Life during the Bangladesh War
July 25, 2016
Salil Tripathi— I was not yet ten when the first refugees from the country formerly known as East Pakistan began arriving in India. Our parents and our teachers told us… READ MORE
Category: Political Science
The Price of the Carthaginian Policy in Greece
June 24, 2016
James K. Galbraith— In the United States we do not consider that there is such a thing as a people of Florida or Rhode Island or even of Texas, who… READ MORE
Understanding Russia
June 6, 2016
Russia expert David Satter, author of The Less You Know, the Better You Sleep: Russia’s Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin talks about the fall of Yeltsin,… READ MORE
The Growth of Presidential Power
May 17, 2016
Benjamin Ginsberg— For most of the nineteenth century, the presidency was a weak institution. In unusual circumstances, a Jefferson, a Jackson, or a Lincoln might exercise extraordinary power, but most… READ MORE
Moving Beyond Arab Spring
May 10, 2016
Ibrahim Fraihat— Five years have passed since several Arab countries revolted against their repressive regimes, and peace and stability are nowhere in sight. The unraveling of their political systems pushed… READ MORE
Words and Politics: Lessons from Nuremberg
March 30, 2016
Joel E. Dimsdale— Seventy years ago the international military tribunal at Nuremberg sentenced Julius Streicher to death for incitement of violence. It was one of the court’s most controversial judgments…. READ MORE
Presidential Politics and the Symbolic Soldier
March 23, 2016
Jonathan H. Ebel— “I felt that I was in the military in the true sense because I dealt with those people.” —Donald J. Trump Every four years, presidential… READ MORE
Russia—the perennial empire
March 21, 2016
Agnia Grigas— With the annexation of Crimea in March 2014, Russia has re-emerged at the forefront of the policy debate not only in academia, but also among the policy-making elite… READ MORE
Why Trump and Sanders Are Both Wrong About Trade
March 16, 2016
Stephen Roach— From Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders, the trade debate and its impact on American workers is being distorted at both ends of the political spectrum. I will dispense… READ MORE
Why Income Inequality Matters
March 9, 2016
Matthew Drennan— In the presidential campaign of 2012 there was hardly a mention of income inequality. This time is different. Even the Republican candidates say that it is a problem…. READ MORE
A Conversation with Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life