Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
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Herodotus showed how human beliefs and choices affected the fate of nations. His insights are still relevant.
The dread that AI evokes seems a distraction from the more disquieting scrutiny of humanity’s own dark nature.
It doesn’t matter how many rules we have if no one follows them. If they are not widely respected, then the structure becomes useless. The same goes for democracy.
Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbating the other, according to a new report.
By warning of the threat oligarchy poses to the country, President Joe Biden tapped into a Democratic Party tradition begun in the mid-19th century.
Outgoing United States president Joe Biden has warned ‘an oligarchy is taking shape in America’. What is an oligarchy? And is America becoming one?
A West Point professor of Russian politics and foreign policy looks at the future of Russia without Putin.
Soeharto’s oligarchy, not Prabowo, is subverting Indonesia’s democracy
Personalist dictators tend to shield the elites who support them from the economic pain of sanctions by pushing costs onto regular people.
My research explores how fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti was left out of Jokowi’s new cabinet. Her harsh managerial style alienated many parties and a coalition rose to oust her from office.
Oligarchs have made headlines recently as the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump move forward.
Different animals and different behaviors rely on various forms and combinations of ‘government’ to carry out desired actions.
What would Aristotle have thought of modern liberal democracy? It’s complicated.
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A.G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow, Clare College, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Biological Sciences; Director of the Cellular and Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program, University of Oklahoma
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Graduate Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of International Relations, United States Military Academy West Point
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Associate Professor of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Associate Professor of History, CQUniversity Australia
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Emeritus Professor of History, University of Tennessee
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Postdoctoral Researcher, International Climate Politics, University of Leeds
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Professeur de philosophie, philosophie grecque et tradition démocratique, Université Laval
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Professor of English and Literary Arts, University of Denver
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Professor of Classics, UMass Amherst
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Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies