Now on #FirstView, @washupolisci.bsky.social's Amy Pond revisits the relationship between asset mobility and property rights.
Pauselli and Simmons argue that, throughout much of the world, border walls don’t just block. They are interpreted as license to violate rights. [2/2]
"How do social movements contribute to international order formation? New article in International Organization compares three pathways — Han China, the Abbasid Caliphate, and Reformation Europe — to show the European case is one variant, not the template.
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Global torture is down. Border official abuse is up. What explains the gap?
New research by @ginopauselli.bsky.social & Beth Simmons shows that building a wall sends border guards a signal: secure this border at all costs. [1/2]
@cbrandt.bsky.social and Jenniina Kotajoki's study of naming and shaming non-state armed groups finds that nearly half of all condemnations at the UN Security Council target them (rather than other states)—and states shame them for very different strategic reasons.
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NEW ISSUE from @iojournal.bsky.social -
International Organization - Volume 80 - Issue 2 - Spring 2026 - https://cup.org/3PKmata
#OpenAccess from the latest issue of @iojournal.bsky.social -
Transnational Networks and Interstate Competition: How Support for Nonstate Actors Increases Conflict between States - https://cup.org/4faYjx3
- Brandon J Kinne, J.F. Tellez, A.Stewart, I.Iliev, B.Derr, S.Murthy & P.Bernhard
This @iojournal.bsky.social article from @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social et al. is one of the most important recent pieces on corruption, American politics, and democratic backsliding. It is an empirical research note, but I think its theoretical implications are much bigger. 1/n🧵