On the freedom to read, speak, and exchange ideas April 14, 2025 The free and open exchange of ideas underlies intellectual inquiry and is the bedrock of a democratic society. Through engaged dialogue we refine our thinking, test our assumptions, and move closer to shared human truths. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Tamar Mitts on using public policy to confront online extremism April 04, 2025 Tamar Mitts鈥� research addresses emerging challenges at the intersection of technology and security. Read More
Essay Unlocking the Middle East riddle April 03, 2025 The Middle East is a tinderbox. The convergence of military, economic, social and geopolitical crises makes this moment, one of the most dangerous periods in the modern history of the region, an inflection point. Read More
Podcast Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men March 11, 2025 In Erased, Patricia Owens shows that, since its beginnings in the early twentieth century, international relations relied on the intellectual labour of women and their expertise on such subjects as empire and colonial administration, anticolonial organising, non-Western powers, and international organisations. Read More
Essay Content moderation is a policy problem, not just a platform problem March 11, 2025 We have all witnessed the familiar cycle. Extremist or hateful content surfaces online and sparks public outrage鈥攑erhaps a stream of violent propaganda, a wave of conspiracy theories, or explicit calls for harm. Read More
Essay Marx and socialist anti-politics January 23, 2025 Socialists believe in economic emancipation from the domination and unfreedom of capitalism. But realising that monumental economic goal invariably and inescapably requires socialists to think about what political means, if any, might bring it about. Read More
Interview Patricia Owens on Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men January 22, 2025 The academic field of international relations presents its own history as largely a project of elite white men. And yet women played a prominent role in the creation of this new cross-disciplinary field. Read More
Podcast The Impeachment Power December 04, 2024 In this week鈥檚 episode we step into conversation with Keith Whittington about his new book, The Impeachment Power, as we explore the historical and constitutional dimensions of impeachment in American politics. Read More
Podcast Raised to Obey December 03, 2024 Nearly every country today has universal primary education. But why did governments in the West decide to provide education to all children in the first place? Read More
Interview Eric Storm on the rise and evolution of nationalism October 28, 2024 Is nationalism more alive than ever? Eric Storm, author of 鈥淣ationalism,鈥� discusses the nature and evolution of nationalism, from the early modern era to the present. Read More
Podcast The Tech Coup October 24, 2024 Over the past decades, under the cover of 鈥渋nnovation,鈥� technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power from governments themselves. Facial recognition firms track citizens for police surveillance. Read More
Essay Up from feudalism: the Black American liberal tradition October 03, 2024 What did it mean to be an enlightened 鈥渓iberal鈥� in the United States before the twentieth century? What鈥檚 race got to do with it? Read More
Essay Ungoverning: an unfamiliar name for an unfamiliar danger September 30, 2024 The idea that those entrusted with responsibility for governing a democracy would intentionally make the state less capable鈥攄egrading its ability to collect taxes, to deliver mail, to conduct diplomacy, to prosecute violations of civil rights鈥攊s almost unthinkable. We call this 鈥渦ngoverning.鈥� Read More
Reading List 快色直播 for understanding the US election August 09, 2024 Voting, both a fundamental civic duty and a hard-won right, is at the core of our democratic process. With election season upon us, delve into this list of books for understanding today鈥檚 increasingly complex election politics. Read More
Essay Our innumerate democracy April 16, 2024 The Declaration of Independence is a mathematical document. It starts by proclaiming certain truths to be self-evident and proceeds to list them. In math, such statements are the axioms of a theory. Read More
