Author Dov H. Levin, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong

Dov H. Levin is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Hong Kong. His main research topic is on the effects of foreign interference with a special focus on the causes, effects, and effectiveness of partisan electoral interventions.

Winner, 2021 Robert L. Jervis-Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award, International History and Politics Section, American Political Science Association

"Levin's book is a fine marriage of quantitative and qualitative analysis." - Daniela Donno, Perspectives on Politics

"The book is a valuable foundation for the further study of a phenomenon that, especially when supercharged by cybertechnology, could threaten the future of electoral democracy." - Jessica T. Mathews, Foreign Affairs

"Levin has written a terrific book based on a major and important research project." - Political Science Quarterly

"Given today's concerns about foreign intervention is US elections, the publication of this book is timely.... Recommended." - CHOICE

"[Levin's] theoretical framework and thorough empirical work is nothing less than impressive. The details of the case stories approach thriller qualities, making the book a good read!" - Journal of Peace Research

"Levin presents an important paradox: foreign electoral interference has been extraordinarily frequent in recent history, and yet political scientists largely ignore the phenomenon.... [T]he first major work focused solely on outside meddling in elections in the modern era... The book is a valuable foundation for the further study of a phenomenon that, especially when supercharged by cybertechnology, could threaten the future of electoral democracy." - Foreign Policy

"A pathbreaking book on great power election meddling during the Cold War. With care and precision, Levin lays out the long pre-history to the Russian electoral interference in 2016 in astounding detail. He explains when and why electoral interventions are effective, and what forms of elector interventions are likely to work in the future." - Jack Goldsmith, Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law, Harvard University

"Meddling in the Ballot Box is an utterly pathbreaking work on the important practice of foreign interference in elections. Though this phenomenon received widespread attention following the 2016 American election, Levin reminds us that it has been occurring for decades, even centuries. A critical contribution to both academic and foreign policy debates." - Dan Reiter, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Political Science, Emory University