Josiah Ober is a Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. Federica Carugati is a Lecturer in History and Political Economy at King's College London. They are the coauthors of the chapter “Democratic Collapse and Recovery in Ancient Athens (413-403 BCE)” in a new book called When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion... Continue Reading →
Total Immunity or Accountability
By Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. (Retired) and David Bernell Former President Trump has asked the federal courts for sweeping immunity for virtually all actions he took as president. He says that acts committed in the White House are automatically official acts. His case reached the Supreme Court in April 2024 and a hearing was held... Continue Reading →
Alexander Keyssar on Why We Still Have the Electoral College
Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at Harvard University and the author of the book Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? Made in partnership with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Access Episodes Ad-Free on Patreon Make a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox.... Continue Reading →
Robert Kagan on the Threat of Antiliberalism
Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for The Washington Post. He is the author of many books including most recently The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941 and Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again. Access Episodes Ad-Free on Patreon Make a one-time... Continue Reading →
Rep Mikie Sherrill on Whether the Bipartisan Consensus on Foreign Policy Will Hold and on Threats to American Democracy
Representative Mikie Sherrill represents the 11th Congressional District of New Jersey. She sits on the Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, and the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the United States Naval... Continue Reading →
If We Can Keep it
by David Bernell and Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. (Retired) There is a story told about Benjamin Franklin that describes his interaction with a group of citizens at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. When asked by a woman named Elizabeth Willing Powel what type of government the delegates had established, a monarchy or... Continue Reading →
Saskia Brechenmacher on Promoting Gender Equality Through Democracy Assistance Aid
Saskia Brechenmacher is a fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. Recently, she coauthored a new book with Katherine Mann called Aiding Empowerment: Democracy Promotion and Gender Equality in Politics. Access Episodes Ad-Free on Patreon Make a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox. Proudly sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Learn more at... Continue Reading →
Happy and Free
Happy and Free by Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. (Retired) and David Bernell The death of Alexei Navalny in one of Vladmir Putin’s terrible prison camps in the Arctic Circle is a tragedy for the world. It is also a marker and a reminder of the competing political forces of our time. When the Cold War... Continue Reading →
Democracy in a Postmodern Era with Bruce Ackerman
Bruce Ackerman is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. He is well known as a legal scholar and a political philosopher. His most recent book is The Postmodern Predicament: Existential Challenges of the Twenty-First Century. Access Episodes Ad-Free on Patreon Make a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox. Proudly sponsored by the... Continue Reading →
Adam Casey on How Military Aid Can Stabilize and Destabilize Foreign Autocrats
Adam E. Casey is an analyst in the United States government. He wrote Up in Arms: How Military Aid Stabilizes―and Destabilizes―Foreign Autocrats while he was a research fellow at the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan. All the content in the book and this interview reflects the views of the author and... Continue Reading →