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@jacobnyrup.bsky.social
I (try to) advance knowledge on the politics of dictatorships, political elites, comparative politics, and 💵🏠 as Associate Professor at University of Oslo. I also collect loads of data on governments: https://bit.ly/whogov.
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@jacobnyrup.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
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This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
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Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
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This is 100% true, and I don’t think that’s ever been the case.
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is 100% true, and I don’t think that’s ever been the case.
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These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
Jeg kan se, at mange personer - særligt på højrefløjen - lovpriser Trump og roser ham for, at han har fjernet en diktator. Jeg er glad for, at Maduro kommer til at rådne op i et fængsel, men desværre tyder intet på, at Venezuela er tættere på frihed og demokrati i dag end det var i går.
January 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Jeg kan se, at mange personer - særligt på højrefløjen - lovpriser Trump og roser ham for, at han har fjernet en diktator. Jeg er glad for, at Maduro kommer til at rådne op i et fængsel, men desværre tyder intet på, at Venezuela er tættere på frihed og demokrati i dag end det var i går.
You can't just remove a dictator and then the regime just vaporizes, especially when there is a relatively strong party and military that support the dictator and benefit from the regimes continuation, and when the regime is as entrenched as Maduro's.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
You can't just remove a dictator and then the regime just vaporizes, especially when there is a relatively strong party and military that support the dictator and benefit from the regimes continuation, and when the regime is as entrenched as Maduro's.
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Trump has concepts of a plan for Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Trump has concepts of a plan for Venezuela
Det ser ud til, at Trump har udskiftet en diktator med en anden diktator fra det akkurat samme regime og han ingen kontrol har over Venezuela. Til gengæld har han smadret det internationale system.
VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now.
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Det ser ud til, at Trump har udskiftet en diktator med en anden diktator fra det akkurat samme regime og han ingen kontrol har over Venezuela. Til gengæld har han smadret det internationale system.
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Political scientist here 🙋♂️
Just because you kidnap another country's leader, you don't get to run that country. Not even if you insist. You have to say the magic word first.
Just because you kidnap another country's leader, you don't get to run that country. Not even if you insist. You have to say the magic word first.
January 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Political scientist here 🙋♂️
Just because you kidnap another country's leader, you don't get to run that country. Not even if you insist. You have to say the magic word first.
Just because you kidnap another country's leader, you don't get to run that country. Not even if you insist. You have to say the magic word first.
Fact check: The US does not run Venezuela
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Fact check: The US does not run Venezuela
International politics is a lot like Chess. If you kidnap the King, you win and then you get to control the other country.
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
International politics is a lot like Chess. If you kidnap the King, you win and then you get to control the other country.
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The US is occupying and running Venezuela, but the embargo will remain in place. I understand nothing. I have a hunch they haven't thought this fully through.
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The US is occupying and running Venezuela, but the embargo will remain in place. I understand nothing. I have a hunch they haven't thought this fully through.
Trump is just an old man having some fun
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Trump is just an old man having some fun
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The US capture of Nicolás Maduro is a historic turn that repositions the US as openly interventionist in Latin America. But rebuilding Venezuela will be a far harder task. My piece at @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
What Democracy in Venezuela Would Require
Toppling a dictatorship is easier than building a functional state to take its place.
www.theatlantic.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The US capture of Nicolás Maduro is a historic turn that repositions the US as openly interventionist in Latin America. But rebuilding Venezuela will be a far harder task. My piece at @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Holy fuck. It sounds like the guy thinks he can kidnap and remove leaders of sovereign countries at will if he is annoyed at them.
Trump on Sheinbaum: "The cartels are running Mexico. She's not running Mexico. We could be politically correct & nice and say, 'Oh, yes, she is.' No no. And I've asked her number times, 'Would you like us to take out the cartels?' ... something is gonna have to be done with Mexico."
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Holy fuck. It sounds like the guy thinks he can kidnap and remove leaders of sovereign countries at will if he is annoyed at them.
The U.S. should try out checks and balances. I hear it works wonders. Perhaps start with impeachment and removal from office.
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The U.S. should try out checks and balances. I hear it works wonders. Perhaps start with impeachment and removal from office.
Good morning to my American friends! You will never guess what Trump has done while you were asleep.
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Good morning to my American friends! You will never guess what Trump has done while you were asleep.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
If Maduro pays Trump $6M, he gets a pardon. No biggie.
January 3, 2026 at 10:03 AM
If Maduro pays Trump $6M, he gets a pardon. No biggie.
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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2025 made clear that political elites are often not bound by institutions/rules. This spring I’ll teach Political Leadership, a seminar focused squarely on elites (no regional focus). I’d love suggestions in the comments: articles, books, or syllabi (including your own)
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
2025 made clear that political elites are often not bound by institutions/rules. This spring I’ll teach Political Leadership, a seminar focused squarely on elites (no regional focus). I’d love suggestions in the comments: articles, books, or syllabi (including your own)
Det her er ikke Irak. I Irak var der en forudgående politisk debat, dialog med allierede og tilladelse fra Kongressen. Det her er Trump, som gør lige hvad, der passer ham og bruger militæret som sit private magtinstrument. Det er ekstremt foruroligende og skræmmende - også i forhold til Grønland.
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Det her er ikke Irak. I Irak var der en forudgående politisk debat, dialog med allierede og tilladelse fra Kongressen. Det her er Trump, som gør lige hvad, der passer ham og bruger militæret som sit private magtinstrument. Det er ekstremt foruroligende og skræmmende - også i forhold til Grønland.
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The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 AM
The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
This is not behavior befitting for a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
This is not behavior befitting for a FIFA Peace Prize winner