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September 20, 2022

United States
Congressional Midterm Update: The Race Tightens

Seven weeks out from the November elections, Democrats’ prospects have brightened, and Republicans’ prospects have dimmed.

The U.S. Capitol Building as viewed between two rows of trees.

November 16, 2020

Nigeria
Nigeria and the Nation-State

In Nigeria and the Nation-State, John Campbell explains what makes Nigeria different from other countries in Africa, how it works, and why understanding it is vital if we are to avoid the mistakes th…

Nigeria and the Nation-State Teaching Notes by John Campbell

July 24, 2020

Wars and Conflict
Five Movies Worth Watching About Revolts, Rebellions, and Revolutions

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: movies about uprisings.

Movie posters clockwise from top left: Doctor Zhivago/Roger Ebert; Mandela/People’s World; Lawrence of Arabia/Amazon; Braveheart/Google Play; The Crying Game/CineMaterial; Michael Collins/Amazon.

December 7, 2021

Economics
Arthur Ross Book Award: “The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes”

Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Zachary D. Carter, Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser, and Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett.

Play British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946) in his study in London

February 28, 2022

United States
Can President Biden’s State of the Union Address Unify Americans Over Ukraine?

President Biden delivers his first State of the Union speech tomorrow night. Can he use this perilous moment to begin to reverse the nation’s deep divisions?  

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris look outward toward President Joe Biden speaking to a small numbers of listeners at a joint session of Congress.