How to Prevent Trump From Defying the Courts
CES Graduate Student Affiliate Andrew O'Donohue analyzes three possible paths that enable the judiciary to stop an executive power grab.
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Anti-Muslim Bias Crosses Political Spectrum
In Western democracies, the political left and the right don’t have much in common. What they do share, according to a new study led by an international consortium, is a disturbing stereotype ...
Faculty & Affiliate News - February 2025
- How Anti-Racist Protests Influence Pro- and Anti-Migration Voting Behavior: Evidence from National and European Elections
Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece at the Height of the Country’s Financial Crisis, Will Serve as Policy Fellow at Harvard University
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) during the spring 2025 academic term.
Passion and Palestine
CES Resident Faculty Derek Penslar on why the Israel/Palestine conflict has provoked extraordinarily fervent emotion throughout the world.
Brandmauer – Still Alive! Empirical Findings on Support for the AfD by Established Parties in Eastern Germany (2019- 2024)
In a recent paper, CES Director Daniel Ziblatt argues 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.
What Adorno Can Still Teach Us
A conversation with Peter Gordon about the enduring influence of the Frankfurt School’s leader, the future of critical theory, and his recent book, A Precarious Happiness.
How Money Changed the Democratic Game, with Daniel Ziblatt
CES Director Daniel Ziblatt joins Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales on the Capitalisn't podcast to discuss the fate of democracy after 2024.
When Should the Majority Rule?
In a democracy, when and where should majorities rule? And when should their powers ever be limited? CES Director Daniel Ziblatt and his co-author Steve Levitsky propose a framework to think through these questions in a new piece in the January 2025 issue of 'Journal of Democracy.'
Mitch McConnell’s Legacy: A ‘Grim Reaper’ for US Bipartisanship?
McConnell is set to step down as the longest-serving Senate leader. Experts say he transformed the chamber into a battlefield.
