Your epistemological preferences give you a truth, but not the truth.

I don't gripe much about the profession of political science, but a word of advice to reviewers - review the project on its own terms, not in terms of what you would do or what you think it should be.

This speaks to the real contributions international students and faculty make every day, and the real harm we are all facing : www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.

Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵

Utterly disgraceful, undiplomatic, counterproductive, and potentially unconstitutional behavior from the nation's top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The actions described in this article are a far greater threat to US foreign policy than any student op-ed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

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...

Can't talk right now, I'm editing my 'AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IS BEING RUN BY THE DUMBEST MOTHERFUCKERS IN THE COUNTRY' hot take.

These are the kinds of strategic dilemmas foisted on oppositions in electoral autocracies all the time. It’s hard to balance short term vs long term goals, contesting the rules vs playing by the rules. Key is to move on and maintain unity.

Hey @apsa.bsky.social would it maybe be possible for the American POLITICAL SCIENCE Association to say something, anything, about the current assault on your member institutions of higher education?

The Democratic Party’s problems are not about being moderate or left. That’s a consultant and pundit red herring

The problems are in party organization, the culture of “it’s their turn” nominations, candidate recruitment, gerontocracy, inability to shape media topics, and coming off hella lame

This is not about fighting antisemitism. This is all about silencing opposing views. Today it’s pro-Palestine, tomorrow it’s pro-Ukraine, and then it’s just deporting whomever they don’t like. And then everyone is silent.

I wrote a bit about the presidency and the Constitution

goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/why-doesnt...

While I'm at #ISA2025, posting will be light. But I had some thoughts about whether -- as @mcmegan.bsky.social suggested last week -- the American academy is paying the price for its political and institutional sins. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/psst-every...

I signed this letter alongside ~660 of my colleagues detailing the unlawful, troubling actions of the Trump administration's first days & expressing my concern as a political scientist. I will also be sending it to my reps. If you're in the field, you can still sign: drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.

Now up on @lawfare.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/elon... "Musk is seemingly doing to the U.S. government what the U.S. government once did to the rest of the world: refashioning the plumbing ... into a political weapon against his adversaries. "

There's so much bad foreign policy news. But I think the CIA story is the one that perfectly encapsulates how Trump is eviscerating U.S. national security. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-story-...

The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.