George Packer Archives

If Trump is just “playing a part,” then here’s how to understand his brand of theater

Roland Bleiker, Nilanjana Premaratna, and Mark Chou - June 9, 2016

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Federico Finchelstein and Pablo Piccato - February 27, 2016

Pundits and politicians have been shocked by the Trump phenomenon,

Erica Chenoweth - August 29, 2013

This is a guest post from Deborah Avant, Sié Chéou-Kang Chair

Andrew Gelman - February 17, 2012

John Sides and Larry Bartels have recently spent some space

Larry Bartels - February 16, 2012

One of the commenters on John's "Zombie Politics" post notes

John Sides - February 14, 2012

Zombie politics -- a play on Zombie Economics-- refers to

John Sides - February 1, 2012

George Packer: McGovern’s debacle forced the Democratic Party to find

Andrew Gelman - May 1, 2011

George Packer writes: In the fall of 1995, a year

John Sides - August 6, 2010

So David Broder read George Packer's article on the Senate

John Sides - January 6, 2009

The graph above depicts two things: 1) Patriotism among Iraqi