Reflections

Engaging with Authoritarian Regimes in Academic Spaces

Miles Kahler

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

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Engaging with identity politics during times of heightened polarization

Nadia Brown

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
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Engaging to Encourage a Global NATO

James Goldgeier

The challenges:
  • 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
The background and policy setting:

James Goldgeier has worked for many years on NATO. In

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Public Questions & Answers

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Russian scholars–how to respond

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Ethics of Engagement