronicle
The day after martial law was declared in the Republic of Korea, Tom Garrett– Einaudi Center Lund Practitioner in Residence and Distinguished Global Democracy Lecturer in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks Sch...
news.cornell.edu
January 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
At Cornell’s Brooks School of Public Policy and the Einaudi Center for International Studies, we’ve been so fortunate to host Thomas Garrett as the Lund practitioner in Residence and Distinguished Global Democracy Lecturer. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Following what's happening with the Romanian election? @worldpolitics.bsky.social editorial chair @grigopop.bsky.social breaks it down in his @goodauth.bsky.social piece. goodauthority.org/news/calin-g...
What just happened in Romania's election?
Călin Georgescu unexpectedly won Romania's first-round presidential election. But will the second-round vote take place on December 8?
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December 5, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Following what's happening with the Romanian election? @worldpolitics.bsky.social editorial chair @grigopop.bsky.social breaks it down in his @goodauth.bsky.social piece. goodauthority.org/news/calin-g...
Working on #migration? In a commentary response to the World Bank’s World Development Report on Migration, a Cornell team published a series of reactions to take up global mobility, rights, human development & socio-economic thriving. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
World development report 2023 review forum: Introduction
Click on the article title to read more.
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December 2, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Working on #migration? In a commentary response to the World Bank’s World Development Report on Migration, a Cornell team published a series of reactions to take up global mobility, rights, human development & socio-economic thriving. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Applications for “Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa”, a conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle. Abstracts due March 1. Please join @cornellupress.bsky.social w the Center on Global Democracy, the Institute of African Development, & Govt Dept
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Untitled - November 19, 2024 at 11.34.29
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December 2, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Applications for “Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa”, a conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle. Abstracts due March 1. Please join @cornellupress.bsky.social w the Center on Global Democracy, the Institute of African Development, & Govt Dept
new.express.adobe.com/webpage/VYps...
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The year of elections is wrapping up - here are some takes on significant elections globally @JOD www.journalofdemocracy.org/news-and-upd...
The Elections That Mattered Most in 2024 | Journal of Democracy
The “year of elections” is entering its final stretch, and the contests of 2024 have run the gamut. We saw landslides, charades, and — in democratic and authoritarian settings alike — a fair number of...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:04 AM
The year of elections is wrapping up - here are some takes on significant elections globally @JOD www.journalofdemocracy.org/news-and-upd...
Exciting work on #democracy out of the new Center on Global Democracy at Cornell!
For those of you interested in work on democracy, I'd recommend following the new Center on Global Democracy at Cornell.
If you're unfamiliar with Cornell's polisci/gov faculty -- it is absolutely loaded with some of best scholars who work on the topic.
news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...
If you're unfamiliar with Cornell's polisci/gov faculty -- it is absolutely loaded with some of best scholars who work on the topic.
news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...
How universities can help strengthen democracy | Cornell Chronicle
Universities must do more to prepare students to participate in democracy, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels said at a Sept. 13 event launching the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Publ...
news.cornell.edu
September 25, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Exciting work on #democracy out of the new Center on Global Democracy at Cornell!
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We’re looking back on 2023 and forward to 2024 in this week’s episode! @dadakim.bsky.social and @beattyriedl.bsky.social talk about elections, democracy, and more on the continent.
Next week, we’re excited to introduce you to our new non-resident fellows!
www.ufahamuafrica.com/2024/02/03/e...
Next week, we’re excited to introduce you to our new non-resident fellows!
www.ufahamuafrica.com/2024/02/03/e...
February 7, 2024 at 8:04 AM
We’re looking back on 2023 and forward to 2024 in this week’s episode! @dadakim.bsky.social and @beattyriedl.bsky.social talk about elections, democracy, and more on the continent.
Next week, we’re excited to introduce you to our new non-resident fellows!
www.ufahamuafrica.com/2024/02/03/e...
Next week, we’re excited to introduce you to our new non-resident fellows!
www.ufahamuafrica.com/2024/02/03/e...