How Democracies Cry

I have a new piece out for Sublation on the state of democracy in the United States. There’s no paywall. You can read it here: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/how-democracies-cry-the-endless-wailing-of-levitsky-and-ziblatt

Why Federalism: On Citizenship

I’ve written the fourth in a series of six posts that will be coming out with the Streit Council, on the problem of economic integration without political union. There’s no paywall. You can read it here: https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-on-citizenship

The US and UK as Embedded Democracies

I have a new post out for Edinburgh University Press’ blog on my new book, Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies. There’s no paywall. You can read it here: https://euppublishingblog.com/2025/01/22/us-uk-embedded-democracies/

It offers a short introduction to the concept of an “embedded democracy,” which plays a central role in the new book. That book is available here: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-legitimacy-in-liberal-democracies.html

Why Federalism: Creating the Cataracts

I’ve written the second in a series of six posts that will be coming out with the Streit Council, on the problem of economic integration without political union. There’s no paywall. You can read it here:

https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-creating-the-cataracts

Why Federalism: The Problem that Needs to be Solved

I’ve written the first in a series of six posts that will be coming out with the Streit Council, on the problem of economic integration without political integration. There’s no paywall. You can read it here:

https://www.streitcouncil.org/post/why-federalism-the-problem-that-needs-to-be-solved