The Problem of the Future
September 24, 2021
Sebastian Rosato— The problem of the future is one of both access and reliability. There is simply no way for states to access firsthand information about each other’s future intentions…. READ MORE
Category: Political Science
Constitutional Reform
September 22, 2021
Robinson Woodward-Burns— The federal framers signed the Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The following July 4, Philadelphians celebrated the Constitution’s ratification with a mile-long “Grand Federal Procession,” led… READ MORE
A New Conservatism in a World after Liberalism
September 9, 2021
Matthew Rose— What comes after liberalism? We know what came before it: oppression, ignorance, violence, and superstition. The myth of our political origins is the story of how we learned… READ MORE
Protecting Capitalism: The Past and Future of Empire
July 5, 2021
John Shovlin— For centuries, empires protected the commercial activity of Europeans overseas and secured their access to crucial resources and markets. Commerce requires protection to flourish, officials and merchants understood…. READ MORE
Political Fireworks: On Independence Day’s Machiavellian Roots
July 2, 2021
Nomi Claire Lazar— “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated,… READ MORE
Needed: A New Security Order for Eastern Europe
June 24, 2021
Michael O’Hanlon— On his trip to Europe in June of 2021, President Biden faced a question that he would likely have preferred to avoid: should Ukraine be invited to join… READ MORE
Idi Amin and the Uses of Political Buffoonery
March 23, 2021
Mark Leopold— From the beginning of my research into the life of the notorious Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, I noticed the frequency with which contemporary commentators (especially but not only… READ MORE
Looking to the Past to Find Ourselves
February 15, 2021
Michael Hattem– For a few decades, American history has played a prominent role in the most current iteration of culture wars in the United States. We saw this most recently… READ MORE
Is Equality Self-Evident?
January 22, 2021
Robert A. Dahl— In words that were to become famous throughout the world, in 1776 the authors of the American Declaration of Independence announced: “We hold these truths to be… READ MORE
The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Internationalism
January 12, 2021
G. John Ikenberry— Liberal internationalism was born in the nineteenth century, and by the century’s end it had begun to crystallize into a recognizable school of thought—a distinctive cluster of… READ MORE
A Conversation with Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life