Rikio Inouye
@rinouye.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @Princeton. Studies race, international security, and foreign policy support. A twin, former JET program participant in Toyama (my second home).
https://rikioinouye.org/
https://rikioinouye.org/
🧠 Big takeaway: Democratic decline doesn’t just undermine norms at home — it erodes the public foundations of alliance cooperation abroad.
Trust and shared values aren’t abstractions; they’re the glue of intelligence networks and security ties.
📄 Full working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Trust and shared values aren’t abstractions; they’re the glue of intelligence networks and security ties.
📄 Full working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Democratic Backsliding Damages Foreign Public Support for Security Cooperation
Does democratic backsliding shape foreign public preferences for security cooperation with the backsliding state? We argue that it does. Backsliding erodes the
papers.ssrn.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🧠 Big takeaway: Democratic decline doesn’t just undermine norms at home — it erodes the public foundations of alliance cooperation abroad.
Trust and shared values aren’t abstractions; they’re the glue of intelligence networks and security ties.
📄 Full working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Trust and shared values aren’t abstractions; they’re the glue of intelligence networks and security ties.
📄 Full working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿 The effect is consistent and sizable: when a partner democracy is portrayed as backsliding, public willingness to share intelligence drops markedly — even when that partner is the US itself.
Democratic erosion travels. So do its security costs.
Democratic erosion travels. So do its security costs.
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿 The effect is consistent and sizable: when a partner democracy is portrayed as backsliding, public willingness to share intelligence drops markedly — even when that partner is the US itself.
Democratic erosion travels. So do its security costs.
Democratic erosion travels. So do its security costs.
🧩 Test: Pre-reg experiments (N ≈ 6,000) across the UK, Canada, Australia & New Zealand — the US’s core intelligence partners.
Respondents evaluated intelligence-sharing with another democracy, randomly described as either stable or backsliding.
Result? Backsliding ↓ support across every country.
Respondents evaluated intelligence-sharing with another democracy, randomly described as either stable or backsliding.
Result? Backsliding ↓ support across every country.
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🧩 Test: Pre-reg experiments (N ≈ 6,000) across the UK, Canada, Australia & New Zealand — the US’s core intelligence partners.
Respondents evaluated intelligence-sharing with another democracy, randomly described as either stable or backsliding.
Result? Backsliding ↓ support across every country.
Respondents evaluated intelligence-sharing with another democracy, randomly described as either stable or backsliding.
Result? Backsliding ↓ support across every country.
Reposted by Rikio Inouye
Website: rikioinouye.org
Rikio Inouye
rikioinouye.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Website: rikioinouye.org