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The Soviet reform experience is a repository of ostensible lessons. But are we learning the right ones? My new essay assesses one debate: the role of "entrenched interests" in the failure of Soviet economic reform and the USSR's ultimate demise.

Of course, the erosion of academic freedom goes hand-in-hand with democratic backsliding, in America and worldwide...

New volume out today on Democratic Backsliding and Recovery. Coedited by Rachel Beatty Riedl , Murat Somer , Ken Roberts and me. 15 case studies, including countries currently with massive protests against autocrats: Hungary, Serbia and Turkey. aapss.org/annals/volumes…

The University of Michigan is now occupied territory.

Cancer research hasn’t cured cancer. Anti-corruption commissions haven’t eliminated corruption. DEI policies haven’t fixed inequality. Why? Because they’re tackling some of the thorniest problems humanity faces. None of these efforts should end.

New article on reconceptualizing the 'waves of democracy' paradigm as 'waves of democracy and authoritarianism' - and then disaggregating between left and right variants - is very interesting. Recommended, altho with some thoughts below...

.Dan Slater presents a dramatic rethinking of the origins of the Third Wave of democratization. Read "The Authoritarian Origins of the Third Wave": muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

What if the 3rd Wave of Democratization (1974-1991) didn't begin with democratization at all? The only global regime wave of the mid-1970s was a wave of communist, peasant-based revolutions. By reinterpreting our past we might reimagine our present. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

"The third wave did not begin with democratization at all. The only wave of regime changes sweeping across the world in the mid- 1970s was a wave of peasant-led communist revolutions." Dan Slater on “The Authoritarian Origins of the Third Wave”: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

I congratulate Journal of Democracy & Dan Slater for the high quality of the main theses of the article, most of which I share. In particular: a) the exhaustion of the great powers after wars, b) the non-existence of a permanent correlation between great protests and popular

💡🧵 3 takeaways from Dan Slater dramatic rethinking of the Third Wave of democratization... Read "The Authoritarian Origins of the Third Wave": muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

Another year of programming to be proud of U-M Center for Emerging Democracies! ii.umich.edu/emerging-democ…

Did the “Third Wave” of democratization begin with democracy—or dictatorship? Dan Slater challenges a key thesis of Huntington’s narrative, showing how authoritarianism—not liberal resistance—set the stage for regime change in the 1970s. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

💡🧵 3 takeaways from Dan Slater dramatic rethinking of the Third Wave of democratization... Read "The Authoritarian Origins of the Third Wave": muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

So looking forward to my panel with Dan Slater & Aram Hur at Tufts University this week, discussing "what Asia tells us about democracy," and the critical link between #development and #democracy.

🔉 NEW! Podcast from Review of Democracy featuring Dan Slater on his essay "The Authoritarian Origins of the Third Wave" from our latest issue! 👂 Listen here: revdem.ceu.edu/2025/05/05/aut…

The father of modern conservatism considered himself a liberal. My new essay in The Ideas Letter explores liberalism’s existential crisis—from 1789 to now. theideasletter.org/essay/the-sorr… If you like my words, follow along: izading.substack.com

Indians can no longer read posts by the NYT correspondent in Pakistan. Indian censorship widening.

Today is May 18th.

Is there a dynastic succession trend in Southeast Asia? We probe this question in this upcoming hybrid seminar. Thanks to Napon Jatusripitak for helping me organize this from an idea Dan Slater and I conceived while walking around Lisbon last year.