Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg co-wrote this opinion piece, delving into what Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-Ky.) and Democratic Leader Schumer (D-N.Y.) could do during the two pending runoff elections in Georgia.

John Hazen White Professor of Public Policy James Morone, “Republicans are playing with fire...They’re counting on our political institutions—the courts, the state governments, the electors— to protect our republic while they pander to President Trump and his supporters. But our democratic institutions are built on a political culture. One that accepts political opposition as legitimate and elections as the final word. Denying a clear election result—for a day much less for a month—weakens the bonds that hold our republic together. This is how democracies break down—slowly, then all at once.”

December 14, 2020 Inspired Traveler

In this article, Chair and Professor of Political Science, Wendy Schiller, voices her prediction that Biden is expected to encounter "strong resistance during the first six months or the first year" of his presidency.

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science, Wendy Schiller, "Covid has really distorted any kind of way of gauging people's reactions. There isn't any other venue for them to hear the counter-point."

Post-election analysis with Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Mark Blyth and other guests.

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, John Friedman, provides three main statistics that show why American families need additional federal aid as the pandemic continues.

Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs and Director of Climate Solutions Lab, Jeff Colgan, “There is nobody in Libya who is willing to accept restrictions on Libya’s output because the country desperately needs the money and so they are just uninterested in OPEC’s limits.”

This article talks about David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations, Rose McDermott's latest peer-reviewed essay.

In this interview, Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider comments on Trump's claim that Joe Biden stole the election, "I think it is extremely dangerous for a sitting president to try to undermine faith in our elections, when there's no evidence that there was any fraud."

Interview with Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Mark Blyth.

David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations Rose McDermott wrote this piece on the correlation between healthy lifestyles amongst men and women, and the likelihood of war and international struggle.

Adjunct Lecturer in International and Public Affairs, Bob Hackey, "state regulators should establish a clear expectation that as a nonprofit entity, the state’s new academic medical center will preserve — or if needed, increase — the availability of free or discounted care to uninsured and under-insured Rhode Islanders."

Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider, "It is not clear what Vice President Mike Pence would have to gain from agreeing to pardon Trump."

Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Robert Blair, comments on the coronavirus vaccine.

David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations, Rose McDermott, quoted and cited in this article, which focuses on her argument that the advent of computers, the internet and social media have yielded massive change in the design and execution of certain types of large field experiments.

Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Mark Blyth, joins the Financial Times' Rana Foroohar and host Paul Jay for a discussion on the decline of the American Empire.

This article cites Angrynomics, Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Mark Blyth's latest book.

Professor of Political Science, Corey Brettschneider, provides commentary on the state of American democracy, "It is small comfort that Americans understood the threat that Mr Trump represented and turned out in record numbers to vote against him. Yet, as this election depressingly revealed, there was an almost equal and opposite reaction from Mr Trump’s base."

In this article, Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Mark Blyth, provides commentary on Universal Basic Income, "I like the idea but worry if it can be implemented."

"I think he understands what his job is. It’s not going to be to pass sweeping legislation – this is no FDR or Lyndon Johnson. This is a guy trying to get us back on track to some sort of normalcy in governance...That’s Biden’s job, and anybody who’s expecting any grand legislative measures is just living in fantasyland," comments Chair and Professor of Political Science, Wendy Schiller.

In this interview, NBC 10’s Ashley Cullinane, Chair and Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller talks about what comes next after a projected winner in the Presidential race has been called.

“The fact that they have issued the subpoenas and have litigated all the way to the Supreme Court suggests that this is a very serious criminal investigation of the president,” says Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider.

In this interview, Chair and Professor of Political Science, Wendy Schiller, says the Republican Party did well overall on election night and represent a stable alternative to what the Democratic Party has been offering.

Director of Climate Solutions Lab, Director of Security Studies, and Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Jeff Colgan, comments on the future of America's involvement in the Paris Agreement and other environmental regulations, "Biden should set his sights so much higher than simply undoing the impact of Trump's presidency."