The last fifteen years have witnessed a "democratic recession." Democracies previously thought to be well-established--Hungary, Poland,…
Why have some nonviolent revolutions succeeded even with modest participation numbers, while others have failed despite massive…
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived on the scene, the near-universal imposition of lockdowns and public health restrictions prompted many…
The Federal Reserve seeks to cool an overheated US labor market to ease wage hikes and reduce job vacancies, without a painful spike in…
Does Alexis de Tocqueville—the author of the nineteenth-century classic Democracy in America—still matter? Why should any of us today pay…
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world appears to be at an inflection point. Business leaders have declared the…
After the 2014 uprising against widespread corruption under former Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych, a group of civic activists and…
Critics have opposed clean energy public investment by claiming that governments must not pick winners, green subsidies enable rent-seeking…
Solar geoengineering (SG) might be able to reduce climate risks if used to supplement emissions cuts and carbon removal. Yet, the wisdom of…
Partnerships are inherently challenging. They require two or more partners to share common goals and to work together over the lifetime of…