Scott Williamson
When citizens develop grievances, autocrats try to deflect blame to retain popular support. Scott Williamson argues that regime type influences strategies and success rates of autocrats shifting blame when confronted by popular discontent. The more personalist an autocracy, the more damaging blame attribution can be for autocratic survival in office Read more
Dawud Ansari
De-orientalising the scholarship on the Arab Gulf states is crucial, argues Dawud Ansari. Commentaries and datasets generalise them as โmonarchiesโ, erasing vital differences between these countries. New terms are a starting point for transforming research on the wider region โ an urgent objective given new crises and freshened global interest Read more
The Loop
Cutting-edge analysis showcasing the work of the political science discipline at its best.
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