And a huge thanks to you, @ellenlust.bsky.social, and @povertyscholar.bsky.social for organizing a fantastic conference!

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#LASA2026 - Don’t miss your chance to read the new Cambridge element, New Forms of Democratic Erosion in Latin America, by @lgamboa.bsky.social & @raschwartz.bsky.social. Free access available until 3rd of June 2026 - https://cup.org/4uoTtRz

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Excited this is now out in the world! See @lgamboa.bsky.social’s thread and download for free before June 3! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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My policy brief on Judicial Capture is now out, as part of The Authoritarian Ecosystem collection by @wfd.org and PSA Courts are now sites of democratic contestation. They can accelerate backsliding or resist it. Understanding how they are captured matters. www.wfd.org/what-we-do/r...

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Magyar's defeat of Orban in Hungary today illustrates perfectly the concept I describe here: repolarize to depolarize. Shifting the line of conflict from L-R or Urban-Rural to Nation vs Oligarchs was a winning move, and lesson for U.S. Repolarize to Depolarize open.substack.com/pub/betterco...

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