Christina Cottiero
@ccottiero.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. International organizations + international influences on autocracy/democracy. https://www.christinacottiero.com/
https://ucigcc.org/research/future-of-democracy/illiberal-regimes-and-glob
https://ucigcc.org/research/future-of-democracy/illiberal-regimes-and-glob
"The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, deployed troops from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast to secure key installations and prevent any resurgence of the violence" www.bbc.com/news/article...
Benin coup attempt: About 200 soldiers from Nigeria and Ivory Coast deployed for 'clean-up'
This is the first time that officials have said how many foreign soldiers were deployed to help thwart the mutiny.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, deployed troops from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast to secure key installations and prevent any resurgence of the violence" www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
Nigeria says it deployed troops to Benin to ‘dislodge coup plotters’
Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Nigeria's president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
Helpful resource to share with graduate students!
David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
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David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
How to Write an Academic Article in Political Science - IGCC
While each paper may be unique, the process of writing an academic paper is not (or does not have to be). In the hopes of helping to make the process more efficient and the final product more clear, c...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Helpful resource to share with graduate students!
David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
David Lake's guide to writing an academic political science article (I remember reading some version of this in the past)
ucigcc.org/publication/... @ucigcc.bsky.social
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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State Department International Organizations Account, Outlays by Calendar Year Quarter ($m).
International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
State Department International Organizations Account, Outlays by Calendar Year Quarter ($m).
International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
📣🚨The University of Utah is hiring! 1st line: Assistant Prof in Comparative Politics! For applicants who work on Asia (esp. China) or Africa, will be expected to teach quant methods, grad + undergrad. If you're a good fit and have questions, I can chat at APSA! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/188...
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science
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September 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📣🚨The University of Utah is hiring! 1st line: Assistant Prof in Comparative Politics! For applicants who work on Asia (esp. China) or Africa, will be expected to teach quant methods, grad + undergrad. If you're a good fit and have questions, I can chat at APSA! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/188...
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Commentators are divided in their appraisals of two Trump-led Ukraine peace summits. But most have missed one thing: how the meetings have taught the president crucial realities about ending the war, argues Branislav Slantchev of
@ucsandiego.bsky.social: ucigcc.org/blog/the-edu...
@ucsandiego.bsky.social: ucigcc.org/blog/the-edu...
The Education of Donald J. Trump: Reflections on Two Peace Summits - IGCC
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August 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Commentators are divided in their appraisals of two Trump-led Ukraine peace summits. But most have missed one thing: how the meetings have taught the president crucial realities about ending the war, argues Branislav Slantchev of
@ucsandiego.bsky.social: ucigcc.org/blog/the-edu...
@ucsandiego.bsky.social: ucigcc.org/blog/the-edu...
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Political science can explain the historical factors behind authoritarianism, but has little to say about the actual experience of living under dictatorship. IGCC's Steph Haggard shares five novels that illuminate the realities of autocratic rule: bit.ly/45u6TBO
To Understand Authoritarian Rule, Read These Five Novels - IGCC
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August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Political science can explain the historical factors behind authoritarianism, but has little to say about the actual experience of living under dictatorship. IGCC's Steph Haggard shares five novels that illuminate the realities of autocratic rule: bit.ly/45u6TBO
New post summarizing the takeaways from the new book by @debremaria.bsky.social !
Multilateralism—once a tool for democratization—is now being used to cement authoritarian rule. For the IGCC blog, Maria Debre discusses how autocrats are banding together in “Dictators’ Clubs” to protect themselves from both internal and external threats: bit.ly/41H0f8L
Five Questions on How Dictators’ Clubs are Defending Autocracy - IGCC
Across the world, authoritarian regimes are growing more assertive while democracies grapple with the challenge of backsliding. IGCC’s Stephan Haggard speaks with Maria Debre, professor for internatio...
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August 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
New post summarizing the takeaways from the new book by @debremaria.bsky.social !
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The U.S. has had a fraught relationship with UNESCO for decades. But, argue Christina Cottiero and Stephan Haggard, the recent decision to withdraw—again—from the organization forms part of a pattern of the U.S. ceding influence in UN bodies to China: bit.ly/4mCmZPu
Here We Go Again: The U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO - IGCC
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August 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The U.S. has had a fraught relationship with UNESCO for decades. But, argue Christina Cottiero and Stephan Haggard, the recent decision to withdraw—again—from the organization forms part of a pattern of the U.S. ceding influence in UN bodies to China: bit.ly/4mCmZPu
2 weeks ago, the U.S. announced we're leaving "woke" "pro-China" "pro-Palestine" "DEI" UNESCO. New blog from me & Steph Haggard on U.S. withdrawal from IOs + implications for Trump admin officials who claim countering China is "absolutely critical"+ thoughts on what's next ucigcc.org/blog/here-we...
Here We Go Again: The U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO - IGCC
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August 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
2 weeks ago, the U.S. announced we're leaving "woke" "pro-China" "pro-Palestine" "DEI" UNESCO. New blog from me & Steph Haggard on U.S. withdrawal from IOs + implications for Trump admin officials who claim countering China is "absolutely critical"+ thoughts on what's next ucigcc.org/blog/here-we...
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🧵 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.)
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About to get positively Argentinian up in here
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🧵 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.)
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Hegemonic suicide, example #214. Trump fired all USIP employees (for a second time) in a dead-of-night email; USIP effectively dead once again
US Institute of Peace employees experience another round of mass firings following court ruling | CNN Politics
Employees at the United States Institute of Peace were terminated for a second time by the Trump administration, after a federal court ruling last month paved the way, according to multiple fired empl...
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July 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hegemonic suicide, example #214. Trump fired all USIP employees (for a second time) in a dead-of-night email; USIP effectively dead once again
This is painfully embarrassing.
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"
English is the official language of Liberia...
English is the official language of Liberia...
July 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is painfully embarrassing.
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Insightful piece by @sarahbush.bsky.social and @jenniferhadden.bsky.social (for your fall syllabi): reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/07/03/t...
The End of the Age of NGOs?
How Civil Society Lost Its Post–Cold War Power
reader.foreignaffairs.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Insightful piece by @sarahbush.bsky.social and @jenniferhadden.bsky.social (for your fall syllabi): reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/07/03/t...
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For @lawfaremedia.org, I explained how the Trump administration has destroyed promising policy progress on transnational repression in record time www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
Trump Is Undermining Policies Against Transnational Repression
The Biden administration made policies to protect exiles and diasporas a priority. Trump 2.0 has already undercut these efforts.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For @lawfaremedia.org, I explained how the Trump administration has destroyed promising policy progress on transnational repression in record time www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
Utah drought management and water conservation policy is going great. Annual pray for rain day!
Gov. Spencer Cox has asked Utahns, again, to join him in a "Day of Prayer and Fasting for Rain" as nearly all of Utah experiences drought conditions.
Nearly all of Utah is in drought. Gov. Cox again asks Utahns to pray and fast for rain.
Gov. Spencer Cox has asked Utahns, again, to join him in a "Day of Prayer and Fasting for Rain" as nearly all of Utah experiences drought conditions.
www.sltrib.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Utah drought management and water conservation policy is going great. Annual pray for rain day!
New 5 Questions piece on the Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance project page! On the super interesting new book by @alexdukalskis.bsky.social & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social
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June 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New 5 Questions piece on the Illiberal Regimes and Global Governance project page! On the super interesting new book by @alexdukalskis.bsky.social & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social
ucigcc.org/research/fut... @ucigcc.bsky.social
ucigcc.org/research/fut... @ucigcc.bsky.social
📌The special issue "Illiberal Regimes and International Organizations" is now published as Vol. 20 Issue 2 in RIO! @the-peio.bsky.social
link.springer.com/journal/1155...
Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵
link.springer.com/journal/1155...
Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵
The Review of International Organizations
The Review of International Organizations publishes original scientific contributions in the entire field of international political economy, with a focus on ...
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June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
📌The special issue "Illiberal Regimes and International Organizations" is now published as Vol. 20 Issue 2 in RIO! @the-peio.bsky.social
link.springer.com/journal/1155...
Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵
link.springer.com/journal/1155...
Summary thread with each piece-- 🧵
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Why do peaceful protest turn violent?
Today’s #NoKings protests are a case study of why we need to think about both how protesters behave AND how the government and police respond to protest.
Millions of people protested peacefully, LA erupted in violence
This is an analysis of why
A thread
Today’s #NoKings protests are a case study of why we need to think about both how protesters behave AND how the government and police respond to protest.
Millions of people protested peacefully, LA erupted in violence
This is an analysis of why
A thread
June 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Why do peaceful protest turn violent?
Today’s #NoKings protests are a case study of why we need to think about both how protesters behave AND how the government and police respond to protest.
Millions of people protested peacefully, LA erupted in violence
This is an analysis of why
A thread
Today’s #NoKings protests are a case study of why we need to think about both how protesters behave AND how the government and police respond to protest.
Millions of people protested peacefully, LA erupted in violence
This is an analysis of why
A thread
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👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.
June 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.
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As political scientists, we really want to know when, where, and why people mobilize against repressive governments.
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
Individual Mobilization by Victims of Human Rights Abuse: Who Files Petitions in the United Nations?
Abstract. Who files petitions against repressive regimes in the United Nations? Victims of human rights abuse face high personal costs of participation, in
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June 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As political scientists, we really want to know when, where, and why people mobilize against repressive governments.
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?
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Excited to share my new piece just out in @foreignpolicy.com:
We keep hearing Trump’s foreign policy abandoned “values” for raw interests. But that’s not quite right.
It still talks about “freedom” and “shared values” - just repurposed to serve a new agenda.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/27/u...
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We keep hearing Trump’s foreign policy abandoned “values” for raw interests. But that’s not quite right.
It still talks about “freedom” and “shared values” - just repurposed to serve a new agenda.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/27/u...
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America Still Has a ‘Values-Based’ Foreign Policy
It’s increasingly difficult to understand Trump’s foreign policy without an ideological lens.
foreignpolicy.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Excited to share my new piece just out in @foreignpolicy.com:
We keep hearing Trump’s foreign policy abandoned “values” for raw interests. But that’s not quite right.
It still talks about “freedom” and “shared values” - just repurposed to serve a new agenda.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/27/u...
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We keep hearing Trump’s foreign policy abandoned “values” for raw interests. But that’s not quite right.
It still talks about “freedom” and “shared values” - just repurposed to serve a new agenda.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/27/u...
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