Christina Cottiero
@ccottiero.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. International organizations + international influences on autocracy/democracy. https://www.christinacottiero.com/
https://ucigcc.org/research/future-of-democracy/illiberal-regimes-and-glob
https://ucigcc.org/research/future-of-democracy/illiberal-regimes-and-glob
Reposted by Christina Cottiero
State Department International Organizations Account, Outlays by Calendar Year Quarter ($m).
International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
September 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
State Department International Organizations Account, Outlays by Calendar Year Quarter ($m).
International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation Organization doing OK. UN got about half of what it is owed. Other organizations do worse.
We'll also be posting a full professor/chair line, wide open field/research focus, soon 🎉 I can also chat about the full professor line at APSA
Salt Lake City is a growing city right next to the mountains and we have a vibrant, research productive dept! I live 15 minutes from hiking and skiing ⛰️🚵♂️
Salt Lake City is a growing city right next to the mountains and we have a vibrant, research productive dept! I live 15 minutes from hiking and skiing ⛰️🚵♂️
September 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We'll also be posting a full professor/chair line, wide open field/research focus, soon 🎉 I can also chat about the full professor line at APSA
Salt Lake City is a growing city right next to the mountains and we have a vibrant, research productive dept! I live 15 minutes from hiking and skiing ⛰️🚵♂️
Salt Lake City is a growing city right next to the mountains and we have a vibrant, research productive dept! I live 15 minutes from hiking and skiing ⛰️🚵♂️
Meyerrose and Nooruddin (accidentally published in prev. RIO issue) show that backsliders undermine liberal norms promotion in the UN HRC, block targeted resolutions, & criticize liberal democracies in the UPR @anna-meyerrose.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Trojan horses in liberal international organizations? How democratic backsliders undermine the UNHRC - The Review of International Organizations
Liberal democracy is facing renewed challenges from a growing group of states undergoing democratic backsliding. While entrenched autocrats have long resented and contested the established liberal ord...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Meyerrose and Nooruddin (accidentally published in prev. RIO issue) show that backsliders undermine liberal norms promotion in the UN HRC, block targeted resolutions, & criticize liberal democracies in the UPR @anna-meyerrose.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Winzen shows illiberal leaders take advantage of practice of accommodation in EU decision-making, voting against EU Council proposals that threaten them most: those that would enable EU to inhibit backsliding & prevent executive aggrandizement @twinzen.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How backsliding governments keep the European Union hospitable for autocracy: Evidence from intergovernmental negotiations - The Review of International Organizations
The European Union (EU) is a democratic organization but faces severe cases of democratic backsliding. The literature deems the EU a hospitable environment for and reluctant to reign in backsliding. T...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Winzen shows illiberal leaders take advantage of practice of accommodation in EU decision-making, voting against EU Council proposals that threaten them most: those that would enable EU to inhibit backsliding & prevent executive aggrandizement @twinzen.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Lipps & Jacob find rising assertiveness of illiberal leaders in roll call votes in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). They show that illiberal parties from illiberal domestic environments challenge the majority most often @marcjacob.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Undermining liberal international organizations from within: Evidence from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - The Review of International Organizations
International organizations promoting democratic governance and human rights are increasingly challenged by some of their own member states. To better understand this dynamic, we propose a distinction...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Lipps & Jacob find rising assertiveness of illiberal leaders in roll call votes in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). They show that illiberal parties from illiberal domestic environments challenge the majority most often @marcjacob.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hafner-Burton et al show that under pressure, authoritarian IOs strategically, shallowly adopt certain less-threatening good governance mandates. They minimize the threat by directing good governance policy outward toward non-members @cjschneider.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Good governance in autocratic international organizations - The Review of International Organizations
A large and growing number of international organizations (IOs) are made up and governed by illiberal or outright authoritarian regimes. Many of these authoritarian IOs (AIOs) formally adopt good gove...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hafner-Burton et al show that under pressure, authoritarian IOs strategically, shallowly adopt certain less-threatening good governance mandates. They minimize the threat by directing good governance policy outward toward non-members @cjschneider.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Morrison et al show how incumbents benefit from authoritarian IOs' monitors contradicting credible monitors. They find competing IO verdicts on an election raise uncertainty, reduce post-election contention @danieladonno.bsky.social @burcusavun.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Competing judgments: Multiple election observers and post-election contention - The Review of International Organizations
By influencing beliefs about electoral quality, international election observation missions (EOMs) play an important role in shaping post-election contention. As the number and variety of internationa...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Morrison et al show how incumbents benefit from authoritarian IOs' monitors contradicting credible monitors. They find competing IO verdicts on an election raise uncertainty, reduce post-election contention @danieladonno.bsky.social @burcusavun.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
With @sarahbush.bsky.social & @laurenrprather.bsky.social we document the rise of low-quality election monitors who legitimate host elections regardless of fraud & show that authoritarian-led regional IOs--esp. those anchored by Russia--have pioneered the tactic
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Zombies ahead: Explaining the rise of low-quality election monitoring - The Review of International Organizations
The international election monitoring regime has become considerably more complex in the twenty-first century. Although the number of organizations engaged in high-quality election monitoring has plat...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
With @sarahbush.bsky.social & @laurenrprather.bsky.social we document the rise of low-quality election monitors who legitimate host elections regardless of fraud & show that authoritarian-led regional IOs--esp. those anchored by Russia--have pioneered the tactic
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In the intro to the SI, we consider how regime type & commitment to illiberal political norms affect states' engagement with global & regional IOs. What do these actors seek, how do IO rules inform their strategies, how are IOs affected?
@laurenrprather.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@laurenrprather.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Illiberal regimes and international organizations - The Review of International Organizations
Illiberal regimes have become central players in international organizations. In this introduction to the special issue, we provide a unified framework for understanding their effects. We start by out...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In the intro to the SI, we consider how regime type & commitment to illiberal political norms affect states' engagement with global & regional IOs. What do these actors seek, how do IO rules inform their strategies, how are IOs affected?
@laurenrprather.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@laurenrprather.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...