PUBLIC Writing & Media

"Authoritarian Regimes Rely on Candidate Selection to Constrain Legislatures" Africa at LSE October 5, 2022

Interview w/ BBC ("'Electoral Autocracy': The Downgrading of India's Democracy"), March 16, 2021

"Should we Take Decentralization in Cameroon Seriously?" Presidential Power Blog, February 10, 2021

Interview w/ Ufahamu Podcast, October 10, 2020

Interview w/ African Arguments ("Where is President Paul Biya? COVID-19 in Cameroon"), May 19, 2020

"Is There a COVID-19 Crisis in Cameroon?" Presidential Power Blog, May 12, 2020

"All the President's Men: Legislative Reshuffling in Cameroon" Presidential Power Blog, January 29, 2020

"Acting with Impunity: Who Can Force Biya's Hand?" Presidential Power Blog, July 22, 2019

"New Research: Dynamics of Electoral Authoritarianism in Africa" Presidential Power Blog, June 19, 2019

"A Reversion to Type in Cameroon" Presidential Power Blog, February 27, 2019

"How do Dictators Keep Power in Africa" Democracy in Africa Website, February 27, 2019

"No Real Surprises, Only Drama in Cameroon's Presidential Election" Presidential Power Blog, October 30, 2018

"Cameroon has an Election Sunday - and Everyone Already Knows the Winner" The Monkey Cage Blog (The Washington Post), October 6, 2018

Focus on Africa, BBC World Service, February 7, 2018

"A Crisis in Cameroon is Forcing English Speakers to Flee in Alarming Numbers" Global Dispatches Podcast, January 25, 2018

"Exploring the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon: A Conversation with Felix Agbor-Balla" Presidential Power Blog, November 8, 2017

"Cameroon has been in crisis for six months. Here is what you need to know" The Monkey Cage Blog (The Washington Post), June 2, 2017

“Cult of Personality: HowTrump Uses the Playbook of Europe’s Far Right” Newsweek (Interview), May 10, 2016

"The party rules and the 2015 mainland election in Tanzania" Democracy in Africa Blog, November 16, 2015