Andreas Beger

@andybeger.bsky.social

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Data/political scientist & Consultant. Political risk, forecasting, event data. Democracy is important, war is bad. Live in Estonia 🇪🇪.

Screenshot of a Garmin run activity. Sixteen kilometers of loops in a stadium track, two hours of running totally.
A chart from the Economist that shows changes in Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine over time, starting from the 2022 invasion to the present. It shows mostly Russian gains, except for the Ukrainian Kherson and Kharkiv offensives in late 2022 and early 2023, and more recently this year, where Russian gains have stalled and even started reversing.
A chart that shows Financial Times' new geopolitical mood index from 1982 to the present. It shows a generally decreasing mood over time, specially since around 2018. But Russia's 2022 invasion stands out as the most pessimistic week, more negative than 9/11, the first Gulf War, and any other event before or since.
A screenshot of the landing page for the online version of Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom.
Book cover for the book A Different Democracy by Steven L. Taylor et al.
Book cover for Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop by Lee Drutman.