How do technology exports affect digital surveillance and repression worldwide? A new study from @baggottcarter & @brett_l_carter examines their role in shaping governance across democracies and autocracies.
The new constitution dictator @FEGnassingbe has imposed on the people of #Togo is like his personal will. It still hasn’t been published and the citizens can’t access the full document. May be he is waiting to die for his lawyers to tell us the content. We have a confidential constitution!
@MiddleEastEye Here’s @EmoryUniversity economics professor Caroline Fohlin knocked to the ground with her head on the concrete. Her glasses are thrown off. She shouts “I’m a professor”
#Gaza#Protesters
Explore the intersection of politics, media, & culture at the @latimesfob! Join ERI Director, @Prof_MPastor, & Professors Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, @brett_l_carter, & @roberto_suro for a thought provoking discussion on the 2024 Election. 1/2
https://t.co/Q94S1E1Xrb
VIRTUAL EVENT | Tomorrow, join @ThinkDemocracy, @b_judah, @brett_l_carter, and @zoe_reiter for the launch of our new report, "Fighting Kleptocracy in an Era of Geopolitics."
📆 February 27
🕑 2 PM ET
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VIRTUAL EVENT | Join @ThinkDemocracy, @b_judah, @brett_l_carter, and @zoe_reiter for the launch of our new report, "Fighting Kleptocracy in an Era of Geopolitics."
📆 February 27
🕑 2 PM ET
📍 Virtual
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Another risk that Russian analysts highlighted was of Russia’s explicit involvement causing a growing perception of economic exploitation and colonialism, undermining Moscow’s anti-colonial message. The analysts acknowledge the fundamentally colonial nature of the Russian project
New on Wagner in Africa since Prigozhin. Headline is "natural resources for regime survival", but key is how the new Expeditionary Corps operates: "Russia has finally decided to explicitly challenge the international system rather than pretend to comply" https://t.co/GVrABnEmso
For example, it is proposed that Russia’s relations with Niger could be used to threaten French access to uranium mined in the country, further increasing the French energy sector’s dependence on Russian-supplied uranium.
THREAD: “Most public opinion research in China uses direct questions to measure support for the CCP and gov't policies. These direct question surveys routinely find that over 90% of Chinese citizens support the government" @baggottcarter@brett_l_carter https://t.co/NOGp8mtQek