Professor and Head of Department of Comparative politics, University of Bergen. Tweet mostly about Latin America. Personal account
CBS reports US officials telling them there are no new negotiations planned with Iran despite what Trump is publicly claiming. We seem to be reaching the point where some in the administration are considering throwing Trump under the bus.
New Cambridge Element, Arenas of Political Participation in Latin America by Viviana Baraybar-Hidalgo and Veronica Hurtado Lozada, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4gTB8rR
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Trump posts meme suggesting he wants to run for an illegal third term, then follows that up with posts suggesting he wants to annex Greenland and Venezuela
The NYP is reporting that FIFA has scrapped its plans to sell a 20% stake in its commercial rights business to Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital after fierce opposition. Infantino now under huge pressure ahead of the next FIFA presidential election. #ETTD
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Wakanda tariffs going to get doubled now
US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partnerOfficials say it was an error to add the fictional nation from Black Panther to the list.www.bbc.com
Confiscated illegal and smuggled animals are finding a new life in the Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic's zoo offers home for confiscated animals as seizures of exotic species soarConfiscated illegal and smuggled animals are finding a new life in the Dominican Republic. Tucked into a green oasis in the middle of the capital, Santo Domingo, are crocodiles, flamingos, and even tigers, that officials have confiscated from people accused of illegally keeping them.bit.ly
Today Keiko Fujimori takes office in Peru, the third former first lady to reach the presidency in Latin America. My new GIGA Focus explains why so many run and win, and what it says about executive power. 👉
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)Former #FirstLadies have become increasingly prominent in #LatinAmerica as congressional deputies, vice presidents, or even presidents. In this #GIGAFocus, @carolinaguerrero.bsky.social explains why so many former first ladies run for office, and win. ➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
Folk som forstår teknologi er meir skeptisk enn folk som har blitt bitt av hypen, kapittel 2727: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kom...
VAR gjør ikke fotballen mer rettferdigVAR er et godt eksempel på at teknologi ikke automatisk gjør beslutninger bedre. Inga Strümke mener høyere presisjon kan gjøre både dommere og publikum mindre, ikke mer, rettferdige.www.aftenposten.no
“Teaching Autocracy and Autocratic Politics” is now out. To my knowledge, this is the first book that considers how instructors can teach about autocracy in a university setting. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...
Teaching Autocracy and Autocratic Politics‘This is a terrific and thoughtful book about a question our field has overlooked: how to teach the politics of authoritarianism well. Filled with creative ideas and practical tools, it will be invalu...www.e-elgar.com
The WhoGov Project has a new webpage 🎉 It brings our datasets, publications, team, and news together in one home. We have big plans for expanding the dataset and building the project, and we'll keep it updated. Take a look (and join our mailing list): whogov.net
WhoGov — Data on governing elitesMapping the people who govern us — worldwide and across centuries. WhoGov provides open, global data on the members of government, from 1966 to today. Hosted at the University of Oslo.whogov.net
Narkokrigen, også når staten dreper uten lov og dom, virker som vanlig ikke. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.www.washingtonpost.com
We have an open call for a postdoc interested in causal effects of Voting Advice Applications on political behaviour (deadline Aug 20): www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (304454) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyJob title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (304454), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Thursday, August 20, 2026www.jobbnorge.noBrazil has recalled its ambassador from Argentina after Javier Milei turned up at a rally to support the presidential campaign of the Far Right Flávio Bolsonaro, called Brazilian President Lula a thief and convict and labelled the Brazilian government “thieving socialists”.
Brazil recalls ambassador after Argentina's President Milei insults government officialsBrazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it has recalled its ambassador to Argentina after President Javier Milei insulted Brazilian officials while in their country.apnews.com
Declining vaccination rates in the USA. Highest number of measles cases in 35 yrs. Experts point to vaccine hesitancy. Source of current widespread cases of diarrheal illness has not yet been found. Just wait until polio starts spreading. The USA is no longer a safe destination for a vacation.
This utter muppet of a conservative Canadian politician in New Brunswick forgot to remove the LLM text from his floor speech and read it out loud.
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