A Dilemma for Democracy: To Prosecute or Not to Prosecute Political Leaders?
CES Graduate Student Affiliate on what happens to support for former presidents and prime ministers—and for democratic norms—when they’re taken to court.
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Trump Gets Even – Who Says Culture Doesn’t Matter?
CES Affiliate Michèle Lamont on Trump's obsession with the reach and influence of cultural institutions.
Is It Time for Emmanuel Macron to Resign?
CES Affiliate Arthur Goldhammer on how French politics has plunged into dysfunction.
Warnings From Weimar: Why Bargaining With Authoritarians Fails
CES Director Daniel Ziblatt warns that yielding to authoritarianism, even partially or temporarily, risks the loss of democracy itself.
Welcome to CES 2025-2026
CES Director Daniel Ziblatt welcomes the CES community ahead of the academic year.
Global Concerns Rising About Erosion of Academic Freedom
CES Affiliate Pippa Norris suggests threats to academic freedom are more widespread and less obvious than some might think.
A Call for Business Leaders to Shape a Greener World
Read an excerpt from CES Affiliate Gunnar Trumbull's new book A Concise Business Guide to Climate Change: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know.
The Strong Do What They Can and the Weak Suffer What They Must
Michael Ignatieff compares the Ukrainian peace process to the Melian Dialogues.
The Brave New World of America’s AI Action Plan: Artificial Intelligence, Fossil Fuels, Imperial Condescension—and as Ever, the Gaslighting
CES Affiliate Mathias Risse on America's AI action plan.
Putin’s Word is ‘Totally Unreliable,’ Expert Says Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit
CES Local Affiliate Mai'a Cross on the upcoming Putin-Trump Summit.
