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.
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.
CES Affiliate Michèle Lamont on Trump's obsession with the reach and influence of cultural institutions.
CES Affiliate Arthur Goldhammer on how French politics has plunged into dysfunction.
CES Director Daniel Ziblatt welcomes the CES community ahead of the academic year.
CES Director Daniel Ziblatt warns that yielding to authoritarianism, even partially or temporarily, risks the loss of democracy itself.
CES Affiliate Pippa Norris suggests threats to academic freedom are more widespread and less obvious than some might think.
