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Congratulations to three CES Affiliates for receiving 2025 APSA Organized Section Awards.

CES Resident Faculty Derek Penslar in conversation with Times columnist Michelle Goldberg on Israel, social conservatism, immigration, and where free speech becomes something else.

Der Demokratieverfall in Amerika beschleunigt sich, ebenso der Aufstieg der AfD in Deutschland. Harvard-Politologe Daniel Ziblatt schlägt im Handelsblatt-Interview eine Gegenstrategie vor.

Nieman Fellow and data editor Sotiris Sideris explains how digital tools sift through mountains of government, business data to find ways to make things better or unearth crimes.

CES is pleased to announce the creation of the Guido Goldman Fellowship, which is made possible through a posthumous gift by visionary Co-founder Guido Goldman. This Fellowship supports exceptional post-doctoral scholars from across Europe to participate in our flagship Visiting Scholars Program.

Nieman Fellow Sotiris Sideris cautioned against relying on artificial intelligence in journalism.

CES Director Daniel Ziblatt’s 2017 book, Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy, is featured in a Guardian article on how the world’s most successful democratic party is in a death spiral of its own making.

Pavel addressed global responsibilities in today’s world: “the alliance of democracies must answer the alliance of autocracies” in a lecture named for Václav Havel.

Czech Republic President Petr Pavel positioned Europe as a key ally for the United States and urged increased American support for Ukraine during the second annual Václav Havel Lecture on Human Rights, Civil Society, and Democracy at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

Yascha Mounk shares an appreciation of Stanley Hoffmann’s work and his character to dedicate the tenth anniversary of his death.