Thomas Sedelius

Professor of Political Science, Dalarna University. Comparative Politics, Democratization, Constitutions, Presidential Politics, Eastern Europe.

[Thomas Sedelius @TSedelius]

"Raunio and Sedelius (2020) https://t.co/DsyleILax5 contribute to significantly advancing our understanding of executive coordination and power-sharing mechanisms in semi-presidential regimes..." @PresidPolitics @palmacpolitics @prespow @pres_activism @Gia_Passarelli

[Thomas Sedelius @TSedelius]

New article in @EEPolitics: How are domestic political conflicts reframed in geopolitical terms after Russia’s war against Ukraine? We analyse the “geopoliticisation of domestic issues” across Central & Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea region. https://t.co/UK3Xc4bimV

[Thomas Sedelius @TSedelius]

The @PresidPolitics Robert Elgie Best Paper Prize 2025 goes to @Fromagehomme and @DesrosiersME for their excellent paper "Executive Aggrandizement and Term Limits Evasion in Africa: Critical Junctures and Democratic Divergence"! Big Congrats! @ECPR

[Thomas Sedelius @TSedelius]

Wanting a strong president is not necessarily about efficiency - often it’s a quiet nod to autocracy. Our new article in @EEPolitics https://t.co/FmDpkXPZIT @mkujanen @PresidPolitics

[Thomas Sedelius @TSedelius]

Does cohabitation weaken presidents? Our global study (1850–2022), now out in International Political Science Review, finds it does – but only in semi-presidential systems and under a broader definition of cohabitation. https://t.co/pQTpAvglva

[Volodymyr Tretyak 🇺🇦 @VolodyaTretyak]

6. Conclusion

Ukraine’s robust democratic civil society has a history of fighting corruption, as evidenced by its success during the 2013-2014 Maidan uprising. However, Ukrainian civil society is currently focused on Ukraine's survival—supporting the fight against Russia through military service or aiding soldiers. The protests against Bill №12414, the first significant anti-government demonstrations since the full-scale invasion began, underscore public opposition to undermining anti-corruption efforts. While NABU may not have been perfect, its potential liquidation is undoubtedly a negative development. I hope President Zelenskyy and his government will heed the voices of Ukrainians before it’s too late.

Thanks for reading!

[Pippa Norris @PippaN15]

Here's Harvard's response to the crisis facing our international students.

Can you imagine being a PhD student in the final years of completing their thesis, with research plans, future careers, hopes & dreams suddenly wrecked overnight by capricious actions? Heartbreaking.

[Thomas Sedelius @TSedelius]

Social trust and crises. Ali Abdelzadeh and I examine the dynamics of social trust and its interaction with different fears during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a three-wave longitudinal dataset from Sweden (2020-2022). OA article at https://t.co/QMxWPqacvC

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

Another vote in 🇺🇳 General Assembly where 🇺🇸 demonstrates its new affinity with a bunch of rouge states. I’m sorry with all the competent 🇺🇸 diplomats having to execute and defend these new policies.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

european tourism to the united states: freefalling

[Rep. Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble]

If Ukraine did attack Twitter as Elon Musk said, this is very serious. I invite Ukraine to conduct negotiations with me so we can bring peace to Twitter. Unfortunately, Elon holds no cards and doesn’t own a suit, so we expect Elon will have to give up a lot.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

Look at the 16 other countries that joined 🇷🇺🇺🇸 and voted against the 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧 resolution condemning the 🇷🇺 aggression! What a list! Is that the way the world now looks?

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

President Trump 🇺🇸 has gone wild. His vicious attack on @ZelenskyyUa and 🇺🇦 is full-Putin, and where 🇺🇸 policy heads after this is anyone’s guess. Anything can happen. Now 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇴 🇹🇷 must step up support to 🇺🇦 - and probably start to discuss how to de-risk aspects of their relationship with the 🇺🇸.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

And SecDef ⁦@SecDef⁩ says they don’t want “a new Minsk”. That’s fine, but it looks more like they are heading for a new Munich. https://t.co/CbsaeK5LSw

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

It’s certainly an innovative approach to a negotiation to make very major concessions even before they have started. Not even Chamberlain went that low in 1938. That Munich ended very bad anyhow.

[Thomas Sedelius @TSedelius]

Pleased to share our Special Issue in @PolStudiesRev
7 articles on causes, patterns and consequences of Presidential Activism: various contexts and w different methods.@mkujanen @PhilippKoeker @smoestrup @Gia_Passarelli @VesaKoskimaa @LPukelis @Jastramskis https://t.co/Bhbh8htJAB

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

If your goal was to help China dominate the world, good moves would be (1) trigger silly fights with allies, (2) bully & alienate weaker states (3) cut foreign aid, (4) pull out of multilateral orgs & (5) tear up the national security state from within.

[LarryDiamond @LarryDiamond]

Imagine how gleeful Communist China, Communist Cuba, Putin, Kim Jong Un, Iran's ayatollahs, & other tyrants are at Trump's moves to shut down USAID, kill NED, trash the UN system, and withdraw from the world. A giant gift to our adversaries and a massive blow to global freedom.

[Thomas Sedelius @TSedelius]

📢Special issue in @PolStudiesRev on presidential activism in semi-presidential countries. Full collection in -25 but here is our intro, framework and summaries. @mkujanen @PhilippKoeker @Gia_Passarelli @LPukelis @AnnaFruhstorfer @smoestrup @VesaKoskimaa https://t.co/a0r9x8Iqdx

[European Consortium for Political Research @ECPR]

📣 Call for #ecprgc25 🇬🇷 Panels and Papers
🛡️ Presidential Politics and Security Threats: Institutions, Powers, and Policy
✅ Endorsed by @PresidPolitics
🪑 Chaired by @TSedelius & Tapio Raunio
⌛ Submit by 6 Jan
#ComparativePolitics #Democratisation
https://t.co/FanwNUhy0o

[European Social Survey @ESS_Survey]

Our Round 11 (2023/24) #data measuring trust in #politics was included in this @EncompassEurope article published last week.

Our Director, @RoryFitzESS, found the highest levels of #trust in amongst those from Finland 🇫🇮, Norway 🇳🇴 and Switzerland 🇨🇭.

https://t.co/2S2tPQ2QFs