tim frye
@timfrye.bsky.social
Political Science at Columbia, Editor Post-Soviet Affairs, Autocracy, democracy, and the NBA. Most recently, Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia and Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections.
Man, 2025 has been rough.
Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter of Alright Guy, dies aged 59
Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter of Alright Guy, dies aged 59
Influential musician who created Americana hits had recently been hospitalized with pneumonia
Todd Snider, the influential alt-country singer-songwriter who created Americana hits such as Alright Guy, has died at 59.
His passing was shared through announcements on his official social media accounts. Although no cause of death was provided, his family shared on Friday that he had recently been hospitalized with pneumonia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Man, 2025 has been rough.
Looking forward to this event today. Better in person but a recording will also be made available. sofheyman.org/events/celeb...
Celebrating Recent Work by Timothy Frye | Event
Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections by Timothy Frye, Ora John Reuter, and David Szakonyi In many countries, politicians rely…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Looking forward to this event today. Better in person but a recording will also be made available. sofheyman.org/events/celeb...
Proud to serve on the Advisory Council of the new Kennan Institute which launched yesterday. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Proud to serve on the Advisory Council of the new Kennan Institute which launched yesterday. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Look forward to hosting this event tomorrow with Alexis Lerner at the Harriman Institute. Register today to attend. harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-t...
Book Talk. "Post-Soviet Graffiti"
Please join the Harriman Institute for a book talk by Alexis Lerner. Moderated by Timothy Frye.
harriman.columbia.edu
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Look forward to hosting this event tomorrow with Alexis Lerner at the Harriman Institute. Register today to attend. harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-t...
Looking forward to discussing our new book with John Huber, Jessica Pisano @awhf.bsky.social @pagefortna.bsky.social on Friday, Nov. 14th at 12:15. The event is both in person and on zoom. Hope you can make it. harriman.columbia.edu/event/celebr...
Celebrating Recent Work by Timothy Frye
Please join the Harriman Institute, the Institute for Social and Economic Research, The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, and the Department of Political Science for a celebrati...
harriman.columbia.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Looking forward to discussing our new book with John Huber, Jessica Pisano @awhf.bsky.social @pagefortna.bsky.social on Friday, Nov. 14th at 12:15. The event is both in person and on zoom. Hope you can make it. harriman.columbia.edu/event/celebr...
Tyler Glasnow and the oompah loompahs have the same barber.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tyler Glasnow and the oompah loompahs have the same barber.
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
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October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
As signing bonuses decline; regions will likely increase coercion to meet draft quotas and this too will be unpopular.
In Russia's regions, signing up to fight in Ukraine has long been associated with hefty sign-on bonuses and military salaries.
That may be starting to change.
That may be starting to change.
Regions Calling: Governments Cut Back on Once-Lucrative Military Enlistment Payments - The Moscow Times
Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.
www.themoscowtimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
As signing bonuses decline; regions will likely increase coercion to meet draft quotas and this too will be unpopular.
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Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. Full access link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.
foreignpolicy.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. Full access link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
New article on Russian foreign policy and international law and order from Joakim Bratvoll. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How formal equality reproduces hierarchy: the role of international law in Russian imperialism
What role does international law play in Russian imperialism? Several scholarly works have demonstrated that Russia’s position in the world order is defined both by its marginal status among other ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New article on Russian foreign policy and international law and order from Joakim Bratvoll. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interesting take here from Mikhail Troitskiy on elite politics in Russia prior to the full scale invasion of Ukraine. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Managing multiple audiences: dual-track signals and the silencing of Russia’s globalized elites before the invasion of Ukraine
Why did Russia’s globally integrated elites – technocrats, oligarchs, and policy professionals – remain passive and unprepared before the 24 February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, despite escalating be...
www.tandfonline.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Interesting take here from Mikhail Troitskiy on elite politics in Russia prior to the full scale invasion of Ukraine. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Looking forward to hosting this talk on Thursday at noon. Interesting work from Masaaki Higashijima. Register at this link. harriman.columbia.edu/event/electe...
Elected Leaders and Informal Tax Contributions: Natural Experiment Evidence from Village Elections in Kazakhstan
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Masaaki Higashijima. Moderated by Timothy Frye.
harriman.columbia.edu
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Looking forward to hosting this talk on Thursday at noon. Interesting work from Masaaki Higashijima. Register at this link. harriman.columbia.edu/event/electe...
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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October 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
University leaders need to keep pushing back on the "everyone hates higher ed" fallacy. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Poll: Public Confidence in Higher Ed Growing
Despite the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on colleges and universities, American confidence in higher education is growing.
www.insidehighered.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
University leaders need to keep pushing back on the "everyone hates higher ed" fallacy. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
So many echoes from this article for US politics....
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So many echoes from this article for US politics....
Looking forward to commenting on this paper.
CPRP is delighted to welcome our first presentation in Fall 2025. Ye Zhang (MIT) will present her paper entitled "Political Control in the Workplace: How Autocrats Use Firms to Discipline Citizens" on Sep. 26 at 10-11AM (PST) 12-1PM(CST)/ 1-2PM(EST).
chinesepoliticsresearchinprogress.com/schedule/
chinesepoliticsresearchinprogress.com/schedule/
Presentations Schedule
Fall, 2025 September 26 (Friday), 2025 10-11AM (PST) / 12-1PM (CST) / 1-2PM (EST) “Political Control in the Workplace: How Autocrats Use Firms to Discipline Citizens” Ye Zhang (Massachu…
chinesepoliticsresearchinprogress.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Looking forward to commenting on this paper.
It is a very nice paper that I assign in my classes
I hadn’t seen this paper before, I think I’ll go look it up.
I think about this paper a lot
September 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It is a very nice paper that I assign in my classes
Today at 5:00 on zoom and in person. Tune in if you can. harriman.columbia.edu/event/10-yea...
10 Years of Observing US-Russia Relations
Please join the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and Harriman Institute at Columbia University for the concluding event in the New York-Russia Public Policy series.
harriman.columbia.edu
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today at 5:00 on zoom and in person. Tune in if you can. harriman.columbia.edu/event/10-yea...
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New Economist/YouGov poll:
– 39% approval/57% disapproval. Both are the worst of Trump's second term
– 35/57 approval on the economy.
– Net approval of -18% is "the second-lowest net approval Trump has received in any Economist / YouGov poll" while president (today.yougov.com/politics/art...)
– 39% approval/57% disapproval. Both are the worst of Trump's second term
– 35/57 approval on the economy.
– Net approval of -18% is "the second-lowest net approval Trump has received in any Economist / YouGov poll" while president (today.yougov.com/politics/art...)
September 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
New Economist/YouGov poll:
– 39% approval/57% disapproval. Both are the worst of Trump's second term
– 35/57 approval on the economy.
– Net approval of -18% is "the second-lowest net approval Trump has received in any Economist / YouGov poll" while president (today.yougov.com/politics/art...)
– 39% approval/57% disapproval. Both are the worst of Trump's second term
– 35/57 approval on the economy.
– Net approval of -18% is "the second-lowest net approval Trump has received in any Economist / YouGov poll" while president (today.yougov.com/politics/art...)
Are the espn tennis announcers paid by the word?
September 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Are the espn tennis announcers paid by the word?
Agreed. Last night I tried to come up with a list of players that would make me root for Djokovic and it was a struggle.
He is clearly the GOAT, and what he does at 38 is beyond amazing, but I can’t help myself - I still vehemently dislike Novak Djokovic.
September 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Agreed. Last night I tried to come up with a list of players that would make me root for Djokovic and it was a struggle.
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This is what the University of Chicago correctly saw coming down the pike. They had built a world-leading cluster of language and area studies work on funding that is just going to... stop.
Here we go. of all IFLE funding. No FLAS fellowships or NRC area studies centers nationwide.
Might be nice of even a single university president was willing to speak up about this disaster for R1 universities & their students.
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Might be nice of even a single university president was willing to speak up about this disaster for R1 universities & their students.
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
September 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is what the University of Chicago correctly saw coming down the pike. They had built a world-leading cluster of language and area studies work on funding that is just going to... stop.
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This is absolutely catastrophic for U.S. higher education, and for U.S. global leadership. Just the latest in a series of senseless acts of self-sabotage by a malevolent administration bent on making the United States weak and poor.
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is absolutely catastrophic for U.S. higher education, and for U.S. global leadership. Just the latest in a series of senseless acts of self-sabotage by a malevolent administration bent on making the United States weak and poor.