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In today’s world, civil discourse is the exception rather than the rule. That's precisely why the Dreier Roundtable wants to recognize public servants who engage in a vigorous clash of ideas while recognizing that their…

The debate on policing has generated heated discussions and strong reactions nationwide. Questions like: Are cops detrimental to the welfare of racial minorities? Should we defund them? Or perhaps abolish them? What abo…

Progress is a demonstrable fact: We are healthier, richer, freer, safer, and happier than our ancestors. It’s not because of some mystical force that lifts our species upward. It’s because of the Enlightenment ideal of…

Over the past three decades, citizens of democracies who claim to value freedom, tolerance, and the rule of law have increasingly embraced illiberal politicians and platforms. Democracy is in trouble—but who is really t…

Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation’s cards are better than we know. Russia ranks significantly behind the U.S. and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population…

The controversies swirling around policies and inequities in a pandemic age provide an opening to explore the place of structural and institutional violence in comparative genocide studies. Adam Jones, a William F. Podl…

Drawing from her extensive professional and academic experiences in foreign relations, national security, and public affairs, Hagar Chemali, a political commentator with expertise on a range of historic and dynamic issu…

We have had a century of scientific investment in breakthrough innovation that has transformed the potential of lives and society. But it has not been matched by investment in follow-through innovation to deliver these…

Acclaimed novelist and writer Zadie Smith will read and reflect on her works. Photo credit: Dominique Nabokov

Almost two decades after Al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks on the American homeland, the United States has—for now —disengaged militarily from Afghanistan. A surge of 100,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan in 2010 was unforeseeable…