ABSTRACT This article situates the current governance of Gaza within the contrast between imperial rule and trusteeship and argues that the proposed US-led paradigm is a reimagining of the “Imperial Republic.” The technocratic trusteeship is introduced as a governing trope that promises self-determination yet defers it forever through expert administration. Through critical discourse analysis and legal–historical comparison between policy documents and mandate-era precedents, this study shows that sovereignty is displaced by managerial oversight, capacity building, and security conditionality. The most important discovery is that technocratic trusteeship transforms administrative performance into political freedom, efficiency, and neutrality, thereby annihilating any perception of disempowerment. This model has broader implications for international governance, indeed, unwrought by the legacy of 1776.
ABSTRACT Political science increasingly acknowledges the importance of diversifying the discipline, yet authors based in the Global South remain underrepresented in top international journals. Addressing this imbalance requires tackling both demand- and supply-side factors. Focusing on supply-side factors, we piloted the Writing Academy, a training and mentorship program for Brazilian political science doctoral students. Drawing on survey data from applicants, we examine the main barriers to internationalizing their research. We find that a lack of knowledge of the rules for international publications—not language—is the primary barrier to submissions to international journals. Pre- and post-intervention survey data indicate that the Writing Academy reduced unfamiliarity with academic journals and increased participants’ confidence in publishing their research in international journals. These findings suggest that targeted training and mentorship can reduce supply-side inequalities in global scholarly participation.
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence amid democratic erosion, this article asks why 250 years of democratic development have not produced a multiracial democracy. It argues that the United States is a herrenvolk democracy-a regime in which democracy coexists with racialized limits on political membership and governing power. By examining colonial law, the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Naturalization Act of 1790, I show how the founding joined popular sovereignty to racial exclusion in ways that continue to shape struggles over belonging, representation, and coercive power. The legacy of 1776 includes both the Declaration's democratic promise and a durable model for how democracy can coexist with exclusion.
