Throughout the 1990s, central and eastern European states expressed their wish to become members of the Western community and its institutions and to guard against a resurgent Russia. Based on newly declassified documents, CES Associate Mary Elise Sarotte explores the history of NATO accession. (Photo Credit: Jeff Taylor/Reuters)
What is the state of Greek democracy since the economic crisis? In this paper, CES Visiting Scholar Dimitri Sotiropoulos assesses the effects of populism and corruption on democracy in Greece today.
Bart Bonikowski discusses his work on nationalism with The Sociocast Project.
To research schools in Germany, Stefan Beljean, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and CES Graduate Student Affiliate, went to the source
This op-ed byDaniel Ziblatt and Steve Levitsky is worth rereading in these extraordinary times. "Crises are a time-tested means of subverting democracy."
How the Gilets Jaunes Brought the French President Low
Leaving the EU without consequences was always a fantasy, and the terms of the Brexit agreement reveal the reality, says Peter A. Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies and CES Resident Faculty.
A frank discussion by Sigmar Gabriel, CES John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow this fall, on Germany’s relationship with the United States, the European Union, and China. Germany's former Vice Chancellor spoke to the Harvard Gazette ahead of his public address on November 1 to open the Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany.
In an interview with the Polish paper Polityka, Grzegorz Ekiert, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government and CES Director at Harvard, spoke about political developments in Poland.
Congratulations to Daniel Ziblatt on winning not one but four awards for his groundbreaking book Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2017). In August, Ziblatt will be awarded the 2018 Woodrow Wilson award by the American Political Science Association (APSA)– considered the most prestigious award in the U.S. for a political science book. The APSA will also be awarding him two more best book prizes—from the sections of Comparative Democratization and European Politics and Society. Ziblatt also earned the 2018 Barrington Moore Prize for best book in comparative and historical sociology by the American Sociological Association. 2018 has been an amazing year for CES Resident Faculty Ziblatt whose more recent co-authored book (with Steve Levitsky) How Democracies Die hit the New York Times bestseller list.
