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Michael McFaul
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According to most organizations who evaluate regime types, the U.S. has become less democratic in the last 10 years, but still meets the definition of a democracy. Check out @FreedomHouseDC rankings here: . Or Vdem here:
"But this particular Cold War play won’t work today — and even if it did, it would not yield the same benefits that it produced last century." END THREAD 2/
I just got a ping from Google Scholar informing me that someone just cited article, "The demise of the world revolutionary process: Soviet‐Angolan relations under Gorbachev" Journal of Southern African Studies (1990). #AcademicJoys .
I have the honor of hosting @TsihanouskayaHQ for a roundtable discussion wi @Stanfordh facul @FSIStanfordy on July 28th at 5 PM California time. In-person attendance is very limited, but we will Zoom the event. Stay tuned for details.
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For those of us who study autocracies, including elections in autocracies, there were a lot of familiar messages, symbols, and methods on display this week at the #RNCConvention . THREAD
President Trump is a public servant. He works for us. Or least that's the way it used to be. No one -- not a governor, not a doctor, not a patient -- needs to show their appreciation in order for him to do his job & help them. (BTW, no one forced him to take this job.)
"C'mon man !" I loved it when Obama used that phrase when I worked for him.
"Hunter Biden" is the new "Hillary's emails" of this election cycle. Don't get fooled again.
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