Julian Waller 📖
@JulianWaller
Ph.D, Political Science. Analyst & Adj Prof: Authoritarianism, Illiberalism, Pol-Mil; Russia/Eurasia. Opinions own. BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/autocratscant
My 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW is filled with writing that I'm pretty proud of. If you're just coming across this account today, this is a great place to start. Read on below, and in the meantime some excellent pictures from the Waller household this (and last) year. ⤵️




Governments can be held legally responsible for climate inaction, the world’s highest court said in a landmark decision today, opening the door to a cascade of lawsuits. politico.eu/article/top-co…
Governments can be held legally responsible for climate inaction, the world’s highest court said in a landmark decision today, opening the door to a cascade of lawsuits. politico.eu/article/top-co…
In 2017 I came back from a year of research in Moscow. Was invited to give a presentation to my hometown's Women's March Committee on the Russian response to the '16 election by the mother of high school friend. Great presentation, they loved it, strong civic duty achievement,…

Assume this analogy is 'true enough' for a second and think it through: your reaction to this says a great deal about your politics for the next decade or so.
The US is much more the Third Republic than Weimar
All of my favorite subdisciplinary research paradigms that are totally correct and not at all flawed and don't make me see red when cited generically. 😂
Is it democratic transitology? Authoritarian personality? Anocracy studies? So many options to choose from 🤗
Brb writing a paragraph informing the reader an entire scholarly literature is dumb and wrong.
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This is optimal coauthor citation practice, btw. 😌
Couldn't resist the urge to debunk Mearsheimer's tired 'blame the West' argument while also incorporating @JulianWaller insights on Putin's agency
🚨I'm pleased to share my new publication in 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸! "Russia's Aggression, Ukraine's Resilience, and the Future of Eurasian Security" examines recent scholarship to explore the key puzzles of the 🇷🇺-🇺🇦war (1/4)
When ur "interdisciplinary" history prof assigns Rawls.
I have new ideology called Correctism it’s where we think logically and are always correct If someone disagrees with us, they’re “anti-correct”