Jeff Pugh
@jpugh00.bsky.social
Dad, peacebuilder, UMass Boston migration & conflict resolution prof, Latin Americanist. Southern exile. Author: The Invisibility Bargain (Oxford University Press 2021).
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Is international law under threat? Read: The War on "Drug Boats" in @globalpolicy.bsky.social
@stacydvandeveer.bsky.social @jpugh00.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
@stacydvandeveer.bsky.social @jpugh00.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
Opinion
The War on “Drug Boats”: How Lethal Maritime Strikes Push the Boundaries of International Law
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/17/11/2...
The War on “Drug Boats”: How Lethal Maritime Strikes Push the Boundaries of International Law
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/17/11/2...
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Is international law under threat? Read: The War on "Drug Boats" in @globalpolicy.bsky.social
@stacydvandeveer.bsky.social @jpugh00.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
@stacydvandeveer.bsky.social @jpugh00.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
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In Boston, every day is No Kings Day
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In Boston, every day is No Kings Day
Check out my article with Matt Guardino and Kelsey Edmond in PRQ! "Demanding Invisibility: Examining U.S. Attitudes Toward Immigrant Political Engagement" tests my invisibility bargain theory of host society expectations toward migrant political/social behavior in the context of the United States.
October 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Check out my article with Matt Guardino and Kelsey Edmond in PRQ! "Demanding Invisibility: Examining U.S. Attitudes Toward Immigrant Political Engagement" tests my invisibility bargain theory of host society expectations toward migrant political/social behavior in the context of the United States.
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Excellent from The New Yorker Radio hour. Fascinating to hear
Hardy Merriman, an expert on civil resistance, talking about protests, boycotts, strikes, and nonviolent approaches—as being effective in the fight against democratic backsliding. #democracy #thenewyorker
pca.st/episode/5b51...
Hardy Merriman, an expert on civil resistance, talking about protests, boycotts, strikes, and nonviolent approaches—as being effective in the fight against democratic backsliding. #democracy #thenewyorker
pca.st/episode/5b51...
Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure
pca.st
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Excellent from The New Yorker Radio hour. Fascinating to hear
Hardy Merriman, an expert on civil resistance, talking about protests, boycotts, strikes, and nonviolent approaches—as being effective in the fight against democratic backsliding. #democracy #thenewyorker
pca.st/episode/5b51...
Hardy Merriman, an expert on civil resistance, talking about protests, boycotts, strikes, and nonviolent approaches—as being effective in the fight against democratic backsliding. #democracy #thenewyorker
pca.st/episode/5b51...
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Thrilled that my co-authored piece with Xiuyu li from NYU and Kellee Tsai from Northeastern just came out in Comparative Politics, online first. www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny... You can access the accepted version here 81e63e3e-0cc6-43dc-aa7c-35f441eca471.filesusr.com/ugd/f72a2f_d...
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Thrilled that my co-authored piece with Xiuyu li from NYU and Kellee Tsai from Northeastern just came out in Comparative Politics, online first. www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny... You can access the accepted version here 81e63e3e-0cc6-43dc-aa7c-35f441eca471.filesusr.com/ugd/f72a2f_d...
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Highly recommend this interview with @chenoweth.bsky.social.
“There’s no…magic number. But there is a theory of change, which is the main function of civil resistance movements is to mobilize with sufficient mass, with sufficient momentum to effectively begin to disrupt the opponent's coalition.”
“There’s no…magic number. But there is a theory of change, which is the main function of civil resistance movements is to mobilize with sufficient mass, with sufficient momentum to effectively begin to disrupt the opponent's coalition.”
The 3.5% Protest Rule That Could Bring Down Trump | Crooked Media
crooked.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Highly recommend this interview with @chenoweth.bsky.social.
“There’s no…magic number. But there is a theory of change, which is the main function of civil resistance movements is to mobilize with sufficient mass, with sufficient momentum to effectively begin to disrupt the opponent's coalition.”
“There’s no…magic number. But there is a theory of change, which is the main function of civil resistance movements is to mobilize with sufficient mass, with sufficient momentum to effectively begin to disrupt the opponent's coalition.”
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"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump is eliminating Wilson Center, a stellar US foreign policy study establishment. Along with it goes the Kennan Institute - one of the best Russia study institutions.
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trump is eliminating Wilson Center, a stellar US foreign policy study establishment. Along with it goes the Kennan Institute - one of the best Russia study institutions.
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
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This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
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Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
March 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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Honored to be the Keynote speaker at @umassamherst.bsky.social for the Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference.
Donald Trump is trying to erase land conservation efforts from history. We won’t let him.
The work these folks do for the environment and our local community is good & honest work.
Donald Trump is trying to erase land conservation efforts from history. We won’t let him.
The work these folks do for the environment and our local community is good & honest work.
March 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Honored to be the Keynote speaker at @umassamherst.bsky.social for the Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference.
Donald Trump is trying to erase land conservation efforts from history. We won’t let him.
The work these folks do for the environment and our local community is good & honest work.
Donald Trump is trying to erase land conservation efforts from history. We won’t let him.
The work these folks do for the environment and our local community is good & honest work.
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This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
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BREAKING: DOGE Strong-Armed USIP Security Contractors to Switch Sides talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
BREAKING: DOGE Strong-Armed USIP Security Contractors to Switch Sides talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/break...
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Quite a fun moment when the security contractors who had been terminated by the USIP but had switched their allegiances to DOGE entered the property with an unconfiscated key and headed immediately to the gun safe.
March 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Quite a fun moment when the security contractors who had been terminated by the USIP but had switched their allegiances to DOGE entered the property with an unconfiscated key and headed immediately to the gun safe.
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The US Institute of Peace is an independent, non-profit institution. It is not a government agency. This means DOGE is expanding its attacks to the civil society sector, as we see in authoritarian states like China & Russia. Our democracy is under siege.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge occupies US Institute of Peace headquarters after White House guts its board
A Trump executive order targeted the non-profit despite the organization not being part of the executive branch
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The US Institute of Peace is an independent, non-profit institution. It is not a government agency. This means DOGE is expanding its attacks to the civil society sector, as we see in authoritarian states like China & Russia. Our democracy is under siege.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
DOGE has broken into the US Institute of Peace building, had police remove the President and CEO of the Institute, George Moose, and installed an acting president imposed by the administration in a letter from Sec. Hegseth, Sec. Rubio, and NDU president Garvin. apnews.com/article/doge...
Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives
The Trump administration has fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization.
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
DOGE has broken into the US Institute of Peace building, had police remove the President and CEO of the Institute, George Moose, and installed an acting president imposed by the administration in a letter from Sec. Hegseth, Sec. Rubio, and NDU president Garvin. apnews.com/article/doge...
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Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Everyone--EVERYONE--in higher education has to understand that this is Trump's plan for you, too: federal control over scholarship, curricula, discipline, admissions--everything. They want you to submit. Your only other option is to stand up, together.
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BREAKING—The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) office was just on lockdown for close to an hour while members of the DOGE team tried to enter the building, multiple people have told me. Security has now escorted out remaining staffers who’ve been told to telework until further notice.
March 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BREAKING—The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) office was just on lockdown for close to an hour while members of the DOGE team tried to enter the building, multiple people have told me. Security has now escorted out remaining staffers who’ve been told to telework until further notice.
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Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife.
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
March 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife.
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
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I was quoted in this informative New York Times article on Trump's recent American First Investment order. Just want to use the space here to expand my full views. 1/6 trend.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-china-crackdown.html
Trump’s New Crackdown on China Is Just Beginning
The administration is positioning itself to clamp down on Chinese investment and access to technology. But the wild card may be the president himself.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I was quoted in this informative New York Times article on Trump's recent American First Investment order. Just want to use the space here to expand my full views. 1/6 trend.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-china-crackdown.html
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Today our university, @umassboston.bsky.social, officially became an R1. My colleagues work very hard. Well-deserved!
February 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today our university, @umassboston.bsky.social, officially became an R1. My colleagues work very hard. Well-deserved!
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💫 Can NGOs and IGOs successfully challenge security-based migration policies?
Effective advocacy requires "buy-in from the broader public, fostering a rights-focused approach to migration that resonates with societal values," writes Jean-Pierre Murray.
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Effective advocacy requires "buy-in from the broader public, fostering a rights-focused approach to migration that resonates with societal values," writes Jean-Pierre Murray.
🔗: buff.ly/3Q5COQk
February 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
💫 Can NGOs and IGOs successfully challenge security-based migration policies?
Effective advocacy requires "buy-in from the broader public, fostering a rights-focused approach to migration that resonates with societal values," writes Jean-Pierre Murray.
🔗: buff.ly/3Q5COQk
Effective advocacy requires "buy-in from the broader public, fostering a rights-focused approach to migration that resonates with societal values," writes Jean-Pierre Murray.
🔗: buff.ly/3Q5COQk