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Thomas Pepinsky

Thomas Pepinsky is associate professor of government at Cornell University. He is the author of Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes (Cambridge 2009), and blogs regularly about politics, Southeast Asia, and food at tompepinsky.com

Latest articles by Thomas Pepinsky

Politics
Donald Trump’s ego might just save democracyDonald Trump’s ego might just save democracy
Politics

Minnesota provides a blueprint for how to prevent a slide into authoritarianism we’ve seen in other countries.

By Thomas Pepinsky
The Big Idea
Life in authoritarian states is mostly boring and tolerableLife in authoritarian states is mostly boring and tolerable
The Big Idea

Americans have an overly dramatic view what the end of democracy looks like.

By Thomas Pepinsky

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