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    The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Teaching: Who Is Your Syllabus For?,” by Beckie Supiano, March 6, 2025

    Forbes Magazine, “College Professors Tried to Reduce Gender Bias in Evaluations–But Couldn’t,” by Kim Elsesser, October 22, 2024

    The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Teaching: What if You Can’t Remove the Bias From Student Evaluations?,” by Beckie Supiano, October 17, 2024

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Ron Johnson said Biden Exiting the Presidential Race was a ‘Coup.’ Experts Say it Does Not Fit the Definition,” by Madeline Heim, August 23, 2024

    The Washington Post, “Trump Faces Backlash for 'In For Years, You Don't Have To Vote' Remark,” by Maegan Vazquez and Sarah Ellison, July 27, 2024

    PolitiFact, “Was Biden Dropping Out of the Race a Coup? Experts Explain,” by Joe Cercone, July 24, 2024

    New York Times, “Coups Are Increasingly Common. Have They Lost Their Taboo?” The Interpreter, by Amanda Taub, September 18, 2023, page A9

    Profil (Austria), “Was spricht für Putins Ende - und was dagegen?” [What Speaks for Putin’s End– and What Against it?], by Robert Treichler, July 7, 2023

    New York Times, “In a Mutiny or Coup, the Scramble to Persuade and Pick a Side Is Critical,” The Interpreter, by Amanda Taub, June 30, 2023

    Krautreporter.de (Germany), “Der eigenartigste Nicht-Putsch der Weltgeschichte” [The Strangest Non-Coup in History], by Rico Grimm, June 28, 2023

    Il Foglio (Italy), “Putin sarà fragile ma resta brutale in Ucraina” [Putin May Be Fragile, but Remains Brutal in Ukraine], by Paolo Peduzzi, June 28, 2023

    New York Times, “Yes, He's an Autocrat, But Putin Still Needs His Backers' Loyalty,” by Amanda Taub, June 27, 2023, Page A8

    New York Times, The Interpreter, “Books You Can Read to Understand the Fighting in Sudan,” by Amanda Taub, April 21, 2023

    New York Times, The Interpreter, “How to Understand the Fighting in Sudan,” by Amanda Taub, April 19, 2023

    The Intercept, “AFRICOM Chief to Congress: We Share ‘Core Values’ With Coup Leaders,” by Nick Turse, April 10, 2023

    New York Times, “The January 6 Attack Was a Crisis. So Why Wasn’t it More of a Scandal?,” by Amanda Taub, August 10, 2022

    New York Times, The Interpreter, “Could a Crackdown on Kleptocrats Help Ukraine?,” by Amanda Taub, March 23, 2022

    New Books Network Podcast, “How to Prevent Coups D'État,” hosted by Susan Liebell, March 7, 2022

    New York Times, “Putin Takes a Risk by Distancing Himself From His Political Advisors,” by Amanda Taub, February 28, 2022, Page A6

    Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Deep Dish Podcast, “Coup D'états Rise as Democracy Declines,” February 17, 2022

    Newsweek, “Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power if Trump Loses in 2024,” by David H. Freeman, December 20, 2021

    Bloomberg, “Destroying U.S. Democracy is a Bipartisan Effort,” by Niall Ferguson, December 19, 2021 | The Business Standard, "Global Democracy is Doing Fine. U.S. Democracy is in Trouble” (ungated)

    New York Times, “How to Tell When Your Country is Past the Point of No Return,” by Thomas B. Edsall, December 15, 2021

    Wonkette, “Here's How Democracy is Breaking Down Right in Front of Your Inflation-Weary Eyes,” by Stephen Robinson, December 13, 2021

    Podcast, “How to Kill a Superpower: Lessons from the USSR,” Episode 5, by Yelena Biberman and Zachary Troyanovsky, distributed by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, November 2, 2021

    The Washington Post, “Female Professors Have Less Time to Research in the Pandemic. It Could Force Them Out of Academia, Experts Say,” by Caroline Kitchener, April 18, 2021

    Open Canada, “On explique: Coups d’État” [We explain: Coups d’État], by Theodore McLauchlin, March 4, 2021

    Business Insider, “Trump Proved It’s Time for America To Learn From Other Countries About How Democracy Should Work,” by John Haltiwanger, January 21, 2021

    Vox, “The F Word: The Debate Over Whether to Call Donald Trump a Fascist, and Why It Matters,” by Dylan Matthews, January 14, 2021

    Elite Daily, “Was What Happened at the Capitol a Coup? Here's What an Expert Says,” by Lilli Peterson, January 12, 2021

    Il Fatto Quotidiano, “The Donald Ora Pensa al Suo Impero dei Media” [The Donald Now Thinks of His Media Empire], by Sabrina Provenzani, January 10, 2021

    New York Times, “It Wasn't Strictly a Coup. But it's Not Over, Either,” by Amanda Taub, January 7, 2021

    New York Times, The Interpreter, “Is this a Coup? Experts Say No, But Just As Dangerous,” by Amanda Taub, January 7, 2021

    The Washington Post, “With Brazen Assault on Election, Trump Prompts Critics to Warn of a Coup,” by David Nakamura, January 5, 2021

    The Washington Post, “It’s Not a Coup. It’s Not Even a Bad Coup,” by Daniel W. Drezner, December 8, 2020

    MSNBC, “Trump's GSA Tells Biden the Transition Can Begin. But Let's Not Sugarcoat This Failed Coup,” by Marc Ambinder, November 24, 2020

    Interview about How to Prevent Coups on the Departures Podcast with Robert Amsterdam, “What a Coup Expert Has to Say about the Situation in the United States,” November 20, 2020

    ARC Digital, “Breaking Down Trump’s Plan to Steal the Election (And Why It’s Failing),” by Nicholas Grossman, November 15, 2020

    Interview about How to Prevent Coups with Kathimerini [The Daily, Greece], “Ο Τραμπ και οι σύμμαχοί του παίζουν επικίνδυνο παιχνίδι” [Trump and His Allies Are Playing a Dangerous Game], by Pavlos Papadopoulos, November 15, 2020

    The New Yorker, “The Long Term Consequences of Trump’s Antidemocratic Lies,” by John Cassidy, November 13, 2020

    Slate, “Whatever Trump is Doing, It Isn’t a ‘Coup,’” by Joshua Keating, November 13, 2020

    The Intercept, “Tantrum and Theater: Trump’s Desperation After Election Loss Isn’t Yet a Coup,” by Nick Turse, November 13, 2020

    The GroundTruth Project, “Attempted Coup or Auto-Coup? Either Way, an Attack on the Guardrails of Democracy,” by Kevin Douglas Grant, November 13, 2020

    New York Times, The Interpreter Newsletter, “Are Potemkin Coups a Thing?,” by Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, November 12, 2020

    CNN's What Matters Newsletter, “The Virus Still Doesn’t Care about Politics,” by Zachary B. Wolf, November 11, 2020

    Interview with Swedish Public Service Radio P3 Dystopia, “Statskupper (Coup),” September 30, 2020

    The Conversation, “Dismantling the Police: Lessons From Three Places That Tried It,” by Daniel Odin Shaw, June 11, 2020

    The Washington Post, “Five Myths About Coups,” by John Chin, May 8, 2020

    War on the Rocks, “Learning from the Banality and Aftermath of Bolivia’s Coup,” by Drew Holland Kinney, February 26, 2020

    BBC Mundo, “Evo Morales: ¿hubo un golpe de Estado en Bolivia? BBC Mundo consultó a 6 expertos,” by Noberto Paredes, November 13, 2019

    Quartz, “Why It's So Hard to Tell if We're Seeing a Coup in Venezuela," by Ana Campoy, April 20, 2019

    Security Assistance Monitor | Lobe Log, “U.S. Military Aid to Presidential Guards a Risky Venture,” by Alexis Kedo and Colby Goodman, October 7, 2015

    Interview with Monacle 24 Radio, “The Coup in Burundi,” May 14, 2015

    Foreign Affairs, “Ready for War With ISIS? Foreign Affairs’ Brain Trust Weights In,” December 14, 2014

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