Reflections
Engaging with Authoritarian Regimes in Academic Spaces
The challenge:
- Navigating whether and how to engage with authoritarian regimes in academic spaces
- Lending support to voices situated in authoritarian regimes, without jeopardizing their work and safety
The background and policy setting:
Miles Kahler is a distinguished professor at American University in the fields of international politics and international political economy and Senior Fellow for global
... Read MoreIssue Areas: Power PoliticsEngagement Experiences: Scholarly action with policy consequences
Engaging with identity politics during times of heightened polarization
The challenges:
- How to show the value of diversity and intersectionality for policymaking in an era of heightened polarization.
- How to effectively contribute to the policy arena as a black feminist when your expertise is in question from the gate given who you are.
- How to push against situations where your identity brings diversity, but you are
Issue Areas: American/Comparative Public Policy, Identity Politics, Power PoliticsEngagement Experiences: Close collaboration with policymakers
Engaging to Encourage a Global NATO
- How to present novel, controversial ideas without damaging one’s credibility in the policy circles in which one travels
- How to present views that may be considered extreme, with the goal of reframing the policy space on a particular issue
James Goldgeier has worked for many years on NATO. In
... Read MoreIssue Areas: Power PoliticsEngagement Experiences: Writing for policy audiences with which the scholar is connected
Public Questions & Answers
Date submitted:
Question Summary:
Russian scholars–how to respond
Issue Areas: Power Politics, Traditional Peace and Security, War / Civil War / Violent ActorsEngagement Experiences: Scholarly action with policy consequences