Elizabeth Nugent
@ernugent.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton | Politics of Authoritarianism + Religion in the Middle East | www.elizabethnugent.com
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New article on Fast Track by Huseyin Emre Ceyhun, “Restive Regions: Sequential Complementarity of Repression and Cooptation in Authoritarian Survival,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
Restive Regions: Sequential Compl...tation in Authoritarian Survival: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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October 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New article on Fast Track by Huseyin Emre Ceyhun, “Restive Regions: Sequential Complementarity of Repression and Cooptation in Authoritarian Survival,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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"Disguised Repression: Targeting Opponents with Nonpolitical Crimes to Undermine Dissent" by Jennifer Pan, Xu Xu, and Yiqing Xu. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
October 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Disguised Repression: Targeting Opponents with Nonpolitical Crimes to Undermine Dissent" by Jennifer Pan, Xu Xu, and Yiqing Xu. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
🧵 on my paper, ‘System Justification in Authoritarian Regimes’ (recently accepted at @thejop.bsky.social)
System justification predicts support for authoritarian governance and the Sisi regime in two samples of Egyptian adult citizens.
Thought-provoking new work by @ernugent.bsky.social
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
Thought-provoking new work by @ernugent.bsky.social
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
October 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🧵 on my paper, ‘System Justification in Authoritarian Regimes’ (recently accepted at @thejop.bsky.social)
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Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans
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September 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Egyptian authorities announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after six years in prison, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by state TV.
Egypt announces pardon for top activist who's spent 6 years behind bars
Egyptian authorities on Monday announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by Egypt’s state TV.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Egyptian authorities announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after six years in prison, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by state TV.
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Introducing our 2025 job market candidates! We’ll share more about each student and their work in the days ahead, but in the meantime, you can meet all of our candidates here: politics.princeton.edu/graduate/job...
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September 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Introducing our 2025 job market candidates! We’ll share more about each student and their work in the days ahead, but in the meantime, you can meet all of our candidates here: politics.princeton.edu/graduate/job...
#PSJMInfo
#PSJMInfo
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This Thursday at noon EST I'll be joined by @adamprz.bsky.social, Sue Stokes, Steve Levitsky (stevelevitsky.bsky.social), and @dziblatt.bsky.social on a webinar to talk about the state of American democracy. Please come! Registration here: www.crowdcast.io/c/civicforum.... Please share.
The Civic Forum - S1E11 - Season Finale: The State of American Democracy
Register now for The Civic Forum - S1E11 - Season Finale: The State of American Democracy on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on September 18, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This Thursday at noon EST I'll be joined by @adamprz.bsky.social, Sue Stokes, Steve Levitsky (stevelevitsky.bsky.social), and @dziblatt.bsky.social on a webinar to talk about the state of American democracy. Please come! Registration here: www.crowdcast.io/c/civicforum.... Please share.
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No one wanted to hear this years ago when @tompepinsky.com said it. Maybe now.
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
No one wanted to hear this years ago when @tompepinsky.com said it. Maybe now.
Tried to explain this to a senior colleague recently, who suggested I was overreacting - thanks to @abuaardvark.bsky.social for saying it more clearly and eloquently
August 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Tried to explain this to a senior colleague recently, who suggested I was overreacting - thanks to @abuaardvark.bsky.social for saying it more clearly and eloquently
I really want to believe that American public opinion still matters. It makes me feel better that most Americans don’t support these policies. But other non-democracies demonstrate that once institutions have been politically weaponized, public opinion matters significantly less.
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I really want to believe that American public opinion still matters. It makes me feel better that most Americans don’t support these policies. But other non-democracies demonstrate that once institutions have been politically weaponized, public opinion matters significantly less.
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My latest piece in @goodauth.bsky.social about how targeting international students is bad not just for the U.S. economy & innovation, but also 🇺🇸 reputation globally. goodauthority.org/news/targeti...
Targeting international students cuts into U.S. soft power
Here’s how the Trump administration’s visa restrictions erode the U.S. image abroad.
goodauthority.org
June 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My latest piece in @goodauth.bsky.social about how targeting international students is bad not just for the U.S. economy & innovation, but also 🇺🇸 reputation globally. goodauthority.org/news/targeti...
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From Przeworski:
"There are currently more than 1 million foreign students in the US, they support 378 thousand jobs, and contribute $43.8 billion to the economy. But these numbers dwindle in importance in comparison to the scientific and cultural impact of US universities around the world."
"There are currently more than 1 million foreign students in the US, they support 378 thousand jobs, and contribute $43.8 billion to the economy. But these numbers dwindle in importance in comparison to the scientific and cultural impact of US universities around the world."
WEEK 15
WEEK 15
adamprzeworski.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From Przeworski:
"There are currently more than 1 million foreign students in the US, they support 378 thousand jobs, and contribute $43.8 billion to the economy. But these numbers dwindle in importance in comparison to the scientific and cultural impact of US universities around the world."
"There are currently more than 1 million foreign students in the US, they support 378 thousand jobs, and contribute $43.8 billion to the economy. But these numbers dwindle in importance in comparison to the scientific and cultural impact of US universities around the world."
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Our article on legislative cooptation and opposition in the Kuwait National Assembly is finally out at @bjpols.bsky.social!
Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani...
Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani...
Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
May 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our article on legislative cooptation and opposition in the Kuwait National Assembly is finally out at @bjpols.bsky.social!
Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani...
Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani...
Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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The Niehaus Center at Princeton is hiring a Research Specialist. We hope to hire someone to start this summer. Information here:
main-princeton.icims.com/jobs/20778/r...
main-princeton.icims.com/jobs/20778/r...
Careers | Human Resources
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April 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Niehaus Center at Princeton is hiring a Research Specialist. We hope to hire someone to start this summer. Information here:
main-princeton.icims.com/jobs/20778/r...
main-princeton.icims.com/jobs/20778/r...
Per usual, @roxanegay.bsky.social saying what I’m thinking
Feel free to recruit me international university even though I am not a scientist. I have other skills.
April 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Per usual, @roxanegay.bsky.social saying what I’m thinking
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Great turnout at the Hands Off protest in Princeton (despite the weather). It's festive, but there's also palpable anger.
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Great turnout at the Hands Off protest in Princeton (despite the weather). It's festive, but there's also palpable anger.
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Now online!
"During moments of political crises, there may be good reasons to avoid discussing current events & controversial topics in the classroom. Yet, it is precisely during these challenging times that students may want to be entrusted with difficult conversations" #polisky
shorturl.at/dOKWu
"During moments of political crises, there may be good reasons to avoid discussing current events & controversial topics in the classroom. Yet, it is precisely during these challenging times that students may want to be entrusted with difficult conversations" #polisky
shorturl.at/dOKWu
April 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Now online!
"During moments of political crises, there may be good reasons to avoid discussing current events & controversial topics in the classroom. Yet, it is precisely during these challenging times that students may want to be entrusted with difficult conversations" #polisky
shorturl.at/dOKWu
"During moments of political crises, there may be good reasons to avoid discussing current events & controversial topics in the classroom. Yet, it is precisely during these challenging times that students may want to be entrusted with difficult conversations" #polisky
shorturl.at/dOKWu
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Check out this webinar next Monday: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
and call for abstracts for an expense-paid June conference in Cairo:
www.arabpsn.org/events/call-...
both on the theme of the "politics and war" in MENA, convened by @arabpsn.bsky.social, CEDEJ, and Middle East Studies at AUC.
and call for abstracts for an expense-paid June conference in Cairo:
www.arabpsn.org/events/call-...
both on the theme of the "politics and war" in MENA, convened by @arabpsn.bsky.social, CEDEJ, and Middle East Studies at AUC.
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Check out this webinar next Monday: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
and call for abstracts for an expense-paid June conference in Cairo:
www.arabpsn.org/events/call-...
both on the theme of the "politics and war" in MENA, convened by @arabpsn.bsky.social, CEDEJ, and Middle East Studies at AUC.
and call for abstracts for an expense-paid June conference in Cairo:
www.arabpsn.org/events/call-...
both on the theme of the "politics and war" in MENA, convened by @arabpsn.bsky.social, CEDEJ, and Middle East Studies at AUC.
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How do counterrevolutions shape collective memory? In their latest article, @ernugent.bsky.social and Michael T. Hoffman explore disappointment & demobilization in Egypt. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Remembering the counterrevolution: disappointment, denial, and demobilization
While scholars carefully study when revolutions succeed and how they are overturned, far less attention has been paid to the public’s experience of revolution and counterrevolution as well as their...
www.tandfonline.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
How do counterrevolutions shape collective memory? In their latest article, @ernugent.bsky.social and Michael T. Hoffman explore disappointment & demobilization in Egypt. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...
February 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...
Still buzzing from last night’s Workshop on Arab Political Development talk by @dbgreenwald.bsky.social! Such important work, done so well, about local governance in occupied Palestine. cup.columbia.edu/book/mayors-...
February 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Still buzzing from last night’s Workshop on Arab Political Development talk by @dbgreenwald.bsky.social! Such important work, done so well, about local governance in occupied Palestine. cup.columbia.edu/book/mayors-...
We've got page numbers: "Remembering the Counterrevolution: Disappointment, Denial, and Demobilization" with Michael Hoffman, drawing on evidence from Egypt. doi.org/10.1080/1351...
Remembering the counterrevolution: disappointment, denial, and demobilization
While scholars carefully study when revolutions succeed and how they are overturned, far less attention has been paid to the public’s experience of revolution and counterrevolution as well as their...
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We've got page numbers: "Remembering the Counterrevolution: Disappointment, Denial, and Demobilization" with Michael Hoffman, drawing on evidence from Egypt. doi.org/10.1080/1351...
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"The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat; it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late"
February 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat; it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late"
Highlight of the week was Tiffany Simon’s dissertation defense! A thought-provoking investigation of the motivations and effects of happiness policies in authoritarian regimes. Mabrouk to Dr. Tiffany! @grigopop.bsky.social @rorytruex.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Highlight of the week was Tiffany Simon’s dissertation defense! A thought-provoking investigation of the motivations and effects of happiness policies in authoritarian regimes. Mabrouk to Dr. Tiffany! @grigopop.bsky.social @rorytruex.bsky.social