Ep. 133: A conversation with Naunihal Singh about coups

<p>Coups are on our minds this week, especially with recent events in Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau. Kim and Rachel talk about their own views on &quot;coup contagion&quot; and how their perspectives have changed over time. Then, Kim talks to coup expert Naunihal Singh, who breaks down what coups are, shares how he began studying them, and what we should know about what&apos;s happening on the continent now. <br/><br/><b>Books, Links, &amp; Articles</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/10989/seizing-power'><em>Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups</em></a> by <a href='https://mobile.twitter.com/naunihalpublic'>Naunihal Singh</a></li><li><b>&quot;</b><a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/28/burkina-fasos-coup-makers-capitalized-wider-grievances-within-ranks/'>Burkina Faso&apos;s Coup Makers Capitalized on Wider Grievances within Ranks</a>&quot; by Maggie Dwyer</li><li>&quot;<a href='https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trend-lines/30283/burkina-faso-coup-is-deja-vu-all-over-again'>Burkina Faso’s Coup Is Deja Vu All Over Again</a>&quot; by Chris Olaoluwa Ogunmodede</li><li>&quot;<a href='https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2022/0203/Failed-attack-in-Guinea-Bissau-shakes-coup-weary-West-Africa'>Failed Attack in Guinea-Bissau Shakes Coup Weary West Africa</a>&quot; by Vagner Barbosa</li><li>&quot;<a href='https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/3A28EDF04247AE065962799EFF44A32F/S0043887118000047a.pdf/strategies-of-repression-judicial-and-extrajudicial-methods-of-autocratic-survival.pdf'>Strategies of Repression: Judicial and Extrajudicial Methods of Autocratic Survival</a>&quot; by Fiona Shen-Bayh</li><li>&quot;<a href='https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00104140211047402'>What Happens When Coups Fail? The Problem of Identifying and Weakening the Enemy Within</a>&quot; by Josef Woldense</li><li>&quot;<a href='https://basicincometoday.com/pro-footballer-sadio-mane-is-providing-ubi-to-a-poor-region-of-senegal/'>Pro Fo