Lilliana Mason of the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University joins us this week to discuss her work on the radicalization of American politics and why political scientists have been slow to catch onto it.
Talk of a second American civil war seems to be everywhere lately. Pundits, scholars and elected officials have begun to consider openly the potential for widespread bloodshed. Most raise the
On the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, our panelists examine polarization in the United States and the threats it poses to U.S. democracy.This meeting is part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy.CFR’s Renewing America initiative shines a spotlight on the domestic underpinnings of U.S. competitiveness to find ways to bolster U.S. international strength and influence. This project is made possible by the generous support of the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation.