Using a comparative framework, the study examines how variations in political regimes across Israel and Europe shape patterns of international migration. In both contexts, episodes of democratic backsliding serve as quasi-exogenous shocks that reveal the causal link between institutional erosion and outward mobility. In Israel, the origin of democratic backsliding lies in a corruption shock—the criminal indictment of the prime minister—which escalated into an executive–judicial shock as the government launched an anti-democratic judicial overhaul. This confrontation between the executive and judiciary provides a natural experiment for identifying how institutional breakdowns shape migration decisions. In Europe, the origin of democratic backsliding stems from a “Syrian shock”—a massive refugee inflow that strained administrative capacity, polarized politics, and weakened liberal institutions. The resulting governance erosion triggered emigration responses structurally like those observed in Israel. Using a difference-in-differences (DiD) estimation, the study identifies causal effects of democratic erosion on migration flows. Across both settings, out-migration emerges as a market-minded response to illiberal regime change—a behavioral signal of sensitivity to policies that features nationalizing industries, restrict free speech, and undermine the rule of law. Together, the Israeli and European experiences demonstrate that illiberal governance functions as a systemic push factor for emigration, beyond standard economic explanations.
Democracy Tracker | The Global State of Democracy
Each report describes an event that affects the state of democracy in a given country, with assessments made relative to that country's context, not as comparisons or rankings between countries.
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
Third Country Deportation Watch
Monitoring the human cost of the U.S. government’s forced third country transfer agreements.
Anti-democratic attitudes are highly contagious, new psychology study finds
The rise of anti-democratic sentiments might be driven by social contagion. Researchers have discovered that citizens often adapt their personal support for authoritarian rule to align with the political views of those around them.
‘Now we’re in a power struggle’: Europe’s resentment grows over Trump’s newest provocations
President Trump has backed off his threats toward Denmark's territorial sovereignty, but he and aides have continued to irritate much of Europe.
Deportation Data Project
The Deportation Data Project obtains, posts, and analyzes internal U.S. government immigration enforcement data via public records litigation.
Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth o…
Few topics are as timely as the growth of government. T…
Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
GENEVA – Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new
Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds
Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent commission of inquiry said in its latest report released on Tuesday.
Insurgent America: The revolt of the middle-classes
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Governance Archaeology: Research as Ancestry
Abstract. This essay presents the idea of governance archaeology, an approach to learning from the past to inform the politics of the future. By reporting on a prototype historical database, we outline a strategy for co-producing a global commons of collective governance practices that can inspire institutional learning and experimentation, particularly in the face of rapid technological change and vexing global crises. Embedded in our approach is an orientation of ancestry whereby practitioners cultivate relationships of accountability and responsibility to the legacies they learn from, recognizing the harm from past patterns of exploitation. By taking seriously a wide range of historical governance practices, particularly those outside the Western canon, governance archaeology seeks to expand the options available for the design of more moral political economies.
Eco-Furieuxses on Instagram: "BASTILLE DAY – RÉVOLUTION CLIMATIQUE 14 juillet – 15 h • Place de la Bastille, Paris Signe de ralliement : une couverture de survie sur les épaules en écho à la super initiative de @faiteslabriller Le 14 juillet, TOUT CHANGER SAUF LE CLIMAT rejoint la @marchedesolidarités internationaliste aux côtés de @laveritepouradama , @urgencepalestine et de dizaines d'autres collectifs pour affirmer une évidence : la justice climatique ne peut exister sans justice sociale, antiraciste et décoloniale. Face à l'effondrement climatique, aux inégalités, aux guerres, au racisme, au colonialisme, à l'autoritarisme et aux violences de l'appareil répressif, il est temps de reprendre le pouvoir. Nous refusons que les populations les plus vulnérables paient une crise provoquée par les industries fossiles et un modèle économique fondé sur l'exploitation du vivant. Nous exigeons des mesures immédiates pour protéger les travailleuses, les travailleurs et les personnes les plus exposées aux canicules, ainsi qu'un plan climatique ambitieux : sortie des énergies fossiles, réduction massive des émissions, accès universel à l'eau, au logement, à une alimentation saine : la mise en sécurité sociale des communs, avec un transfert réel du pouvoir vers les quartiers populaires, les territoires et les habitantes et habitants. Parce que la catastrophe climatique est aussi sociale et migratoire, nous défendons la liberté de circulation, le droit d’habiter dignement. Comme l'écrit @fatima_ouassak dans "Écologie pirate", il n'y aura pas d'écologie sans justice décoloniale. Le 14 juillet, faisons tomber les Bastilles du XXIᵉ siècle : le capital fossile, le racisme, le colonialisme, les frontières meurtrières, la répression et les privilèges. Vous ne pouvez pas être à Paris ? Rejoignez une mobilisation locale, participez aux rassemblements organisés près de chez vous le soir devant les préfectures via @alternatiba_ , ou engagez une "grève des achats". Construisons un rendez-vous chaque 14 du mois sous des formes complémentaires : rassemblements, marchés, grève des achats avec @les14sansachat Faisons de ce 14 juillet le début de la révolution du XXIe siècle. Graphisme par @eco.lolo"
831 likes, 68 comments - toutchangersaufleclimat on July 9, 2026: "BASTILLE DAY – RÉVOLUTION CLIMATIQUE 14 juillet – 15 h • Place de la Bastille, Paris Signe de ralliement : une couverture de survie sur les épaules en écho à la super initiative de @faiteslabriller Le 14 juillet, TOUT CHANGER SAUF LE CLIMAT rejoint la @marchedesolidarités internationaliste aux côtés de @laveritepouradama , @urgencepalestine et de dizaines d'autres collectifs pour affirmer une évidence : la justice climatique ne peut exister sans justice sociale, antiraciste et décoloniale. Face à l'effondrement climatique, aux inégalités, aux guerres, au racisme, au colonialisme, à l'autoritarisme et aux violences de l'appareil répressif, il est temps de reprendre le pouvoir. Nous refusons que les populations les plus vulnérables paient une crise provoquée par les industries fossiles et un modèle économique fondé sur l'exploitation du vivant. Nous exigeons des mesures immédiates pour protéger les travailleuses, les travailleurs et les personnes les plus exposées aux canicules, ainsi qu'un plan climatique ambitieux : sortie des énergies fossiles, réduction massive des émissions, accès universel à l'eau, au logement, à une alimentation saine : la mise en sécurité sociale des communs, avec un transfert réel du pouvoir vers les quartiers populaires, les territoires et les habitantes et habitants. Parce que la catastrophe climatique est aussi sociale et migratoire, nous défendons la liberté de circulation, le droit d’habiter dignement. Comme l'écrit @fatima_ouassak dans "Écologie pirate", il n'y aura pas d'écologie sans justice décoloniale. Le 14 juillet, faisons tomber les Bastilles du XXIᵉ siècle : le capital fossile, le racisme, le colonialisme, les frontières meurtrières, la répression et les privilèges. Vous ne pouvez pas être à Paris ? Rejoignez une mobilisation locale, participez aux rassemblements organisés près de chez vous le soir devant les préfectures via @alternatiba_ , ou engagez une "grève des achats". Construisons un rendez-vous chaque 14 du mois sous des formes complémentaires : rassemblements, marchés, grève des achats avec @les14sansachat Faisons de ce 14 juillet le début de la révolution du XXIe siècle. Graphisme par @eco.lolo".
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects1. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk’s platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users’ feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X’s algorithm has persistent effects on users’ current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.
The Myth of Authoritarian Efficiency
When it comes to getting stuff done, democracies win every time.
The Return of the Cutting-Off Way
Structural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict."
TRAC Immigration
The decrease from the levels five years ago in immigration prosecutions for these matters is shown more clearly in this figure. The vertical bars in Figure 1 represent the number of immigration prosecutions of this type recorded on a month-to-month basis. Where a prosecution was initially filed in U.S. Magistrate Court and then transferred to the U.S. District Court, the magistrate filing date was used since this provides an earlier indicator of actual trends.