@RyeGriffiths

Professor of political science at Syracuse University. New Books: The Disunited States (Oxford UP, 2025) and Before Colonization (Columbia UP, 2025)

 Syracuse, NY
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Joined July 2015
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The Tao of the One: Trust, Rapprochement, and the Turning Wheel duckofminerva.com/2026/10/th… via @duckofminerva

The Tao of the One: Trust, Rapprochement, and the Turning Wheel

Political scientists have a name for why only Nixon could open relations with Mao’s China, or why only a Likud hardliner like Begin could make peace with Egypt: they call it the Nixon-to-China effe…

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new piece in Foreign Affairs with @schneierblog on how autocrats are using AI to deal with scheming viziers. free access foreignaffairs.com/guest-pas…
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Alberta Separatists and the grey hand of foreign interference abc.net.au/listen/programs/r… via @ABCaustralia

Alberta Separatists and the grey hand of foreign interference - ABC listen

Separatist sentiments are stirring in the Canadian province of Alberta. Voters will soon cast their ballots in a referendum on whether to begin moves to formally separate from the rest of the nation....

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Do financial sanctions provoke de-dollarization? In new co-authored research with David Steinberg (@pokerwonk) we look at this question from the unique perspective of Russian households in 2022-23. A short 🧵(1/7)
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Ryan Griffiths, Syracuse University - The Case Against Breaking Up America Why Secession Would Make Things Worse, Not Better open.substack.com/pub/academ…

Ryan Griffiths, Syracuse University - The Case Against Breaking Up America Why Secession Would Make...

Would secession work in America?

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It was a pleasure doing this interview with James Ker-Lindsay on secession in America. The Disunited States | Could Secession Tear America Apart? youtu.be/ZmGfSa2gfXQ?si=nKRQ… via @YouTube

Why a US Break-Up Is Far More Complicated Than You Think

Is America heading towards secession? In this video, Professor Ryan...

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Do states create systems, or do systems create states? Michael McCall and I provide an answer in our new EJIR article.
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"The state made the system and the system made the state" by Ryan D. Griffiths and Michael C. McCall is out now in EJIR and available open access. You can read it here: t1p.de/yxac5
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Thanks to Marianne Barisonek at the Progressive Page Turner for the great conversation on my book, The Disunited States. open.spotify.com/episode/1Ox…

Episode 10: Ryan Griffiths - The Disunited States

The Progressive Page Turner · Episode

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I wrote a piece in Wired about why secession in America is not the solution some think it will be. wired.com/story/dont-listen-…

Don’t Listen to Anyone Who Thinks Secession Will Solve Anything

Americans increasingly fantasize about a divorce between red and blue states—but they dread the thought of civil war. You can’t have one without the other.

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The Disunited States - Online Event on March 30 The Centre for Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh is hosting a panel on my book about secession in America. I'll be joined by Erin Jenne and Karlo Basta. Here's the registration: edin.ac/40MwMcG

The Disunited States

Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work

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Conceptualizing and Operationalizing the “Interstate System” academic.oup.com/isr/article…

Conceptualizing and Operationalizing the “Interstate System”

Paul F. Diehl

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Great to see this special issue out at @IntlStudiesRev. Thanks to Paul Diehl, Gary Goertz, Andrew Owsiak, and Luis Schenoni for putting it together.
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The Disunited States? Ryan Griffiths on Secession, Polarization, and Fed... youtu.be/Pu6V49hjUYQ?si=htUx… via @YouTube

The Disunited States? Ryan Griffiths on Secession, Polarization, and Federalism

Political scientist Ryan D. Griffiths, author of The Disunited Stat...

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An interview with Rorotoko about The Disunited States rorotoko.com/11/20251117-gri…

All the threads | ROROTOKO

Every book on Rorotoko since 2008, one card per thread.

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My piece in The Conversation Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce theconversation.com/polarizi… via @ConversationUS

Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce

As support for secessionist movements increases, it’s vital that political leaders reduce the divisions that threaten to tear the US apart.

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It was a pleasure talking to Grant Reeher on the Campbell Conversations about my new book, The Disunited States. wrvo.org/show/campbell-conve…

Ryan Griffiths on the Campbell Conversations

Ryan Griffiths, a political scientist at Syracuse University, talks about his new book, "The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work."

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California Doesn't Need to Secede zocalopublicsquare.org/calif… via @thepublicsquare

California Doesn't Need to Secede | Connecting California

The Golden State Is Already Gone—The U.S. Committed ‘Constructive Abandonment’

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This article offers an interesting twist on the analogy between national divorce and marital divorce – an analogy that I critique in The Disunited States. The author argues that where California is concerned, the US Government is guilty of “constructive abandonment.”
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New blog! The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work Read @RyeGriffiths on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce' Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy
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In a time of intense polarization and frustration with US governance, some might think a division into Redland and Blueland is the answer. It's not. I explain why in the book.
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@OUPAcademic30 Sep 2025
There's a growing interest in American secession - creating different countries from red and blue states. But would it just make polarization worse? Find out on @NewBooksNetwork with Ryan D. Griffiths: oxford.ly/41WwAZw
New Books Network Interview with Ryan D. Griffiths, author of "The Disunited States"

ALT New Books Network Interview with Ryan D. Griffiths, author of "The Disunited States"

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