tim frye
@timfrye.bsky.social
Political Science at Columbia, Editor Post-Soviet Affairs, Autocracy, democracy, and the NBA. Most recently, Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia and Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections.
Now there is a headline Princeton Celebrates Anne Carson, a Nobel Winner Whom It Denied Tenure www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...
Princeton Celebrates Anne Carson, a Nobel Winner Whom It Denied Tenure
Carson, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, taught at the university in the 1980s. Social media users mocked a congratulatory message from the school.
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October 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Now there is a headline Princeton Celebrates Anne Carson, a Nobel Winner Whom It Denied Tenure www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...
The Harriman Institute is celebrating its 80th year in many ways including short reports from its history. This one is chilling. For me especially, since I was a housesitter for John Hazard. harriman.columbia.edu/the-russian-...
The Russian Institute in the McCarthy Era
During the early years of the Cold War, the Russian Institute found itself in a politically delicate situation. Its founding mission promoted the deep study of contemporary Soviet Russia. However, the...
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October 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The Harriman Institute is celebrating its 80th year in many ways including short reports from its history. This one is chilling. For me especially, since I was a housesitter for John Hazard. harriman.columbia.edu/the-russian-...
Tuesday Sept. 22 at 1:00 East Coast time. Register below. www.kennaninstitute.org/events/timot...
Russian Public Opinion After the Duma Elections — Kennan Institute
This conversation with Timothy Frye, a political scientist at Columbia University and a member of the Kennan Institute Advisory Council, and Samuel Greene, a political scientist at King's College Lond...
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September 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Tuesday Sept. 22 at 1:00 East Coast time. Register below. www.kennaninstitute.org/events/timot...
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Look forward to talking with the great Sam Green and Michael Kimmage on Tuesday at 1 East Coast time. Zoom registration below. Hope to see you there. www.kennaninstitute.org/events/timot...
Russian Public Opinion After the Duma Elections — Kennan Institute
This conversation with Timothy Frye, a political scientist at Columbia University and a member of the Kennan Institute Advisory Council, and Samuel Greene, a political scientist at King's College Lond...
www.kennaninstitute.org
September 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Look forward to talking with the great Sam Green and Michael Kimmage on Tuesday at 1 East Coast time. Zoom registration below. Hope to see you there. www.kennaninstitute.org/events/timot...
Look forward to talking with the great Sam Green and Michael Kimmage on Tuesday at 1 East Coast time. Zoom registration below. Hope to see you there. www.kennaninstitute.org/events/timot...
Russian Public Opinion After the Duma Elections — Kennan Institute
This conversation with Timothy Frye, a political scientist at Columbia University and a member of the Kennan Institute Advisory Council, and Samuel Greene, a political scientist at King's College Lond...
www.kennaninstitute.org
September 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Look forward to talking with the great Sam Green and Michael Kimmage on Tuesday at 1 East Coast time. Zoom registration below. Hope to see you there. www.kennaninstitute.org/events/timot...
For anyone going to ASN today, there is a book panel for Workplace Politics with a great cast of discussants and me at 3:20.
www.asnconvention.com/panel-r4a
www.asnconvention.com/panel-r4a
ASN 2026 World Convention | Panel R4
Book Panel on Timothy Frye's Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections (Oxford, 2025)
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May 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
For anyone going to ASN today, there is a book panel for Workplace Politics with a great cast of discussants and me at 3:20.
www.asnconvention.com/panel-r4a
www.asnconvention.com/panel-r4a
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NEW from CAWP: the Gender & Politics Research Hub is live: cawp.rutgers.edu/research-ana...
April 30, 2026 at 8:38 PM
NEW from CAWP: the Gender & Politics Research Hub is live: cawp.rutgers.edu/research-ana...
Looking forward to this talk by Andrei Yakovlev tomorrow at the Harriman Institute. harriman.columbia.edu/event/can-a-...
Can a Future Russia Become a "Normal Country?" If so, How?
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Andrei Yakovlev. Moderated by Timothy Frye.
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April 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Looking forward to this talk by Andrei Yakovlev tomorrow at the Harriman Institute. harriman.columbia.edu/event/can-a-...
With the great Nahomi Ichino, I wrote a short remembrance of Kimuli Kasara. We miss her dearly. Flip to pages 23-24.
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Political Science Today 6.2
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April 29, 2026 at 1:04 PM
With the great Nahomi Ichino, I wrote a short remembrance of Kimuli Kasara. We miss her dearly. Flip to pages 23-24.
www.flipsnack.com/politicalsci...
www.flipsnack.com/politicalsci...
Looking forward to presenting new research tomorrow at noon harriman.columbia.edu/event/keep-i...
Keep it Simple: Anti-Corruption Messaging in Wartime Ukraine
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Timothy Frye. Moderated by Jack Snyder.
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April 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Looking forward to presenting new research tomorrow at noon harriman.columbia.edu/event/keep-i...
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2+ years in the making, and our paper “Fear, soft propaganda, and the demand for government intervention” is finally out in the European Economic Review 🎉
Thanks to @nikitaz.bsky.social, @timfrye.bsky.social, Koen Schoors and Katya Borisova for being amazing coauthors
🔻Old thread + new link below
Thanks to @nikitaz.bsky.social, @timfrye.bsky.social, Koen Schoors and Katya Borisova for being amazing coauthors
🔻Old thread + new link below
April 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
2+ years in the making, and our paper “Fear, soft propaganda, and the demand for government intervention” is finally out in the European Economic Review 🎉
Thanks to @nikitaz.bsky.social, @timfrye.bsky.social, Koen Schoors and Katya Borisova for being amazing coauthors
🔻Old thread + new link below
Thanks to @nikitaz.bsky.social, @timfrye.bsky.social, Koen Schoors and Katya Borisova for being amazing coauthors
🔻Old thread + new link below
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What to read before #MPSA2026? CPS's @lowande.bsky.social and Cesi Cruz will participate in authors-meet-critics sessions on "How Congress Confronts Presidential Power" and "How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections." @timfrye.bsky.social, @szakonyi.bsky.social, @uofmpress.bsky.social
March 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
What to read before #MPSA2026? CPS's @lowande.bsky.social and Cesi Cruz will participate in authors-meet-critics sessions on "How Congress Confronts Presidential Power" and "How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections." @timfrye.bsky.social, @szakonyi.bsky.social, @uofmpress.bsky.social
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i will be speaking Tuesday, March 3 at 4:00 at the Jordan Center. You can watch on zoom or in person by registering below. jordanrussiacenter.org/events/workp...
Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections
Tim Frye’s talk, based on his new book Workplace Politics, uncovers how state-dependent bosses mobilize workers at the ballot box—and why this...
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March 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i will be speaking Tuesday, March 3 at 4:00 at the Jordan Center. You can watch on zoom or in person by registering below. jordanrussiacenter.org/events/workp...
i will be speaking Tuesday, March 3 at 4:00 at the Jordan Center. You can watch on zoom or in person by registering below. jordanrussiacenter.org/events/workp...
Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections
Tim Frye’s talk, based on his new book Workplace Politics, uncovers how state-dependent bosses mobilize workers at the ballot box—and why this...
jordanrussiacenter.org
March 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i will be speaking Tuesday, March 3 at 4:00 at the Jordan Center. You can watch on zoom or in person by registering below. jordanrussiacenter.org/events/workp...
Looking forward to this event on Tuesday. mailchi.mp/nyu/mattocks...
MAR 3 @ 4 PM - Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections
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February 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Looking forward to this event on Tuesday. mailchi.mp/nyu/mattocks...
Soon the city will descend into anarchy.
Now I know that the blizzard is an emergency. Door dash has suspended services.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency and issued a travel advisory starting 9 p.m Sunday.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/21/b...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/21/b...
February 22, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Soon the city will descend into anarchy.
Now I know that the blizzard is an emergency. Door dash has suspended services.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency and issued a travel advisory starting 9 p.m Sunday.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/21/b...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/21/b...
NYC Gets an Old School Snow Day as Blizzard Blasts Big Apple
Mayor Mamdani declares a state of emergency, with travel restrictions starting Sunday evening.
www.thecity.nyc
February 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Now I know that the blizzard is an emergency. Door dash has suspended services.
maybe these two stories could have been one story. NYT with a not so subtle choice of article placement.
February 18, 2026 at 2:56 PM
maybe these two stories could have been one story. NYT with a not so subtle choice of article placement.
Looking forward to taking part in this event at noon today at Harriman to launch the new issue of our magazine. Virtual access still available. I also include a link below to my article. harriman.columbia.edu/event/democr...
harriman.columbia.edu/reflections-...
harriman.columbia.edu/reflections-...
Democracy in Crisis: A Harriman Magazine Panel
Please join magazine authors Timothy Frye and Thomas Kent and editor-in-chief Ann Cooper for a panel discussion of soft power and democracy promotion in the region – its history and what happens now t...
harriman.columbia.edu
February 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Looking forward to taking part in this event at noon today at Harriman to launch the new issue of our magazine. Virtual access still available. I also include a link below to my article. harriman.columbia.edu/event/democr...
harriman.columbia.edu/reflections-...
harriman.columbia.edu/reflections-...
just another reason to love NYC. ny.eater.com/dining-out-i...
Why Georgian Restaurants Are Suddenly Everywhere in New York
What was once a hard-to-find cuisine is now booming across the city, thanks to a new generation of chefs
ny.eater.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
just another reason to love NYC. ny.eater.com/dining-out-i...
A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
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February 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM
A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Looking forward to taking part in this event on February 17 at noon both online and in person. It launches our articles in the newest Harriman Institute magazine. harriman.columbia.edu/event/democr...
Democracy in Crisis: A Harriman Magazine Panel
Please join magazine authors Timothy Frye and Thomas Kent and editor-in-chief Ann Cooper for a panel discussion of soft power and democracy promotion in the region – its history and what happens now t...
harriman.columbia.edu
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Looking forward to taking part in this event on February 17 at noon both online and in person. It launches our articles in the newest Harriman Institute magazine. harriman.columbia.edu/event/democr...
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Not how the rule of law works. Precisely the opposite, in fact.
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Not how the rule of law works. Precisely the opposite, in fact.
Looking forward to taking part in this event on Thursday at noon. www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream...
[LIVESTREAM] The Stakes in Ukraine: Present and Future
Join Ambassador Bonnafont, General Cavoli, and Timothy Frye for a panel on what is at stake in Ukraine’s present and future.
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February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Looking forward to taking part in this event on Thursday at noon. www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream...