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Read former Republican Congressman Peter Roskam on "America’s Enemies Are Rooting for the Death of the National Endowment for Democracy" nationalreview.com/2025/02/americ…

Meet CMIST Assistant Professor Nadiya Kostyuk. Her research focus is on cyber power and how it shapes domestic and international politics. Learn more about her research areas and the classes she teaches in cyber conflict and technology & war. youtube.com/watch?v=CuqjVL…

Statement on NED’s Funding Disruption and Program Suspensions ned.org/statement-on-n…

U.S. foreign aid needs reform, not retreat. Smarter investments mean stronger influence. ow.ly/GmKj30sKl3g

🇭🇺On 1 Jan, Hungary's presidency of the EU Council ended & the #EU made the unprecedented decision to withhold aid to them over rule-of-law violations. 📉John Chin & Mirren Hibbert put this in the context of continuing #DemocraticBacksliding in Hungary.bit.ly/3QGfc55

"The drastic drawdown of NEDemocracy grants and other democracy promotion support has already had major implications in Southeast Asia and other regions," writes my colleague Josh Kurlantzick for Council on Foreign Relations: cfr.org/blog/trumps-cu…

Today, March 5, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) filed a lawsuit in United States District Court against Executive Branch agencies and officials for unlawfully withholding its congressionally appropriated funding. Learn more here: ned.org/national-endow…

Read the latest from CMIST's John Chin on the legacy of Mongolia’s 1990 Revolution and the resilience of the country's democracy, today in The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2025/03/an-unl…

We know drones are transforming interstate war, but how are they affecting civil war? John Chin, Haleigh Bartos, and I outline a tragic trifecta of impacts they are having in Lawfare: The Onset, Internationalization, and Prolognation Effects lawfaremedia.org/article/how-dr…

The proliferation of drone technology has made civil wars longer, deadlier, easier to start, and more difficult to end, write CMIST's Joshua Schwartz, Haleigh Bartos, and John Chin. Read their latest in Lawfare lawfaremedia.org/article/how-dr…

This month marks the 35th anniversary of Taiwan’s Wild Lily Movement. CMIST's John Chin and CMU student Kevin Zheng explore the legacy of this movement and how student activism has been a continuing force for democracy in Taiwan in the years since. thediplomat.com/2025/03/the-la…

Amid ongoing, student-led protests in Serbia, CMIST's John Chin draws lessons for today's anti-authoritarian protesters from the landmark student movement that brought down Slobodan Milošević in 2000. Read: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/bringi…

Should the U.S. promote (illiberal) democracy in the Middle East? CMIST's John Chin reviews the book The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea, by Shadi Hamid. frontiersin.org/journals/polit…

Congratulations to the inaugural members of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, and its Alpha Nu Alpha chapter at CMU. Your commitment to academic excellence is an impressive achievement, and we look forward to your continued success!

✍️ In their article, John Chin, Mirren Hibbert, and Staten Rector assess the legacy of the 2005 coup in Togo and the failure of the country’s democratization. 🇹🇬🗳️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/48cxemnj

Togo was the first of 10 African states to hold (indirect) executive elections in 2025. CMIST’s John Chin, Mirren Hibbert, and Staten Rector assess the legacy of the 2005 coup and the failure of Togo’s democratization, today in Review of Democracy. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/05/01/vot…

🚫 Assad is ousted in #Syria; Hamas, Hezbollah & the Houthis are weakened in ongoing conflicts. 🇮🇷 John Chin & Mary Urso argue that #Iran’s weakening #AxisOfResistance is leading them to strengthen cooperation with a global network of autocracies. bit.ly/4cZgIJS

Is Iran's sharp power waning? Today in The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR, CMIST's John Chin and Mary Urso argue that the crisis of its regional proxies is leading Iran to strengthen cooperation with a global network of autocracies. theloop.ecpr.eu/is-irans-sharp…

🇻🇪 In May, Venezuela's President Nicolás #Maduro visited Moscow to sign ✍️ a 'strategic association' agreement with Russia. John Chin & Justin Lee argue this is one manifestation of a larger trend of rising sharp power 📈 in #LatinAmerica. bit.ly/4kp5mBQ

In May, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro signed a 'strategic association' agreement with Russia. CMIST's John Chin and Justin Lee argue this is one manifestation of a larger trend of rising sharp power in Latin America. Today in The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR theloop.ecpr.eu/rising-sharp-p…