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Victor Wu: On the real politics of the presidency PhD student Victor Wu was recently interviewed on Substack Live about his research on the development of executive power in modern democracies and its contemporary...	Politics, polarization, and the future of democracy A number of faculty from the Department of Political Science were interviewed by the FAS’s Dean’s office about the effects of polarization on voting habits and...	Ian Shapiro: "How the post-Cold War mistakes made by Western leaders paved the way for populism" Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs Ian Shapiro as an article on the London School of Economics and Political Science website entitled “How the post-...
Professor Oona Hathaway Named President of the American Society of International Law At its annual meeting this month, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science Oona Hathaway ’97 assumed the presidency of the ...	Seyla Benhabib awarded the Skytte Prize in Political Science Eugene Meyer Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy Emerita Seyla Benhabib has been awarded the Skytte Prize in Political Science. “Benhabib, whose scholarly...	Egor Lazarev awarded the 2026 Graduate Mentor Award in Social Sciences Assistant Professor of Political Science Egor Lazarev has been awardedthe 2026 Graduate Mentor Award. The Graduate Mentor Award recognizes faculty members who are exceptional...
Isabela Mares: "Back from the brink: countering illiberalism in liberal democracy" Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science Isabela Mares has recently published a volume, co-edited with Professor Giovanni Capoccia, Oxford University. Thier co-directed...