Andrew M Leber
@andrewleber.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. of political science, Tulane U
MENA politics, some photography, some translation
New Orleans, LA ⚜️
MENA politics, some photography, some translation
New Orleans, LA ⚜️
Full article: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
MBS Wanted Status. Trump Wanted Deals.
Many of the agreements that came out of the crown prince’s Washington visit are less than meets the eye. But his reputational gains for making it back to the White House are significant.
carnegieendowment.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Full article: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
Reposted by Andrew M Leber
Posting is correlated with affective polarization:
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Posting is correlated with affective polarization:
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
Unfortunately, I think we know how the discipline will respond to "hiding a lack of substantive knowledge in code, coding and large-n results"
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unfortunately, I think we know how the discipline will respond to "hiding a lack of substantive knowledge in code, coding and large-n results"
Wind River --> state capacity
Motherless Brooklyn has a thinly fictionalized version of Robert Moses in NY city government
Motherless Brooklyn has a thinly fictionalized version of Robert Moses in NY city government
October 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Wind River --> state capacity
Motherless Brooklyn has a thinly fictionalized version of Robert Moses in NY city government
Motherless Brooklyn has a thinly fictionalized version of Robert Moses in NY city government
Reposted by Andrew M Leber
Two especially good bits ⬇️
What @andrewleber.bsky.social’s analysis captures, that much discourse around “-washing” events in the Gulf & beyond often neglects, are these domestic drivers.
Not everything is done solely, or mainly, for an international gaze. Some risks are taken despite that gaze.
What @andrewleber.bsky.social’s analysis captures, that much discourse around “-washing” events in the Gulf & beyond often neglects, are these domestic drivers.
Not everything is done solely, or mainly, for an international gaze. Some risks are taken despite that gaze.
October 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Two especially good bits ⬇️
What @andrewleber.bsky.social’s analysis captures, that much discourse around “-washing” events in the Gulf & beyond often neglects, are these domestic drivers.
Not everything is done solely, or mainly, for an international gaze. Some risks are taken despite that gaze.
What @andrewleber.bsky.social’s analysis captures, that much discourse around “-washing” events in the Gulf & beyond often neglects, are these domestic drivers.
Not everything is done solely, or mainly, for an international gaze. Some risks are taken despite that gaze.