Political science Archives

Using chemical weapons is a risky move. So why did Syria use sarin?

James Hollyer and B. Peter Rosendorff - April 12, 2017

[caption id="attachment_56722" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Syrian boy and other victims

George Tsebelis / Managing Editor - March 29, 2017

Let's count the ways that business and governing are different.

Jonathan Oberlander - March 27, 2017

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s (R-Wis.) decision to pull legislation

Yvonne Dutton, Tessa Alleblas, Geoff Dancy, and Eamon Aloyo - March 6, 2017

[caption id="attachment_54939" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta appears before

Thomas Remington - March 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_48410" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin (Alexei Druzhinin/Pool

David Lewis - March 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_54840" align="aligncenter" width="960"] White House Chief Strategist Stephen K.

Tom Clark and Jeffrey Staton - February 27, 2017

Courts are only as powerful as politicians – and the public – want.

Risa Brooks - February 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_54243" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Members of a military band rehearse

George Edwards - December 27, 2016

[caption id="attachment_49039" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President-elect Donald Trump faces high levels

Bruce Peabody - December 4, 2016

[caption id="attachment_50555" align="aligncenter" width="960"] An exterior view of the hotel