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Jennifer McCoy
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Political scientist, polarization, democratic erosion, Latin America. Georgia State University, Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace (nonresident scholar).
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To strengthen democracy, collaborations must stretch beyond party lines.

On Monday, Dec 1 from 12-1:15ET, we are cohosting a virtual event with the National Democratic Institute on big tent coalitions, featuring @jennifermccoy.bsky.social !

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November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Why is it so hard to build a movement to defend democracy?

In a new talk for @scholars.org, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social suggests some comparative answers. She then identifies problems specific to the U.S., and suggests some solutions. Watch here🔽
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Why is it So Hard to Build a Movement to Defend Democracy?
YouTube video by Scholars Strategy Network
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November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Join Georgia SSN for the first webinar in their "Defending U.S. Democracy" webinar series with
@jennifermccoy.bsky.social, moderated by @bernardtamas.bsky.social!

📅 Tues, Oct. 14
🕓 4pm - 5:15pm

🔗 Register for the event now: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/d...
October 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Depolarization might not mean erasing divides, but “repolarizing” around shared values like democracy, fairness, or anti-corruption.

@jennifermccoy.bsky.social explains in a NEW episode of the Better Conflict Bulletin podcast with @jonathanstray.bsky.social

👂📖⤵️
Repolarize to Depolarize
And other ways forward for America from our talk with polarization scholar Jennifer McCoy - BCB #162
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August 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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And just in case you are ONLY paying attention to Marines being send to LA, here's some crucial news that should not hide under the radar.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Jun 9
In an unprecedented move, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the CDC's expert panel of vaccine advisers, citing conflicts of interest. cnn.it/4mYohFy
June 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Now add 500 Marines called to LA. This is common escalation of protests worldwide. They may start with a specific grievance like transport price hikes (or immigrant raid here), but if security overreaches, more people come out. Large, peaceful during day; small groups more violent at night. 1/2
protectdemocracy.org Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · Jun 9
We’re seeing an unprecedented militarization of civilian society. With tanks in DC for a parade on the president’s birthday, and the National Guard deployed in Los Angeles, read more about when these actions become an abuse of power:
protectdemocracy.org/work/domesti...
The Insurrection Act and National Guard authorities, explained
An overview of critical reforms concerning the domestic deployment of the U.S. National Guard.
protectdemocracy.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My new piece with @beattyriedl.bsky.social .
May 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Contents:

▪️ Types of Democratic Resilience
by Rachel Beatty Riedl (@beattyriedl.bsky.social), Jennifer McCoy (@jennifermccoy.bsky.social), Kenneth Roberts, Paul Friesen

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▪️ From Electoral U-turns to Re-democratisation
by Nic Cheeseman (@fromagehomme.bsky.social), Licia Cianetti
April 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🆕| A New Dynamic of Democratic Resilience?

Read the new @europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu publication with commentaries from @jennifermccoy.bsky.social, Thomas Carothers, & McKenzie Carrier (ed. @richardyoungs.bsky.social)👇
A New Dynamic of Democratic Resilience? - European Democracy Hub
While autocratisation remains a pressing concern, a parallel focus on democratic resilience has begun to emerge.
europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu
April 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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protectdemocracy.org
What we're reading: A global study of democratic backsliding & resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks, from @jennifermccoy.bsky.social, @beattyriedl.bsky.social, Kenneth Roberts, and @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social in @goodauth.bsky.social
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
April 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The world today provides important lessons for how to identify and resist autocrats.

In their piece for @goodauth.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social Kenneth Roberts & @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social highlight six key lessons on how to counter threats to democracy👇
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
April 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What can the U.S. learn from other countries living through threats to democracy? Lessons from our global research and 15 case studies distilled in my new commentary with @beattyriedl.bsky.social Ken Roberts, and @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social include: (1/3)
goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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New op-ed out @goodauth.bsky.social based on our global research w Ken Roberts, @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social @jennifermccoy.bsky.social
Timely lessons re pressure on institutions and nature of pro-democracy coalitions

goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...
U.S. democracy is under attack. Here are some lessons for democracy’s defenders.
A global study of democratic backsliding and resilience offers ways to resist authoritarian attacks.
goodauthority.org
March 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🔔Out now!🔔

"Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered," ed. by @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social & Kenneth Roberts, with articles from @carnegieendowment.org's Thomas Carothers and @milanv.bsky.social.

Read the issue here!👇
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March 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
When Bullies Strike
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When Bullies Strike
Bullies often go after the weak. But autocratic bullies strike against the strong as well to make an example and create a climate of fear and compliance from everyone.
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March 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
New volume out on Democratic Backsliding and Recovery, edited by @beattyriedl.bsky.social , @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social , Ken Roberts and me. 15 case studies including countries with current massive protests against autocrats - Hungary, Serbia and Turkey. www.aapss.org/annals/volum...
Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered – AAPSS
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March 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A civilian coup is in full progress in Turkey. Unless EU acts swiftly and decisively, they will not only be complicit but will also endanger Europe's own long-term security. An autocratic Turkey with transactional relations with EU cannot reliably contribute to European security +
March 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Autocrats emboldened everywhere. Today it is Turkey.
muratsomer-eng.bsky.social Murat Somer @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social · Mar 19
The gravest mistake for the publics of democracies is to think that what is happening in Turkey is about Turkey & its region alone. The deepening global fault line between democracy & autocracy and the battle between democratic & oligarchic/far-right rule is played out in TR but will not stop here.
March 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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To Lainey Gossip writer Stephanie Hinds, the breakups tracked with what Carnegie’s @jennifermccoy.bsky.social
labeled “chronically pernicious” polarization in the U.S.

Read the article: www.laineygossip.com/core-values-...
Core values take center stage during the Love Is Blind finale and reunion
The Love Is Blind season finale and reunion is an example of women being at a crossroads, with two of the contestants ending their engagements due to lack of alignment on issues like abortion, equalit...
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March 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I really enjoyed speaking at this conference with the wonderful co-speakers and participants!
usouthernmaine.bsky.social University of Southern Maine @usouthernmaine.bsky.social · Feb 23
Thank you to the organizers
of this year's Camden
conference! And thank you to the speakers such as @mariaressa.bsky.social, @stasavage.bsky.social, @jatucker.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social,and
@colinwoodard.bsky.social for engaging with the audience.
February 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Over 600 political scientists highlight threats to the basic
design of American government and democracy.

"President Trump won the November 2024 election fairly... But his victory does not grant him the right to overturn our constitutional and legal order by fiat."
Political science statement.pdf
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February 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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An admirer of Orban recommends the Orbanist strategy: Maximum culture war against minorities on the inside; minimal resistance to Putin -- some would reasonably say: de facto collusion with Putin -- on the outside.
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Feb 14
BREAKING: US VP just launched an extraordinary attack on Europe.

“The threat that I worry most about, vis-a-vis Europe, is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor.

“What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.”
February 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This was a very helpful explanation not appearing in legacy media. Substack analyses seem much more informative but also hard to vet. Who do you find necessary reading now in these times?

Despite media reports, Trump has not offered federal employees a "buyout" popular.info/p/despite-me...
Despite media reports, Trump has not offered federal employees a "buyout"
Anyone who has read reports in the Associated Press, the New York Times, CBS News, CNN, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, or Axios would be under the impression that the Trump administration...
popular.info
February 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM