The Economist interviewed Non-Resident Fellow James Traubabout his new book What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present and Promise of a Noble Idea.
In the interview, Traub offers an account of liberalism "as an intellectual tradition rather than a text," one that should live "in tension, usually healthy, with democratic majoritarianism." Traub discusses past and present challenges to liberalism, and offers a perspective on how proponents of liberal values can push back against the rise of illiberal populism today.
The Economist interviewed Non-Resident Fellow James Traubabout his new book What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present and Promise of a Noble Idea.
In the interview, Traub offers an account of liberalism "as an intellectual tradition rather than a text," one that should live "in tension, usually healthy, with democratic majoritarianism." Traub discusses past and present challenges to liberalism, and offers a perspective on how proponents of liberal values can push back against the rise of illiberal populism today.
The article mentions the report's revelation of a letter exchanged between the Chinese consortium and Congolese agency responsible for the project, after the parties involved in the construction failed to agree on the shares each would receive.
Pathfinders' Peace in Our Cities campaign is mentioned in this Passblue story about Impact:Peace, one of the partners in the initiative.
"We strive to see reductions in urban violence on the order of 50 percent by 2030," Non-Resident Fellow Rachel Locke said in the article about the group of cities. "Obviously, we would love to see that earlier."
Barnett Rubin, director of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Research Project, is quoted on the subject of President Trump's claims about Iraqi oil in this PolitiFact piece.
"Insofar as Mr. Trump's proposals are coherent enough to be subject to analysis and judgment, they appear to be practically impossible, legally prohibited, and politically imbecilic," Rubin said.
In an essay for The New York Times Sunday Review, Non-Resident Fellow James Traub asks whether liberalism has a future in a United States beset by populist politics.
Traub argues that "forty years of swelling illiberalism on the right—and some reciprocal illiberalism on the left—have deeply corroded" public faith in political institutions, and a Democratic victory in 2020 will be insufficient to restore that faith without a new commitment to liberal values.
Is Liberalism Really Kaput?
The Economist interviewed Non-Resident Fellow James Traub about his new book What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present and Promise of a Noble Idea.
In the interview, Traub offers an account of liberalism "as an intellectual tradition rather than a text," one that should live "in tension, usually healthy, with democratic majoritarianism." Traub discusses past and present challenges to liberalism, and offers a perspective on how proponents of liberal values can push back against the rise of illiberal populism today.