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My favorite paper just received the David and Helen Kimble Prize for best article published in Journal of Modern African Studies in 2022! 🥳 Studying Africa #culture #Uganda #Makerere 👇African Politics Conference Group

.CSIS Africa expert Hannah Ryder (芮 婉 洁) in the The New York Times: China has created “an educational superhighway for African students looking to study abroad.” For both sides, she said, “It is a win-win situation.” nytimes.com/2025/06/07/wor…

"Comparative politics has needed a book like this – one that directly and dedicatedly tackles the topic of counterrevolutions – for a very long time." Return of Tyranny by Killian Clark, Coming Soon cup.org/4mR8tEf

#Niger 's junta leader, Tchiani, justified the ICRC expulsion on Nigerien state television, accusing the organization of having met with “#terrorist leaders” & funding armed groups" ..because that what ICRC does..🙄 #Sahel #military #regime apnews.com/article/niger-…

Senior Associate Beverly Ochieng on NBC News: "the Russian defense ministry had been negotiating with Mali to take on more Africa Corps fighters and for Wagner mercenaries to join Russia’s state-controlled paramilitary force." nbcnews.com/world/africa/w…

Time, Causation and Social Science I'm rereading some books to refine my ideas about how causal arguments are used in historical research. Abbott and Pierson are older. Wawro and Katznelson offer a quantitative approach. Kreuzer a qualitative one.

Nice to finally have this in hand!

Time in the Study of Politics This recent Oxford Handbook has many interesting chapters on the way time is factored in in the study of politics. For information on the Handbook: academic.oup.com/edited-volume/…

Dans ma dernière analyse pour Le Rubicon: "Au #Sahel, un silence trompeur" je montre comment : – les transitions #militaire s’enracinent – la #violence explose +300% de morts, – #AES prend un virage autoritaire fort. #Mali #Burkina #Niger lerubicon.org/au-sahel-un-si…

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🇲🇱#Mali🇲🇱 #JNIM attacked several cities in Mali this morning. At the moment, we know that these locations have been attacked : Niono, Molodo, Sandaré, Nioro du Sahel, Diboli, Gogui and Kayes. We don't know yet the damage extent, I'll keep you aware. #AESinfo #Team223

How can democracy be illiberal?🤔 "In the phrase 'liberal democracy'... the word liberal is meant to evoke not a particular economic ideology but the broader notion of a regime that is dedicated to human freedom." journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi…

Sharing my latest with Foreign Policy. It isn't just the seizure of power that spreads during coup contagion. Strategies to consolidate power do, too Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East Rice University Baker Institute foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/09/cou…

Map from latest brief: JNIM’s drone operations have expanded across Mali, Burkina Faso, & Togo w over two dozen strikes since 2023 (80% of which were in past 5 months). The pace, reach, and technical adaptation here are unmatched by any other militant group in the region.

In my Mixed Methods courses, I assign Fetters and Freshwater's article to help my students write their MMs papers. It's a refreshingly solid and straightforward guide. "Publishing a Methodological Mixed Methods Research Article" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

#Sahel: In this paper I raised with Niccola Milnes concerns about new security challenge: #JNIM use of modified drones. This is a serious threat to #Mali, #Niger, #BurkinaFaso, #Benin, #Togo. Also a threat to #Nigeria, & #Cameroon as #ISWAP looking to adopt same tactic.

Excited to see this one out. The “Rally for Democracy” concept will be useful for IR scholars.

Matías Bianchi, Nic Cheeseman, and Jennifer Cyr examine an uncomfortable truth: that democracies often fail to reverse the damage after an authoritarian lapse. "The Myth of Democratic Resilience" muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…