New Working Paper
A new working paper by Marcin Wroński, German Kennedy Memorial Fellow at CES, and Maria Jadwiga Minakowska, explores "Intergenerational Mobility over Nine Generations: Evidence from Poland, 1800-1984."
Let the Western Balkans In – or Lose Them
Political Scientist & CES Program Manager Albana Shehaj argues that integration of the Western Balkans is critical to prevent powers whose interests run counter to European stability to step in.
Former Greek PM outlines strategies to strengthen EU
Stressing the need for European reform and unity in the face of multiple challenges, Alexis Tsipras, the former prime minister of Greece, addressed a standing-room-only crowd at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies on March 25, which marked Independence Day in Greece.
“We are seeing historical changes in the world that affect not only the geopolitical balance of power and the post-war liberal international order, but democracy itself.” – Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s Prime Minister (2015-2019) serves as CES Policy Fellow
| Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s Prime Minister (2015-2019), who rose to power on an anti-austerity platform during an acute stage of the Eurocrisis, has been appointed as a short-term, resident Policy Fellow of Harvard University’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) and The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) this spring. |  | |
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Peter E. Gordon on the Complexities of Translating Marx
CES Resident Faculty Peter E. Gordon underscores how each translation of Karl Marx's Capital reflects not just linguistic choices but ideological perspectives, making it an ever-revised text in Marxist thought.
Brandmauer – Still Alive! Empirical Findings on Support for the AfD by Established Parties in Eastern Germany (2019- 2024)
In a recent discussion paper, CES Director Daniel Ziblatt and his co-authors Wolfgang Schroeder and Florian Bochert argue that, while the contentious "firewall" erected by German federal politicians against the AfD has developed cracks over the past five years, it remains more robust than widely believed.
