BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;Comparative Politics /International Relations presentsPower Sharing and Authoritarian Stability :\nEvidence from Rebel Regimes \;Co-Authored with Anne Meng\, Universi ty of Virginia \;\n Jack Paine is an associate professor of political\ n science at the University of Rochester. His research focuses on\n authoritarian politics\, democratization\, and civil war. These themes\n motivate the paper he will present\, “Power Sharing and Authoritarian Stability:\n Evidence from Rebel Regimes.” This paper addresses the a ge-old dilemma\n that dictators face when they are reliant on their mi litary to gain and\n maintain power. Although the military potentially serves as a prop to\n authoritarian rule\, it also poses a grave thre at to displace the ruler\,\n and instead to rule itself. Given this pr oblem\, it is surprising that\n regimes that gain power by winning a c ivil war—rebel regimes—tend to be\n more durable than other authoritar ian regimes. Analyzing data from\n post-colonial Africa\, the paper ex plains the central role for sharing\n power with military elites. Beca use leaders of rebel regimes reshaped\n their military during the conf lict to gain power\, sharing power can\n credibly distribute spoils am ong elites while posing a relatively low risk\n of overthrow by regime insiders.\n Jack Paine Associate Professor \;University of RochesterF or more information or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please contact Simon Weschle\, swweschl@syr.edu or Dan McDowell \;dmcd owel@syr.edu. DTEND:20210924T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260514T073214Z DTSTART:20210924T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Jack Paine: Power Sharing and Authoritarian Stability: Evidence fro m Rebel Regimes UID:RFCALITEM639143263340403842 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

Comparative Politics/International Relations presents


Power Sharing and Authoritarian Stability:\nEvidence from Rebe l Regimes \;

Co-Authored with Anne Meng\, Unive rsity of Virginia \;


\n Jack Paine is an associ ate professor of political\n science at the University of Rochester. H is research focuses on\n authoritarian politics\, democratization\, an d civil war. These themes\n motivate the paper he will present\, “Powe r Sharing and Authoritarian Stability:\n Evidence from Rebel Regimes.” This paper addresses the age-old dilemma\n that dictators face when t hey are reliant on their military to gain and\n maintain power. Althou gh the military potentially serves as a prop to\n authoritarian rule\, it also poses a grave threat to displace the ruler\,\n and instead to rule itself. Given this problem\, it is surprising that\n regimes tha t gain power by winning a civil war—rebel regimes—tend to be\n more du rable than other authoritarian regimes. Analyzing data from\n post-col onial Africa\, the paper explains the central role for sharing\n power with military elites. Because leaders of rebel regimes reshaped\n the ir military during the conflict to gain power\, sharing power can\n cr edibly distribute spoils among elites while posing a relatively low risk\n of overthrow by regime insiders.\n



Jack Paine

Associate Professor \;

Universi ty of Rochester


For more information or to request additi onal accommodation arrangements\, please contact Simon Weschle\, swweschl@ syr.edu or Dan McDowell \;dmcdowel@syr.edu.

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