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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.

CES Director Daniel Ziblatt joins Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales on the Capitalisn't podcast to discuss the fate of democracy after 2024.

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.'

McConnell is set to step down as the longest-serving Senate leader. Experts say he transformed the chamber into a battlefield.

CES Director Daniel Ziblatt and co-author Steven Levitsy talk with Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years of Donald Trump might leave on this democracy.

Harvard-Professor Daniel Ziblatt erforscht, "wie Demokratien sterben". Donald Trump werde viel Schaden anrichten, sagt er. So schlimm wie in Ungarn werde es aber nicht.

CES Director Daniel Ziblatt interviewed by CES JFK Memorial Policy Fellow Wolfgang Merkel on Trumpism.

Two CES Undergraduate Associates, Addie Esposito and Taylor Fang, were elected to Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

CES Visiting Scholar Alberto Alemanno analyzes what a rightward shift in the balance of power means for the centrist majority that has governed Europe since the EU’s creation.

CES Resident Faculty Daniel Ziblatt is featured on The New Yorker Radio Hour on the new democratic minority.