Pleased that Al-Seyassah (Arabic) and Arab Times (English) published interviews with Erin York (Vanderbilt) and me about our recent @bjpols.bsky.social paper on cooptation in the Kuwait National Assembly. Grateful to both editorial teams for highlighting our work.
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Pleased to share my latest article, “Banking on the Ruins of Empire: Developing Global Finance in Kuwait and Singapore,” published at Social Science History. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Jordan--where the most existential threat to national security comes from a peace partner (Israel) and where US military forces invite, not deter, foreign attacks
My words in Arab Reform Initiative: arab-reform.net/publication/... via
@ArabReform_ARI
www.cambridge.org
Banking on the Ruins of Empire: Developing Global Finance in Kuwait and Singapore
Yesterday I recorded an ep with @danieltavana.bsky.social, one of the few political scientists with an active research agenda on Iran. We spoke at length about the regime, divisions in Iranian society, the prospects for democracy in Iran. One of my best episodes to date. Link in replies.
Read the interviews and the paper:
Al-Seyassah (Arabic): t.co/9prdJqpXyD
Arab Times (English): www.arabtimesonline.com/news/12th-ma...
Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
Excited to share that my recent @ajpseditor.bsky.social paper, "Endogenous opposition: Identity and ideology in Kuwaiti electoral politics," received Best Article awards from @apsa.bsky.social's Democracy & Autocracy and @apsamena.bsky.social sections. A link to the article can be found below.
Excited to share that my recent @ajpseditor.bsky.social paper, "Endogenous opposition: Identity and ideology in Kuwaiti electoral politics," received Best Article awards from @apsa.bsky.social's Democracy & Autocracy and @apsamena.bsky.social sections. A link to the article can be found below.
OK Sunday 8 am is not the best panel time. I get it.
BUT tomorrow I'm presenting idealstan alongside 3 other banger papers on ideal points & measurement modeling.
You want to know the latest & greatest in quantitative measurement, this is it.
West 120 @ 8 am 🫡
#apsa2025
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Geography is Jordan’s cruel master. Wedged between Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, the Hashemite Kingdom has long weathered regional conflicts that brought refugee influx…
