World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol. They are carefully crafted political stories. Meray Maddah and Max Heermann analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks from Europe’s deep political integration to Trump’s break from traditional allies and Netanyahu’s pivot to Jordan
When we consider national parliaments, we think of the domestic arena. However, there are rarely observed foreign dimensions to the work of national legislators. Philipp Bien, Meray Maddah and Thomas Malang argue that, through fora like the Inter-Parliamentary Union, national legislators have become an important group in international politics
PhD Candidate, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz / Global Fellow, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, Brown University / Fellow, KODAQS Data Quality Academy, GESIS Leibniz Institute
Previously, Meray was a visiting PhD scholar at Harvard University's Department of Government.
Her work examines legislative behaviour and foreign influence, focusing on how domestic political structures interact with international parliamentary assemblies and organisations.
She researches the impact of these transnational interactions on political representation and trust in political institutions in authoritarian and hybrid regimes.
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