Professor @UChicago Political Science | Democracy, dictatorship, conflict, property, the Americas | Author of Land Power
University of Chicago
Joined February 2021
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Very excited to announce the release of my new book today, Land Power! Based on 15 years of work, it tells the story of how land shapes societies, from racial hierarchy to inequality, development, gender & the environment.
In hardcover/eBook/audiobook. More in 🧵 @BasicBooks 🥳
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In the latest for his 'The Good Society' substack, Prof. @mikealbertus interviews Prof. John Mark Hansen on election integrity, whether Democrats will retake Congress, and what changes a new Congress could bring.
Read more here:
michaelalbertus.substack.com…
Israel votes tomorrow, and with Trump lining up behind Netanyahu, “the dividing line is between pro-Netanyahu and anti-Netanyahu camps.” My interview with @natansachs
👉 tinyurl.com/msyc7w37
“Netanyahu has come to believe he has no replacement, a dangerous delusion in any setting.” @natansachs on Israel’s highest-stakes election in decades. My interview with him 👇
tinyurl.com/msyc7w37
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“The countries of the world once chose to govern the oceans together. But the future could see states duking it out to secure their share of the seas. It would be a tragedy of the planet’s biggest commons,” writes @mikealbertus.
foreignaffairs.com/oceans-se…
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.@mikealbertus warns that countries could soon “rush to claim the world’s waters, as they did its land”:
foreignaffairs.com/oceans-se…
"Democracy is not an elective kingship — it's a place where people vote for legislators who make laws, and then the government implements them." @FukuyamaFrancis on why executive-order governance is a symptom of weakening democracy. My interview w/ him 👇
tinyurl.com/mtysfe6z
Had a great conversation with @FukuyamaFrancis on recognition, resentment, and why the world's most prosperous liberal democracies are turning against themselves. Check out his new book!
My piece @ForeignAffairs on the global rush to control the oceans.
The international maritime order is collapsing, and “states are already making moves to control” the oceans, writes @mikealbertus. “The future could see states duking it out to secure their share of the seas.”
foreignaffairs.com/oceans-se…
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“The conquest of the oceans could ultimately unfold like the conquest of land,” writes @mikealbertus. If the international maritime order collapses, states will rush to secure their share of the seas “and protect their claims through force.”
foreignaffairs.com/oceans-se…
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“If governments rush to claim the world’s waters, as they did its land, they will make global commerce more difficult and encourage a new era of seaborne conflict,” warns @mikealbertus.
foreignaffairs.com/oceans-se…
Over the last half millennium, societies around the globe divided up the world’s land. Now, they are trying to gate and grab the oceans from Hormuz to the Arctic. My article in @ForeignAffairs explains what that means for trade, conflict, and the future.
foreignaffairs.com/guest-pas…
Authoritarian AI-powered control has a problem: fear and self-censorship blind the AI systems built to enforce them. The same data issue could be quietly contaminating AI in the West. My conversation with Eddie Yang explains why 👇 @ey_985
The Trump administration's stunning deal to get Venezuela's oil darkens its chances for democracy, and smacks of colonial adventurism. My latest post 👇
The Trump administration's snatch of Venezuela's oil is shocking, and endangers the country's prospects for democracy – it's also part of the new might-makes-right trend in geopolitics
Thanks to @carlhknutsen for such a careful and considered review of my recent book, Land Power! The discussion of land as it relates to development – and putting it in conversation Acemoglu & Robinson and Fukuyama – is especially valuable.
👉 doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqag0…
