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"Supreme Court Justice Alito thinks the U.S. has always prohibited abortion. He’s wrong." San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2022.

“What Will It Take for Germany, Europe’s Heavyweight, to Stand Up to Russia?" Los Angeles Times 21 April 2022.


“Tilly goes to Church: the Medieval and Religious Origins of the European State," Broadstreet Blog 23 July 2021.


“If the EU doesn’t wake up to what’s happening with Poland, it may sleepwalk into self-destruction," Monkey Cage 16 July 2021


“Paths to Power" Foreign Affairs January/ February 2020


“Poland’s Presidential Election Just Got More Complicated," Monkey Cage 8 May 2020.


“Once, the ‘Judeo-Christian tradition’ united Americans. Now it divides them," Monkey Cage, 17 April 2019.

“Poland’s new right wing government has a new prime minister," Monkey Cage, 12 December 2017.

“Austrian election proves right-wing populism is the new normal," The Hill, 22 October 2017.

“A Tale of Two Illiberalisms: Why Is Poland Failing Where Hungary Succeeded?," IPI Global Observatory, August 3, 2017.

“Why are there protests in Poland? Here are five things you need to know," Monkey Cage, December 19, 2016.

“Thousands of Poles took to the streets and defeated a draconian antiabortion law," Monkey Cage, October 14, 2016

“Why Would Poland Make Its Already Strict Abortion Law Draconian," Monkey Cage, April 18, 2016

“How Irish Gays Became ‘Normal’ and Why the Church Was Unable to Do Much About It,”’ Irish Times, May 14, 2015

“Remembering Duverger,” Mischiefs of Faction, December 31, 2014

“Area Studies Centers are Vital but Vulnerable," Chronicle of Higher Education, September 30, 2013

“The Role of God in the 2012 US Election“ The Guardian , 29 August 2012, with Mia Bruch

“Let Us Now Praise the Unlikely Triumph of Polish Democracy,” The New Republic, 12 April 2010