Category: Politics

January 17, 2013

Interview with Nahshon Perez, author of Freedom from Past Injustices

“Do contemporary citizens, some of them descendants of wrongdoers, owe anything to the descendants of victims? For almost all cases, the answer given is no.”—Nahshon Perez The following is an interview with Nahshon Perez, author of Freedom from Past Injustices:...

December 11, 2012

Whitney Strub — The Politics of Porn, Part 2: The Culture (Non-) Wars

“For that matter, Christian Grey of the Fifty Shades trilogy would be hard to pick out from a lineup of the ‘Opportunity Society’ wing of the GOP; I picture him with Scott Brown abs, Paul Ryan vocal inflection, and Romney...

December 5, 2012

Whitney Strub — The Politics of Porn 2012 (Part 1)

“That the conservative attack on birth control failed miserably, and set the stage for some Democratic congressional coups, hardly means porn won’t return to the table again; in fact, with the diminishing returns on the homophobia that the Right has...

November 27, 2012

Why Civil Resistance Works wins 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order

Congratulations to Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan, who have been awarded the 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for their work on Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.

October 11, 2012

Jennifer Morrison Taw on economic trade-offs and the military

Jennifer Morrison Taw discusses the foreign policy ramifications of overbudgeting for defense.

October 3, 2012

Alan Schroeder on the First Televised Presidential Debate

“That son of a bitch just cost us the election.”—Henry Cabot Lodge, the Republican vice-presidential candidate after the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate On the occasion of tonight’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, we thought it might be worthwhile...

September 20, 2012

Erica Chenoweth: Why civil resistance trumps violent uprisings

“Nonviolent resistance of some sort is almost always possible, and armed uprisings are never inevitable. Instead, violence may be a method people choose because they don’t know there is a realistic alternative.”–Erica Chenoweth With a variety of protest movements erupting...

September 19, 2012

Jonathan Lyons – Islam, Violence, and the West: It’s Not the Video, Stupid

Jonathan Lyons makes the case that there is a great deal more going on in the recent protests in the Muslim world than simple outrage about a film.

August 29, 2012

Political Science Titles on Sale!

Unfortunately, due to Hurricane Isaac, the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, which was to be held in New Orleans, has been cancelled. Not only does this mean that a series of great panels and talks will not...

August 22, 2012

Erica Chenoweth — Creative Nonviolence Can Defeat Repression

Erica Chenoweth explains how protests can most effectively bring down repressive regimes.

July 26, 2012

Stephen Starr – Syria can find peace if its minorities seek common ground

Stephen Starr explains how the Assad Regime in Syria brought about their own downfall, and discusses problems that will trouble a new Syrian government.

July 24, 2012

Stephen Starr on the complicated situation in Syria

Stephen Starr explains how the public understanding of the conflict in Syria is incredibly (and harmfully) simplistic.