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Aaron Friedberg: On US-China Relations and the Threats We Face
How will the American withdrawal from Afghanistan influence US-China relations? How should we understand China’s geostrategic ambitions—and the threa…
4 years, 10 months ago
Eric Edelman: The Crisis in Civil-Military Relations
Civilian control over the military, and a non-partisan military, have been bedrock principles of American government since the founding of the countr…
4 years, 11 months ago
David Epstein: The Political Ideas of The Federalist
Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to defend the ratification of the Constitution, The Federalist has long been recognized as…
4 years, 11 months ago
Ashish Jha: On the Delta Variant, Vaccines, and Where We Stand
Where do things stand with Covid-19? How has the emergence of the Delta variant changed the situation? How might things look in the US as we had into…
5 years ago
Harvey Mansfield: On Political Philosophy
First released in June 2014, this Conversation is the first in our series of Conversations with Harvard government professor Harvey Mansfield, one of…
5 years ago
Eric Edelman: On the Consequences of Withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Biden Administration has announced that all American troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of August. This would, in Biden’s words, br…
5 years ago
Sean Trende on the Republicans, the Democrats, and Looking Ahead to 2022 and 2024
Where do the Republican and Democratic parties stand almost six months into the Biden presidency? How could changes in emphasis and legislative prior…
5 years ago
Jonathan Rauch on Polarization, Information Warfare, and Cancel Culture
How has America become so polarized? Has negative partisanship opened the floodgates for disinformation and propaganda in our politics? How is cancel…
5 years, 1 month ago
Paul Cantor: Shakespeare and Comedy
What is the nature of comedy? How does it differ from tragedy? What can we learn from Shakespeare’s comedies that we might miss if we focus only on t…
5 years, 1 month ago
Roya Hakakian: Immigration and the American Idea
What is the role of immigration in the history of the United States—and the idea of America? Why has America been uniquely successful at integrating …
5 years, 2 months ago