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Good to Know: Nationalism and democracy

Eun A Jo - September 29, 2025
Democracy needs more than a good story.
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Good to Know: Executive orders (and their cousins)

Andrew Rudalevige - August 2, 2025
What presidential directives can – and cannot – do.
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Good to Know: Anti-establishment orientation

Jan Zilinsky - June 18, 2025
A key dividing line in politics isn't just ideology, but also people’s fundamental trust in the system itself.
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Good to Know: Why do we need government?

Eric Gonzalez Juenke - May 16, 2025
The Constitutional framers believed that weak governments could be just as dangerous to individual freedom as powerful ones.
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Good to Know: Antisemitism in America

Brent E. Sasley - April 8, 2025
Why is antisemitism now on the rise?
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Good to Know: Israeli politics

Brent E. Sasley - March 4, 2025
The right-wing bloc is the clear winner after decades of Israel’s political fragmentation.
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Good to Know: What is a ceasefire?

Page Fortna - January 17, 2025
And what are the prospects for the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas?
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Good to Know: Sovereign debt

Layna Mosley and B. Peter Rosendorff - January 10, 2025
Sovereign borrowing is central to what governments do – but increasingly costly, even for wealthy democracies.
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Good to Know: The public is a thermostat

Alexander Kustov - January 3, 2025
Why there is a never-ending cycle of governments doing something and the public wanting the opposite.