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Markus Söder, leader of the Bavarian CSU (on screen), and Armin Laschet, recently-elected leader of the German CDU.

After CDU elects new leader, who will be the CDU-CSU chancellor candidate?

On Saturday, the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) elected a new leader, Armin Laschet, the minister president of North Rhine-Westphalia. Whether he will be the chancellor candidate of the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), in the September 26 Bundestag...

A refresher on the Paris Climate Agreement

One of President Biden’s first actions in the Oval Office was to recommit the U.S. to the Paris Climate Agreement.  Global environmental legal expert  Sue Biniaz and global environmental governance professor  ...

Ideas of India: The Importance of Seemingly Ordinary People – Rohit De in conversation with Shruti Rajagopalan

Ideas of India is a new podcast in which Mercatus Senior Research Fellow Shruti Rajagopalan examines the academic ideas that can propel India forward. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple, ...
Elizabeth Nugent

Post-Arab Spring, polarization shaped different paths for Tunisia and Egypt

The 2011 Arab Spring set both Tunisia and Egypt on a course toward democratization, but their trajectories soon diverged. 

Tunisian political elites have since cooperated in passing a constitution, holding elections, and executing a successful transfer of power. Egypt’s democratic...

Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science

Professor Ackerman: "President Donald Trump is likely to pardon himself"

Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, has said he believes President Donald Trump will pardon himself before leaving office. But he told BBC World News that would not mean he would not...

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