Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies
By Salam Alsaadi, University of Toronto Contrary to the conventional view that minority regimes are vulnerable to breakdown, many of these regimes exhibit remarkable durability. From 1900 to 2015, minority autocracies that exclude a…
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When I taught Introduction to American Politics, I approached it from a comparative perspective, and one assignment was to write a structured comparison of two episodes I paired: one from The West Wing and one from Borgen.
(Pretty sure this assignment passes the AI test, forcing students to think)
"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning"
got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing
🇷🇺🇭🇺 Meet Hungarian politician Péter Magyar – same name as the opposition leader, tons of photos with Viktor Orbán and his cabinet members, running as an "independent" in a West Hungarian constituency. A Russia-style spoiler candidate, designed to deceive voters. More on 444.hu: 444.hu/2026/03/12/v...
But to be clear: I went to grad school to study a very specific thing. Despite the odds, I am now almost finished writing a book on that very thing. And even standing where I am today, I wouldn’t change what I study, or how I study it.
People need time to do good work, not everyone gets that time.
Usually a Delta gal but...
For the first time, at least to my face, someone asked how I manage to do the work I do given my identity and “the times.”
My positionality makes me better and more careful at my job. It also makes me slower.
Unfortunately, that last part is what tends to matter.
2026 CFP, Political theory in/ and/ as political science junior scholars panels
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