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Professor @AmericanU and Nonresident Senior Fellow @BrookingsFP. PhD @Princeton. Previously @Harvard @WilliamAndMary. My book: https://t.co/6vfFcGNrvh
Jul 1, 2019 6 tweets 2 min read
Delighted to share a new article in @Journal_CompPol with Steve Monroe: "Down and Out: Founding Elections and Disillusionment with Democracy in Egypt and Tunisia."

Available free to download for a limited time. Short summary thread: 1/
ingentaconnect.com/contentone/cun… We know that elections produce losers. But which losers become spoilers? Who after losing transitional elections becomes disillusioned with democracy altogether, endorsing a coup or voting for strongmen? 2/
May 21, 2019 8 tweets 3 min read
Why does Tunisia's military routinely side with protesters? I surveyed 72 senior military officers to find out. I discuss my findings today in the @monkeycageblog 1/8 wapo.st/2VUS491 This piece is based on a longer article for @ISQ_Jrnl, which you can read here: 2/8
academic.oup.com/isq/advance-ar…