Jeremy Menchik
@menchik.bsky.social
Professor of IR & Political Science. Director of CURA https://www.bu.edu/cura/. Scholar of religion, politics, nationalism, the missionary impulse, liberalism, pumpkin whoopie pies. https://jeremymenchik.com/
If we have any hope of restoring democracy, we need to disestablish “democracy promotion.” This government project has been thoroughly corrupted by the Iraq war, 4 decades of failure, and a poverty of imagination. This stale essay could have been written 40 years ago. It was unpersuasive then, too.
America’s promotion of democracy has always been highly imperfect. But the superiority of democracy—and the ideas that animate it—make it essential to securing America’s future.
Why Democracy Promotion Is as Vital as Ever | Journal of Democracy
America’s promotion of democracy has always been highly imperfect. But the superiority of democracy—and the ideas that animate it—make it essential to securing America’s future.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If we have any hope of restoring democracy, we need to disestablish “democracy promotion.” This government project has been thoroughly corrupted by the Iraq war, 4 decades of failure, and a poverty of imagination. This stale essay could have been written 40 years ago. It was unpersuasive then, too.
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Clash of Civilizations was absolute rubbish. The Huntington book that really anticipated the present moment was Who Are We, an anti-immigrant anti-Latino xenophobic screed that’s a blueprint for Trump’s assault on American society and ICE atrocities.
Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.
Samuel Huntington Is Getting His Revenge
The idea of a global “clash of civilizations” wasn’t wrong—it was just premature.
foreignpolicy.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Clash of Civilizations was absolute rubbish. The Huntington book that really anticipated the present moment was Who Are We, an anti-immigrant anti-Latino xenophobic screed that’s a blueprint for Trump’s assault on American society and ICE atrocities.
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BREAKING: Shadow Report from @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social detailing how the #MA Antisemitism Commission is inviting an ADL/MAGA crackdown on civil rights and civil liberties. @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/commission-s...
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/commission-s...
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BREAKING: Shadow Report from @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social detailing how the #MA Antisemitism Commission is inviting an ADL/MAGA crackdown on civil rights and civil liberties. @marisakabas.bsky.social
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/commission-s...
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/commission-s...
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Just a note to say that the Journal of East Asian Studies @jeas-journal.bsky.social is now an open-access journal. Free to publish, free to read, for every author and every reader in the world. Thanks to @universitypress.cambridge.org for their support. Click here and have a look:
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just a note to say that the Journal of East Asian Studies @jeas-journal.bsky.social is now an open-access journal. Free to publish, free to read, for every author and every reader in the world. Thanks to @universitypress.cambridge.org for their support. Click here and have a look:
Does academic freedom exist in Jewish studies? 🤔
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Does academic freedom exist in Jewish studies? 🤔
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
We are overdue for new democratic leadership. Move aside, please!
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We are overdue for new democratic leadership. Move aside, please!
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
Social movement scholars need more studies like this on the origins, evolution, and changing tactics of the global right wing. Far too much research of our focuses on the left.
"Brokering Right-to-Life: #Poland & the Transnational Entanglements of #Catholic Pro-Life Activism, from Santiago to Washington to Gdańsk, 1970s–1990s" by Piotr H. Kosicki and Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska "examines multi-vector pro-life exchanges between Poland, the US, & #Chile."
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Brokering Right-to-Life: Poland and the Transnational Entanglements of Catholic Pro-Life Activism, from Santiago to Washington to Gdańsk, 1970s–1990s | Comparative Studies in Society and History | Cam...
Brokering Right-to-Life: Poland and the Transnational Entanglements of Catholic Pro-Life Activism, from Santiago to Washington to Gdańsk, 1970s–1990s
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Social movement scholars need more studies like this on the origins, evolution, and changing tactics of the global right wing. Far too much research of our focuses on the left.
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save that date. what a line-up!
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October 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
save that date. what a line-up!
@peterbeinart.bsky.social @dovekent.bsky.social @fadiqu.bsky.social @menchik.bsky.social
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On September 8, CJFS members testified to the MA Special Commission on how to combat antisemitism without enabling the Trump administration's attacks on free speech and education.
See our testimony here: www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/video-testim...
See our testimony here: www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/video-testim...
Video Testimony | Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff
www.concernedjewishfaculty.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
On September 8, CJFS members testified to the MA Special Commission on how to combat antisemitism without enabling the Trump administration's attacks on free speech and education.
See our testimony here: www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/video-testim...
See our testimony here: www.concernedjewishfaculty.org/video-testim...
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Jeremy Menchik @menchik.bsky.social Boston University: "By over relying on data that is widely known to be unreliable and systematically biased, the Special Commission’s work thus far has misrepresented the character and severity of antisemitism in MA." static.wixstatic.com/media/d9078d...
October 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Jeremy Menchik @menchik.bsky.social Boston University: "By over relying on data that is widely known to be unreliable and systematically biased, the Special Commission’s work thus far has misrepresented the character and severity of antisemitism in MA." static.wixstatic.com/media/d9078d...
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This story is a remarkable read. The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under President Trump deems worthy of criticism. www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...
State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights
Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.
www.npr.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This story is a remarkable read. The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under President Trump deems worthy of criticism. www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...
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Some heartbreaking details about and cogent analysis of what is happening in Gaza.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/gaz...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/gaz...
Gaza and the End of History - Boston Review
The apocalyptic scale of death and destruction lays bare the contradictions at the heart of the liberal international order.
www.bostonreview.net
August 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Some heartbreaking details about and cogent analysis of what is happening in Gaza.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/gaz...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/gaz...
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Research Fellowships at Cambridge for the 2026 academic year, including in the areas of religion and theology.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA365/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA365/r...
Research Fellowships 2026 at University of Cambridge
Discover Research Fellowships 2026 jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Research Fellowships at Cambridge for the 2026 academic year, including in the areas of religion and theology.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA365/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA365/r...
Something has changed in public discussions of the genocide in Gaza. But it is not enough, it is not a ceasefire, and it is certainly not justice. Keep reading and keep speaking out. www.btselem.org/sites/defaul...
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Something has changed in public discussions of the genocide in Gaza. But it is not enough, it is not a ceasefire, and it is certainly not justice. Keep reading and keep speaking out. www.btselem.org/sites/defaul...
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B'tselem, today:
"[T]he unequivocal conclusion [is] that Israel is taking coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip. In other words: Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
www.btselem.org/publications...
"[T]he unequivocal conclusion [is] that Israel is taking coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip. In other words: Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
www.btselem.org/publications...
www.btselem.org
July 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
B'tselem, today:
"[T]he unequivocal conclusion [is] that Israel is taking coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip. In other words: Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
www.btselem.org/publications...
"[T]he unequivocal conclusion [is] that Israel is taking coordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip. In other words: Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
www.btselem.org/publications...
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Anthony Aguliar, US Army veteran & former contractor for GHF:
"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population."
End this abomination!
www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-st...
"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population."
End this abomination!
www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-st...
Senate Democrats urge U.S. to stop funding GHF, resume support for U.N. food distribution in Gaza as more starve
Senate Democrats told the secretary of state they have "grave concerns" about the U.S. role in financing GHF, the main group distributing aid in Gaza.
www.cbsnews.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Anthony Aguliar, US Army veteran & former contractor for GHF:
"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population."
End this abomination!
www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-st...
"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population."
End this abomination!
www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-st...
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Anna Grzymala-Busse Receives the 2025 Heinz I. Eulau Award for American Political Science Review for “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation Anna”
The Heinz I. Eulau Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to…
The Heinz I. Eulau Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to…
Anna Grzymala-Busse Receives the 2025 Heinz I. Eulau Award for American Political Science Review for “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation Anna”
The Heinz I. Eulau Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best article published in the APSA journal American Political Science Review Citation from the Award Committee: Anna Grzymala-Busse’s “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation” challenges paradigmatic understandings of state development, according to which centralizing European states overcame fragmentation in the early modern era by consolidating strong states through warfare.
politicalsciencenow.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Anna Grzymala-Busse Receives the 2025 Heinz I. Eulau Award for American Political Science Review for “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation Anna”
The Heinz I. Eulau Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to…
The Heinz I. Eulau Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to…
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ADL is smearing the National Education Association.
Why?
Because NEA approved a proposal to not "use, endorse, or publicize materials" from the ADL or "participate in ADL programs."
Bravo NEA. In March, 3,400 Jewish higher ed workers made a similar plea to university leaders.
lnkd.in/ew8gvp4g
Why?
Because NEA approved a proposal to not "use, endorse, or publicize materials" from the ADL or "participate in ADL programs."
Bravo NEA. In March, 3,400 Jewish higher ed workers made a similar plea to university leaders.
lnkd.in/ew8gvp4g
July 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ADL is smearing the National Education Association.
Why?
Because NEA approved a proposal to not "use, endorse, or publicize materials" from the ADL or "participate in ADL programs."
Bravo NEA. In March, 3,400 Jewish higher ed workers made a similar plea to university leaders.
lnkd.in/ew8gvp4g
Why?
Because NEA approved a proposal to not "use, endorse, or publicize materials" from the ADL or "participate in ADL programs."
Bravo NEA. In March, 3,400 Jewish higher ed workers made a similar plea to university leaders.
lnkd.in/ew8gvp4g
An unqualified president who came to power through not quite democratic means launched an illegal war supported by an zealous coalition of evangelicals, neoconservatives, and right wing Zionists based on false promises and doctored intelligence rather than strategy or an endgame. 2003 never ended.
June 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
An unqualified president who came to power through not quite democratic means launched an illegal war supported by an zealous coalition of evangelicals, neoconservatives, and right wing Zionists based on false promises and doctored intelligence rather than strategy or an endgame. 2003 never ended.
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We now have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship. @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
June 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We now have the foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship. @foreignaffairs.com www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
