Roger Myerson
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Roger Myerson
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Professor at UChicago. Author of Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict (1991).

Roger Bruce Myerson is an American economist and professor at the University of Chicago. He holds the title of the David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts in the Harris School of Public Policy, the Griffin Department of Economics, and the College of the University of Chicago. Previously, he held the title The Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics. In 2007, he was the winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin for "having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory". He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019. .. more

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What can deter a supreme leader from violating the Constitution? Fear that a violation would shock his essential supporters from trusting and supporting him. A constitution can fail if a leader who violated its norms can still get support to retain power.
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The Autocrat's Credibility Problem and Foundations of the Constitutional State on JSTOR
Roger B. Myerson, The Autocrat's Credibility Problem and Foundations of the Constitutional State, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 102, No. 1 (Feb., 2008), pp. 125-139
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A key lesson from Heather & Rapley's book for us today: Aggression against weaker neighbors can have long-term indirect costs, as it causes them to reorganize politically for greater strength against the aggressor, which may ultimately cost much more than the short-term gains of aggression.

In "Why Empires Fall," Peter Heather & John Rapley explain that the Roman Empire fell, not from internal decline, but because its external rivals had become richer and better organized, generally in response to challenges and opportunities from the Romans.
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Why Empires Fall
Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division...
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Now is the time for the President of Harvard to begin an extensive tour of Harvard Clubs in states that voted for Trump.
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Trump, Changing Course, Throws Harvard Deal Talks Into Chaos
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It is worth noting the parallels between Boston in 1774 and Minneapolis in 2026. The United States was born when Americans everywhere supported Boston against George III.
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‘It’s Been Brutal’: Twin Cities Economy Suffers Under ICE Crackdown
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In the real world, power depends on trust. A US attack on a NATO ally would decimate American power.
The Kremlin knows this. Does Congress?
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Senior Russian official says Greenland could vote to join Russia if Trump does not hurry
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Greenlanders could vote to join Russia if U.S. President Donald Trump did not move quickly to secure the Arctic island, Interfax reported ...
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Might the ultimate result of Maduro's abduction just be to let the Trump Administration look strong while it ends sanctions and starts buying Venezuelan oil?
We may expect Nicolas Maduro to ultimately get comfortable asylum in Moscow.

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Five years ago.

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An important warning from Mark Hertling in The Bulwark: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-regim...
What ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Would Really Mean
It’s not clear the administration has settled on a goal, much less considered the consequences.
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Why is the US National Security Strategy for Primacy of Nations against "sovereignty-sapping incursions" of transnational organizations?
This indefensible position would have opposed creation of the US federal system that intrusively organized 13 sovereign states.
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The Strength of U.S. Federal Democracy on JSTOR
Roger Myerson, The Strength of U.S. Federal Democracy, Horizons: Journal of International Relations and Sustainable Development, No. 5, United States: The Giant Challenged (AUTUMN 2015), pp. 178-189
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At this holiday season, we should remember people in Ukraine and their fight for freedom. I am proud to support @razomforukraine.org and the Kyiv School of Economics, which is helping to build a brighter future in Ukraine.
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The Trump administration implicitly recognized the potential need for state-building in the 2025 National Security Strategy: "We want to ensure that the Western Hemisphere remains reasonably stable and well-governed enough to prevent and discourage mass migration to the United States."
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🔔 👀 BEAMAN: “IT WAS A FAIR ELECTION.”

Tennessee Republican megadonor Lee Beaman, a Trump TVA board appointee, admits to @schiff.senate.gov he no longer believes the 2020 election was stolen, after previously calling for alternate electors.

Seems like a big deal! 🤷🏼

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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.

Cowards

Prism has published "Decentralized Stabilization Assistance," on general lessons from failed state-building missions.
A strong democratic system must be rooted in local politics throughout the nation. State-building missions fail when local politics is ignored.
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I only hope that Speaker Johnson can apologize for wrongly calling us a “hate America” rally. We may disagree about many things, but the patriotism of the thousands who gathered with me today should not be questioned.

Patriotic Americans are gathering peacefully on Oct 18 to affirm the democratic constitutional values on which this great country was founded. #nokings
This economist will be in the crowd with an American flag here in Chicago.
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A manifesto calling for red-state Democrats to lead in the political revival of our great country:
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Good for him. More of this.

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Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago
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