TV and Radio Interviews

PBS Newshour. Expert TV interview. “What Spain’s election means for the far-right’s foothold in Europe,” with John Yang, July 23. Available upon request.

CBC News Live. Expert TV interview. “Spain’s conservatives set to win election but without majority needed to unseat socialists,” July 23. Available upon request.

BBC World Service, Newsday. Expert radio interview on the results of Spain’s parliamentary elections, “Spanish snap election: Socialist gamble paid off” (at min 15:20), April 29, 2019. Available upon request.

BBC World Service, Newsday. Expert radio interview on the vote of no confidence in Spain, June 1, 2018. Available upon request. 

Quotes in Print and Online News (selected)

The Guardian (UK), “Spain’s PM calls for calm after building his coalition,” by Sam Jones, January 12, 2020. 

The Associated Press, “Socialists win Spain’s election, but far right surges,” by Aritz Parra and Joseph Wilson, November 10, 2019. Picked up by dozens of newspapers. 

The Associated Press, “España: PSOE gana elecciones y la ultraderecha despunta,” by Teresa Medrano, November 10, 2019. Picked up by dozens of newspapers. 

The Associated Press, “Spain repeats election as Catalan crisis boosts far right,” by Artiz Parra, November 8, 2019. In Spanish as, “España vota de nuevo, crisis catalana impulse a ultraderecha.” Picked up by dozens of newspapers. 

Vox.com, “Why Spain is having yet another election,” by Jen Kirby, September 18, 2019. 

The Nation, “Will Spain Follow Europe’s Right-Wing Populist Trend?” by Sebastian Faber and Bécquer Seguín, July 31, 2019. 

BBC World News, “Spanish election: Socialists battle to stop right-wing surge,” by David Molloy, April 16, 2019. 

Canada Live News, “Spanish government falls, Socialist opposition leader takes power,” June 1, 2018.

The New York Times, “In Spain, Mariano Rajoy’s Government Veers Toward Collapse,” by Raphael Minder, May 30, 2018. New York Times in Spanish. Quote picked up by the El Nacional and Canada Live News. 

Harvard Political Review, “What’s Next for Catalonia?” March 16, 2018. 

The Washington Post, “Catalonia’s latest election may have no winners,” by Ishaan Tharoor, December 20, 2017. 

El País (Spain), “Puigdemont describe en Harvard a España como un país atrasado y coercitivo,” by Joan Faus, March 28 2017. 

El País (Spain), “Por qué existe la disciplina de voto,” by Jordi Pérez Colomé and Kiko Llaneras, October 23, 2016. 

Maclean’s (Canada), “Zapatero zapped,” by Stephanie Findlay, December 16, 2010. 

Other Outreach and Media Appearances (selected)

Research mentioned, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), “What happens if no one wins the election?” by Angus Thomson, March 7, 2023.

Research mentioned, El Periódico de España (Spain), “Que los árboles no nos impidan ver el bosque,” by Sílvia Claveria, October 23, 2021. 

Research mentioned, El Periódico (Spain), “Virtudes de un virtual Gobierno minoritario,” by Astrid Barrio, February 23, 2021. 

Speaker/Panelist, “Minority Government: Why and Why Not?” Re-Bel (Rethinking Belgium) Initiative, Belgium, September 17, 2020. 

Speaker and Roundtable Participant, “The Catalan Crisis: Implications for Spain and Beyond,” The Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., December 18, 2017. (Video

Interview with Nuevos Papeles (Argentina) on the Catalan crisis, by Luciana Berman, November 12, 2017. 

Researched mentioned, La Voz de Lanzarote (Spain), “Juntos, pero no revueltos,” by Ayoze Corujo Hernández, July 16, 2017. 

Video clip appearance on TV3 television in Catalonia, Spain. Broadcast of a question I posed to President Puigdemont at Harvard, March 28, 2017. 

Speaker and Roundtable Participant with President of the Government of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, “Catalonia, Today and Tomorrow,” Center for European Studies, Harvard University, March 27, 2017. (Video

Research mentioned, El País (Spain), “Por qué existe la disciplina de voto,” by Jordi Pérez Colomé and Kiko Llaneras, October 23, 2016.