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May 11 2026

Democracy’s Vanishing Future: A Conversation

Political Science

Richard C. Holbrooke Panel Discussion

Democracy’s Vanishing Future: A Conversation

Stephen Holmes

The crisis of futurity within contemporary democratic politics...

May 19 2026

Cascading Crises and Prospects for Peace

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Kellen Lecture

Cascading Crises and Prospects for Peace

H. R. McMaster

Retired US Army Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster examines today’s major conflicts...

Jun 02 2026

Is the United States on the Road to a New Civil War?

History

Fritz Stern Lecture

Is the United States on the Road to a New Civil War?

David Blight

Is the United States on the brink of a constitutional breakup?...

Jun 05 2026

Music

Deutsche Bank Concert

Gaze of the Ear

Jessika Kenney

Reconnecting breath with the act of creating sound....

Jun 11 2026

Credibility Reversed: Coercive Diplomacy in an Age of Unpredictability

Foreign Policy

Michael W. Doyle Inaugural Lecture

Credibility Reversed: Coercive Diplomacy in an Age of Unpredictability

Keren Yarhi-Milo

What happens when inconsistency and ambiguity are not byproducts of policy, but deliberate features of it?...

Please check back in mid-January for the Spring 2026 Program.

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Richard C. Holbrooke Panel Discussion

Democracy’s Vanishing Future: A Conversation

Stephen Holmes

Stephen M. Kellen Lecture

Cascading Crises and Prospects for Peace

H. R. McMaster

Fritz Stern Lecture

Is the United States on the Road to a New Civil War?

David Blight

Deutsche Bank Concert

Gaze of the Ear

Jessika Kenney

Michael W. Doyle Inaugural Lecture

Credibility Reversed: Coercive Diplomacy in an Age of Unpredictability

Keren Yarhi-Milo

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