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Congratulations Jonas Tallberg for this well-deserved honor.

APSA featured a great set of panels on IC. Big thanks to program chairs Sean Ehrlich and Victoria Paniagua for all their work! Congrats to our award winners Katherine Beall (dissertation), Didac Queralt (book), Julia Morse/Tyler Pratt (article), Jonas Tallberg (mentor)

New research on governments can use shady election observers to limit protests. I’m Happy to see this working paper in the UC Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation series!

The results of our experiment surprised me. They might you too!

Fellowship Program — The Electoral Integrity Project EIP electoralintegrityproject.com/fellows

The IO editorial team and board mourn the loss of Bruce Russett. Russett had an enormous impact on IR through his scholarship, his work as editor of JCR, and his many students. We send our condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, collaborators, and students.

In Memoriam: Bruce Russett goodauthority.org/news/in-memori…

Publication day! Over the moon to see my new book, out with Oxford Academic. The book is available through the UK site (US a bit longer), and can be shipped to the rest of the world. I also have a 30% discount code ( below). Who do I want to read this book?global.oup.com/academic/produ…

New paper on low-quality international election monitors with Sarah Bush & Lauren Prather ☮️, forthcoming open access at RIO in our special issue on Illiberal Regimes & IOs, now also uploaded as a working paper on IGCC ucigcc.org/publication/zo… 1/

My special issue on The Life Cycles of International Cooperation is out @the_peio. Worried about the resilience of global order? Explore the lives, deaths, and resurrections of international organizations over time, with an intro and six great articles. 1/11

Honored to contribute to this stellar special issue on autocracy and intl orgs. Our article examines how autocrats invite multiple intl election observers to reduce the risk of post election contention. With Burcu Savun Perisa Davutoglu and Kelly Morrison. PEIO/RIO

In a new article in American Political Science Review, Sarah Bush, Daniela Donno and I show that autocrats can use women’s rights to enhance their reputation for democracy and prospects for foreign aid among democracy promoters and aid officials - also in the absence of electoral liberalization.

We have a great APSA program organized by @mephenke and Randall Henning as division chairs. Check out these panels: tinyurl.com/2dd7cwp2

Our business meeting to honor award recipients and introduce nominations for new officer slate will be Friday 6:30-7:30pm in Marriott room 502. Join us!

My article on Gender and Authoritarian Politics: Citizens and Elites’ Responses to Gender Reforms with Lena Wängnerud is out! Check it out! UW Political Science POMEPS womenalsoknowstuff Authoritarian Political Systems Group GLD UW-Madison Media journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Check out this new special issue on gender and authoritarian politics edited by shalaby and Lena Wangnerud with excellent contributions from Ellen M Lust, Paul Schuler, @C_Barns Amanda B. Edgell and many other authoritarianism scholars tinyurl.com/yrhcpcfw