A Political Scientist's Progress

Lying for cites

A tour through varieties of fraud

Jun 17 • Andrew Roberts

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May 2026

The rise and fall of Sovietology

Thoughts on area studies and the disciplines

May 14 • Andrew Roberts

April 2026

Thoughts on gambling

How people win and what to do with the industry

Apr 22 • Andrew Roberts

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March 2026

Freedom and its enemies?

A review of some recent books

Mar 29 • Andrew Roberts

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February 2026

Six Czech Reasons Not to Watch the Olympics

Written back in 2002, but maybe still relevant

Feb 19 • Andrew Roberts

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Lessons from Soviet Dissidents

Thoughts on Nathans's To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause

Feb 5 • Andrew Roberts

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December 2025

Becoming a crackpot social scientist

How one gets there

Dec 18, 2025 • Andrew Roberts

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July 2025

The evolution of political science

Some evidence from word frequencies

Jul 21, 2025 • Andrew Roberts

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June 2025

Interview with Valerie Bunce, Part 3

This is the third part of my interview with Valerie Bunce.

Jun 10, 2025 • Andrew Roberts

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Interview with Valerie Bunce, Part 2

This is the second part of my interview with Valerie Bunce.

Jun 10, 2025 • Andrew Roberts

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Interview with Valerie Bunce, Part 1

This post is the first part of an interview with Valerie Bunce who is the emeritus Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies at Cornell…

Jun 10, 2025 • Andrew Roberts

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May 2025

Trump and political science, redux

How many of our theories does he contradict?

May 22, 2025 • Andrew Roberts

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