New work just out with Sameer Lalwani, Niloufer Siddiqui, and Neelanjan Sircar. We wanted to know whether Hindu-Muslim tolerance changed under crisis conditions. We found it improved modestly, contrary to common expectations. It's open access so take a look! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Pleased to have a chance to chat in @goodauth.bsky.social@sumitra.bsky.social@simonchauchard.bsky.socialgoodauthority.org/news/misinfo...
Bizarre misinformation stories like Trump's claim about immigrants eating cats in Ohio can spread quickly – and not just in the U.S.
This coming academic year, starting later this summer, I'll be based out of Madrid as I try to use my academic sabbatical to good effect. I hope to reconnect with old friends in Europe and learn more about the exciting work being done by European scholars.
I was pleased to have a chance to talk to Adam Ziegfeld in @goodauth.bsky.socialgoodauthority.org/news/good-ch...
India's BJP lost its majority and must now govern with coalition partners - will this moderate the next Modi administration?
A short scenesetter by me on the Indian general election results to be tallied tomorrow. goodauthority.org/news/india-b...
The big story in India's 2024 general election? It's likely to be the scale of Modi’s victory, not the victory itself.
If I'm looking for a well-regarded dataset to measure the start and end date of military authoritarian regimes, is Geddes et al. 2014 still the go to dataset?
Another rapid-reaction @goodauth.bsky.social@claryc.bsky.social@hbanai.bsky.social@vanessalide.bsky.socialgoodauthority.org/news/irans-p...
Following the death of Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi, First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was named interim president.
My attempt to understand an extraordinary number of Indian political developments (elections, arrests, bonds), in @goodauth.bsky.socialgoodauthority.org/news/india-w...
"The question is whether the memory and myth of Balakot, as stressed by Indian officials this week & since 2019, will make escalation more appealing & de-escalation harder for Indian leaders when confronting the next crisis." Me, on Balakot's 5th anniversary. southasianvoices.org/reflections-...