Are political developments in the U.S. & elsewhere tending towards some forms of fascism? Join Nancy Fraser, Peter E. Gordon, & Daniel Ziblatt for a conversation on what this could mean for politics & society.

📍TODAY @ 4pm, LLCR
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Sleepwalking, or stumbling, to catastrophe

Please join us on Wednesday April 8!

Very happy to announce this April series at Harvard’s Center for European Studies, part of the seminar I co-chair with Prof. Peter Gordon. @europeatharvard.bsky.social

​Questions of Fascism and Democracy

​4/8: Countering Illiberalism
4/16: Is it Fascism?
4/28: Thomas Mann & Patriotism

​Join us!

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We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict under @steffenmau.bsky.social is looking for Postdoctoral & Doctoral Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict

California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu, humanitarian Jane Olson and author Daniel Ziblatt '95 will speak at Commencement on May 17.
www.pomona.edu/news/2026/02/24-leaders-...

Sallust, 40 bc

(S+) Bestsellerautor Daniel Ziblatt über den Verfall der Demokratie in den USA: »Wir können uns auf nichts verlassen« Der Harvard-Professor Daniel Ziblatt forscht seit Jahren über den Verfall von Demokratien. Nun muss er zusehen, wie seine eigene Welt wankt.

„Extremism never triumphs on its own. It only does so because others enable it – out of ambition, fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of making small concessions“ — Prof. @dziblatt.bsky.social (@europeatharvard.bsky.social)

Source: @spiegel.de share.google/3o5W5Ub6pAFW...

#usa | Robert Habeck | 58 comments Zwischenstopp: Harvard. Wollte eigentlich gar nicht dauernd neue Videos aufnehmen, aber diesen Eindruck von vor Ort kurz teilen. #USA | 58 comments on LinkedIn

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'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019) YouTube video by Washington Post

The wash post back in 2019. Things change.

youtu.be/ZDjfg8YlKHc?...

The Biggest Threat to Democracy Is the GOP Stealing the Next Election Unless and until the Republican Party recommits itself to playing by democratic rules of the game, American democracy will remain at risk.

Sadly time to re up this (from 2021!)

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Visiting Scholars 2025-2026 The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) welcomes 19 Visiting Scholars who will be in residence during the 2025-2026 academic year. In…

Thrilled to announce the great group of visiting scholars for Spring 2026 at the Center for European Studies. Some are here all year and 11 new fellows for the spring semester. Here they are :

ces.fas.harvard.edu/visiting-sch...

Levitsky and Ziblatt remind us that political systems are designed to solve problems, not exacerbate them. Yet in some democracies today, winner-take-all systems are empowering authoritarian minorities and undermining democratic legitimacy.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

Wall Street Journal confirms...

Knowing too much to see fascism ? By Daniel Ziblatt

open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...

Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy Cambridge Core - Political Sociology - Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy

Portuguese presidential election yields 2nd round between center left Seguro & far right Ventura.

Honestly shocking that the main center right party (PSD) fails to endorse Seguro. They would benefit from reading @dziblatt.bsky.social’s historical work on the topic www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate

South Korea sentences former leader Yoon to five years in prison Impeached ex-president faces verdict on insurrection charge next month over failed martial law bid

South Korea sentences former leader Yoon to five years in prison ft.trib.al/i9XbjHD

US-Wissenschaftler zu Trump: „Derzeit haben wir unsere Demokratie fast verloren“ Ein Gespräch mit Steven Levitsky und Daniel Ziblatt, zwei der wichtigsten Politikwissenschaftler der USA, über die Lage ein Jahr nach Beginn der zweiten Trump-Amtszeit.

www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/steve...

Here's a link to the #OpenAccess article by @valentimvicente.bsky.social,
@eliasdinas.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social -

cup.org/4pIYRvH

Excellent essay . Also : Why we study comparative politics

Foreign Policy in a Declining Democracy? The Return of Primat der Innenpolitik and America’s Venezuela Adventurism

An impulsive leader unconstrained by domestic institutions leading to foreign policy adventurism. Has echoes
open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...

I guess I see what's happening now as a kind of logical outgrowth. Acting out in unconstrained ways.

January 6 in Historical Perspective January 6, 2026

Some reflections from me on January 6 in comparative and historical perspective (first time on substack)

open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...

January 6 in Historical Perspective January 6, 2026

Some reflections from me on January 6 in comparative and historical perspective (first time on substack)

open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...

What happens when democracy dies in a global hegemon?

Oona Hathaway:

archive.ph/2026.01.03-2...

On the Legality of the Venezuela Invasion Executive branch precedents can be garnered to support the action—which does not, of course, mean that it is lawful.

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THE MAYOR IS LISTENING YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

If you want to see what innovation in political communication looks like, this is it:
youtu.be/xj89tYvwr6k?...