Princeton University Department of Politics
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As one of Princeton University's largest departments, Politics brings together the diverse perspectives of nearly 60 faculty, 150 undergraduate concentrators and 140 graduate students.
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Princeton dedicated Prospect House spaces in honor of faculty, alumni and others who “helped to shape the University and the world” including Politics alum Charles Hey-Maestre ’77 who spent his legal career fighting for the rights of underserved and marginalized people in Puerto Rico. bit.ly/4oEUh1f
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Princeton dedicated Prospect House spaces in honor of faculty, alumni and others who “helped to shape the University and the world” including Politics alum Charles Hey-Maestre ’77 who spent his legal career fighting for the rights of underserved and marginalized people in Puerto Rico. bit.ly/4oEUh1f
"Trump’s disfiguring the White House fits into a larger global trend: far-right populist leaders in many countries have used spectacular architecture to advance their political agenda" Jan-Werner Müller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social writes for @theguardian.com
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Trump’s White House overhaul fits a global trend among far-right populists | Jan-Werner Müller
The president’s move is less an example of American exceptionalism than part of a familiar pattern
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October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Trump’s disfiguring the White House fits into a larger global trend: far-right populist leaders in many countries have used spectacular architecture to advance their political agenda" Jan-Werner Müller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social writes for @theguardian.com
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Politics Professor and Dean of Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs Amaney Jamal presented "Dialogue in Action: Leading for the Public Good" as part of Princeton Graduate School's Many Minds, Many Stripes conference. #ManyMinds
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October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Politics Professor and Dean of Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs Amaney Jamal presented "Dialogue in Action: Leading for the Public Good" as part of Princeton Graduate School's Many Minds, Many Stripes conference. #ManyMinds
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Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social speaks with @NPR on tariffs impact on Diwali celebrations in the US.
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Tariffs on Indian goods make Diwali celebrations in U.S. more expensive this year
Diwali, the festival of lights, will be celebrated around the world Monday, but steep tariffs on Indian goods made preparing for the holiday more costly for people living in the U.S.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social speaks with @NPR on tariffs impact on Diwali celebrations in the US.
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Professor Leonard Wantchekon Addresses the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee on Economic & Financial Affairs
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October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Professor Leonard Wantchekon Addresses the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee on Economic & Financial Affairs
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"This is not about this or that policy; it is about a chief executive governing according to his whims, with impunity and obvious disregard for the US Constitution."
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social writes for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social writes for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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How the Democrats Can “Win” the US Government Shutdown
Jan-Werner Mueller urges the party to adhere to some key lessons about confronting would-be autocrats.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"This is not about this or that policy; it is about a chief executive governing according to his whims, with impunity and obvious disregard for the US Constitution."
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social writes for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social writes for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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"Our Constitution doesn’t need gilded letters, since those would only be distractions from the true content." Abigail Anthony '23 writes for National Review
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I Saw the Constitution | National Review
Its physical appearance was underwhelming. But we cherish the Constitution because of the ideas it contains, not for its physical form.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Our Constitution doesn’t need gilded letters, since those would only be distractions from the true content." Abigail Anthony '23 writes for National Review
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October 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Check out my new piece on Moldovan 🇲🇩 elections with @grigopop.bsky.social
Despite Russian meddling, Moldova’s pro-Europe party wins a majority.
Russia’s social media campaign fell short.
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Russia’s social media campaign fell short.
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Despite Russian meddling, Moldova’s pro-Europe party wins a majority
Russia’s social media campaign fell short.
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October 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Check out my new piece on Moldovan 🇲🇩 elections with @grigopop.bsky.social
We speak with Politics Professor Jan-Werner Müller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social about what political science can contribute to a better understanding of architecture. #WorldArchitectureDay
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October 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We speak with Politics Professor Jan-Werner Müller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social about what political science can contribute to a better understanding of architecture. #WorldArchitectureDay
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🚨🚨 I’m thrilled to share that my book, Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed, will be published this month with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org in their Comparative Politics Series
October 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🚨🚨 I’m thrilled to share that my book, Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed, will be published this month with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org in their Comparative Politics Series
October 9-11, Princeton will host “Many Minds, Many Stripes: A Princeton University Conference Celebrating Graduate Alumni,” coinciding with the Princeton Graduate School’s 125th anniversary.
All alumni are invited to attend. Register now: manyminds.alumni.princeton.edu
All alumni are invited to attend. Register now: manyminds.alumni.princeton.edu
Many Minds, Many Stripes
A Princeton University conference celebrating graduate alumni, coinciding with the 125th anniversary of the Graduate School. October 9-11, 2025
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October 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
October 9-11, Princeton will host “Many Minds, Many Stripes: A Princeton University Conference Celebrating Graduate Alumni,” coinciding with the Princeton Graduate School’s 125th anniversary.
All alumni are invited to attend. Register now: manyminds.alumni.princeton.edu
All alumni are invited to attend. Register now: manyminds.alumni.princeton.edu
"This hub is an instrument for empowering communities to build their own evidence-based solutions, moving beyond aid to self-reliant development."
Prof. Leonard Wantchekon explained of The Princeton-African School of Economics Research at the 2025 Devolution Conference.
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Prof. Leonard Wantchekon explained of The Princeton-African School of Economics Research at the 2025 Devolution Conference.
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Princeton-backed innovation hub launches in Kenya to plug skills gap
PASER aims to create a new model for development where municipalities and devolved governments use data-driven research to train a new generation of professionals and attract investment.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"This hub is an instrument for empowering communities to build their own evidence-based solutions, moving beyond aid to self-reliant development."
Prof. Leonard Wantchekon explained of The Princeton-African School of Economics Research at the 2025 Devolution Conference.
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Prof. Leonard Wantchekon explained of The Princeton-African School of Economics Research at the 2025 Devolution Conference.
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"They put into place in our Constitution a system of structural constraints on power knowing that no one, given the nature of human beings, could be trusted with unchecked and unaccountable power." Robert George on the Pursuit podcast @constitutionctr.bsky.social
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Introducing Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness
Podcast for Introducing Pursuit: The Founders’ Guide to Happiness from the National Constitution Center
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September 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"They put into place in our Constitution a system of structural constraints on power knowing that no one, given the nature of human beings, could be trusted with unchecked and unaccountable power." Robert George on the Pursuit podcast @constitutionctr.bsky.social
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Dahyun Choi @dahyunchoi.bsky.social studies how private and public organizations strategically use expertise in the U.S. administrative state. Her job market paper shows that while high-quality studies remain resilient to political turnover, partisan bias still shapes which evidence agencies use.
September 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Dahyun Choi @dahyunchoi.bsky.social studies how private and public organizations strategically use expertise in the U.S. administrative state. Her job market paper shows that while high-quality studies remain resilient to political turnover, partisan bias still shapes which evidence agencies use.
Professor Robert George to give The 2025 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence of the Library of Congress.
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The 2025 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence: Dr. Robert George | In Custodia Legis
Please join the Law Library of Congress, in-person and virtually, for the 2025 Kellogg Lecture in Jurisprudence on October 9, 2025, presented by Dr. Robert George.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Professor Robert George to give The 2025 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence of the Library of Congress.
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"I would probably focus quite a bit on academic freedom, on knowledge. That is really the root of all things in terms of liberty — which is really the core of what we're trying to do with the democratic process, to preserve liberty.”
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Advises Princeton Students to Work Hard for Their Passions | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
“When you’re trying to figure out what you want to do with your life, the key question is, ‘What am I willing to work for?’” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson advised students on her first-e...
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September 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"I would probably focus quite a bit on academic freedom, on knowledge. That is really the root of all things in terms of liberty — which is really the core of what we're trying to do with the democratic process, to preserve liberty.”
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Aaron Friedberg @alf2014.bsky.social discusses the current geopolitical situation and the threat posed by China on the podcast Conversations with Bill Kristol. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
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Aaron Friedberg: The Trump Administration's Surprising China Policy - Conversations with Bill Kristol
On the second Trump administration’s surprising China policy
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September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Aaron Friedberg @alf2014.bsky.social discusses the current geopolitical situation and the threat posed by China on the podcast Conversations with Bill Kristol. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
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In her dissertation, Manasi @manasibose.bsky.social examines international responses to rebel governance and uses the case study of HTS in Syria to address the question of why groups with no expectation of legitimacy or legal recognition engage in costly political institutionalization.
September 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In her dissertation, Manasi @manasibose.bsky.social examines international responses to rebel governance and uses the case study of HTS in Syria to address the question of why groups with no expectation of legitimacy or legal recognition engage in costly political institutionalization.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, officials relied on rapidly evolving science and data to make high-stakes decisions. Join @upenn.edu and our Prof. Lee for a seminar discussing the health, social, & economic impacts of those choices.
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Health and Politics in the Aftermath of COVID-19
This seminar will take stock of how data, evidence, communications, and politics shaped pandemic-era health policy and the politics of today.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
During the COVID-19 pandemic, officials relied on rapidly evolving science and data to make high-stakes decisions. Join @upenn.edu and our Prof. Lee for a seminar discussing the health, social, & economic impacts of those choices.
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Join us today, from 5-6:30PM in McCosh Hall 50 for the annual Princeton University Constitution Day Lecture, co-sponsored by the James Madison Program, titled, "Our Civil Rights Revolution."
The lecture will feature Jeannie Suk Gersen of @harvard.edu and an introduction by Prof. Robert George.
The lecture will feature Jeannie Suk Gersen of @harvard.edu and an introduction by Prof. Robert George.
September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join us today, from 5-6:30PM in McCosh Hall 50 for the annual Princeton University Constitution Day Lecture, co-sponsored by the James Madison Program, titled, "Our Civil Rights Revolution."
The lecture will feature Jeannie Suk Gersen of @harvard.edu and an introduction by Prof. Robert George.
The lecture will feature Jeannie Suk Gersen of @harvard.edu and an introduction by Prof. Robert George.
2024 APSA Kenneth Sherrill Prize recipient @nancyyuntang.bsky.social studies how authoritarian regimes and LGBTQ movements interact through the "law", whose job market paper explores how Chinese feminist and queer movements advance non-heteronormative reproduction under state pro-natalism.
September 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
2024 APSA Kenneth Sherrill Prize recipient @nancyyuntang.bsky.social studies how authoritarian regimes and LGBTQ movements interact through the "law", whose job market paper explores how Chinese feminist and queer movements advance non-heteronormative reproduction under state pro-natalism.
In his dissertation book project, Hani F. Abdel-Warith demonstrates that autocrats in the Middle East and North Africa punish their opponents by withholding schools from restive regions.
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In his dissertation book project, Hani F. Abdel-Warith demonstrates that autocrats in the Middle East and North Africa punish their opponents by withholding schools from restive regions.
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Jeff Staton presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Charles Cameron 🏆👏 Congratulations to Dr. Cameron on this well-deserved honor and thank you for your extraordinary contributions to our field!
September 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Jeff Staton presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Charles Cameron 🏆👏 Congratulations to Dr. Cameron on this well-deserved honor and thank you for your extraordinary contributions to our field!
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Free tickets: From Tyranny to Athenian Democracy
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Prof Melissa Lane* traces Athenian democracy to 508 BCE, when a popular uprising toppled a tyrant & Cleisthenes’ reforms reshaped politics, identity & society
*also of @princeton.bsky.social / @princetonpolitics.bsky.social
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Prof Melissa Lane* traces Athenian democracy to 508 BCE, when a popular uprising toppled a tyrant & Cleisthenes’ reforms reshaped politics, identity & society
*also of @princeton.bsky.social / @princetonpolitics.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Free tickets: From Tyranny to Athenian Democracy
👉gres.hm/tyranny-demo...
Prof Melissa Lane* traces Athenian democracy to 508 BCE, when a popular uprising toppled a tyrant & Cleisthenes’ reforms reshaped politics, identity & society
*also of @princeton.bsky.social / @princetonpolitics.bsky.social
👉gres.hm/tyranny-demo...
Prof Melissa Lane* traces Athenian democracy to 508 BCE, when a popular uprising toppled a tyrant & Cleisthenes’ reforms reshaped politics, identity & society
*also of @princeton.bsky.social / @princetonpolitics.bsky.social