Alex Dukalskis
@alexdukalskis.bsky.social
Research & teach on authoritarian states and human rights @ucdpolitics.bsky.social
Publications: https://tinyurl.com/bdfcnf8u
Academic Freedom Officer @psaireland.bsky.social & fmr Associate Editor @cpcs.bsky.social
Publications: https://tinyurl.com/bdfcnf8u
Academic Freedom Officer @psaireland.bsky.social & fmr Associate Editor @cpcs.bsky.social
Excellent for Mamdani. Creep endorsing creep + Mamdani gets an enemy to fight with and justification if he can’t deliver.
TBH people who don’t like Mamdani should just sit back and let him be mayor for a while. New Yorkers will hate him after a couple years and his political career will be dead.
TBH people who don’t like Mamdani should just sit back and let him be mayor for a while. New Yorkers will hate him after a couple years and his political career will be dead.
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Excellent for Mamdani. Creep endorsing creep + Mamdani gets an enemy to fight with and justification if he can’t deliver.
TBH people who don’t like Mamdani should just sit back and let him be mayor for a while. New Yorkers will hate him after a couple years and his political career will be dead.
TBH people who don’t like Mamdani should just sit back and let him be mayor for a while. New Yorkers will hate him after a couple years and his political career will be dead.
Meanwhile in Ireland…
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Meanwhile in Ireland…
When your profile is definitely real.
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
When your profile is definitely real.
Laws against murder too much of a hassle for serial killers, experts say.
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Laws against murder too much of a hassle for serial killers, experts say.
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to someone trying to peacefully stand up to a dictatorship, not to somebody trying to build a dictatorship.
That seems appropriate.
That seems appropriate.
October 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to someone trying to peacefully stand up to a dictatorship, not to somebody trying to build a dictatorship.
That seems appropriate.
That seems appropriate.
Trump is calling for politicians he doesn’t like to be jailed.
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Trump is calling for politicians he doesn’t like to be jailed.
This is gross from Marco Rubio’s state department. Other agencies have neutral messages on their websites. This was a choice.
October 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is gross from Marco Rubio’s state department. Other agencies have neutral messages on their websites. This was a choice.
If you're in Dublin next week come join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at the Institute of International & European Affairs (IIEA) on Thursday where we'll talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
Details: www.iiea.com/images/uploa...
Details: www.iiea.com/images/uploa...
October 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you're in Dublin next week come join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at the Institute of International & European Affairs (IIEA) on Thursday where we'll talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
Details: www.iiea.com/images/uploa...
Details: www.iiea.com/images/uploa...
How people think professors are
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
How people think professors are
Part of a 1949 letter from Tito to Stalin.
We’ve all had to send a letter like this to a colleague at some point.
We’ve all had to send a letter like this to a colleague at some point.
September 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Part of a 1949 letter from Tito to Stalin.
We’ve all had to send a letter like this to a colleague at some point.
We’ve all had to send a letter like this to a colleague at some point.
Author copies for
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Author copies for
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
If you made it to page 19 of today’s Sunday Independent you can see my analysis of the Xi-Putin-Kim bash in Beijing last week.
m.independent.ie/opinion/alex...
m.independent.ie/opinion/alex...
September 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
If you made it to page 19 of today’s Sunday Independent you can see my analysis of the Xi-Putin-Kim bash in Beijing last week.
m.independent.ie/opinion/alex...
m.independent.ie/opinion/alex...
The big tough guy yells at Zelenskyy the victim and shows deference to putin the aggressor.
August 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The big tough guy yells at Zelenskyy the victim and shows deference to putin the aggressor.
The first trillionaire is right now probably some kid we haven’t heard of yet.
How will they make their money?
How will they make their money?
July 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The first trillionaire is right now probably some kid we haven’t heard of yet.
How will they make their money?
How will they make their money?
Ah yes, we all remember all those finance bosses who were famously punished for their role in the 2008 financial crash….
www.ft.com/content/46dd...
www.ft.com/content/46dd...
July 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ah yes, we all remember all those finance bosses who were famously punished for their role in the 2008 financial crash….
www.ft.com/content/46dd...
www.ft.com/content/46dd...
your grandpa as president
July 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
your grandpa as president
“Trump calls Musk's new political party 'ridiculous'”
July 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Trump calls Musk's new political party 'ridiculous'”
Some endorsements from very kind colleagues
July 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Some endorsements from very kind colleagues
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)
If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)
If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.
July 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)
If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)
If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.