List of Political Science articles
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Protesters take part in a demonstration against the South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Dec. 5, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. Are Democracies Doomed to Gridlock and Dysfunction?
From France to South Korea, U.S. democratic allies are descending into political chaos.
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A black and white portrait of a man wearing a sweater with a collared shirt under it. James C. Scott Trampled Across Borders to Explain the World
The political scientist, anthropologist, and anarchist loved the global margins.
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People browse books as part of the world's longest outdoor bookcase at Bondi Beach in Sydney. The Definitive Summer Reading Guide for National Security Nerds
Your vacation (hopefully) awaits. And here are the best books to pair with it.
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A preservationist cleans around a painting of the Founding Fathers at the U.S. Capitol. Party Animals
New books assessing democracy suggest how to fix things—but it’s complicated.
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A Long March 2F rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft for China's first crewed mission to its new space station, sits on a launch pad encased in a shield, behind the Chinese characters for China, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert in northwestern China on June 16. Why Do Analysts Keep Talking Nonsense About Chinese Words?
Mistaken notions of how characters work produce bad takes.
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Journalists and guests look on as a screen displays a part of the commissioned video installation "I Saw The World End" by Artists Es Devlin and Machiko Weston at the Imperial War Museum in London on Aug. 6, 2020. Political Science Has Its Own Lab Leaks
When ideas get out from academia into the wild, they can be surprisingly dangerous.
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A national flag show is seen at Chaoyang park in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2006. The Power of Narrative
A new book explains why some nations rise and others don’t.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington on Feb. 4. China Wants a ‘Rules-Based International Order,’ Too
The question is who gets to write the codes—and whether the United States will live up to its own.
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People take a picture with a gold statue of former President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida on Feb. 27. All Politics Is Personalized
Around the world, political leaders have amassed power by weakening their parties, and democracy may never recover.
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Francis Fukuyama, philosopher, economist and researcher in American Political Science, photographed in Paris (Photo by Stephane GRANGIER/Corbis via Getty Images) Fukuyama: Expect More Violence Before America Returns to Sanity
The famed political philosopher still believes in democracy’s ultimate triumph but says the “end of history” has been sidetracked by unforeseen forces.
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Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti speaks with an aide after signing an agreement on opening economic relations with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the White House on Sept. 4. Our Top Weekend Reads
An interview with Kosovo’s prime minister, how Myanmar can avoid a public health disaster in the conflict-torn state of Rakhine, and the case for reassessing Voltaire’s legacy.
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Demonstrators gather on 16th Street across from Lafayette Park while protesting peacefully against police brutality and racism on June 6 in Washington, DC. Why Protests Threaten Dictatorships but Make Democracies Stronger
Democracies have greater legitimacy because citizens largely support the system and its institutions. Dictatorships rely on performance—and they fail when they don’t produce results.
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Coal heavers wear sandwich boards to protest against low wages in 1921. When Everything Is a Crisis, Nothing Is
Invoking crisis is a favorite tactic of dictators—and widespread misuse of the word robs it of its power.
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The campus of Georgetown University is seen nearly empty as classes were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Washington May 7. How to Rethink the Teaching of International Relations
As universities struggle to respond to the ongoing pandemic, here’s what they should focus on.
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Foreign Policy illustration/Zach Gibson/Dominique Berretty/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Make America Existentialist Again
French philosophy came to define the postwar era. As U.S. politics get ever more absurd, it’s time for a comeback.
