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Administrative offices are closed for the national holiday, but classes are in session.

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Yanilda Gonzalez
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Harvard University

Presented by the Kellogg Institute Research Cluster on Democratization Theory

What explains the variation in mayors’ strategic linkages with police forces they do not formally control? This question is of central importance in Latin America, home to 43 of the 50 most violent cities in the world. As mayors with limited to no authority over police came to see their electoral fortunes affected by citizen demands for security, some have expanded the role of municipal governments in policing. Others, however, deliberately constrained their role in this electorally risky area. Drawing on case studies of cities in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, we argue and show that variation in mayors’ strategic linkages to policing and security is shaped by electoral incentives for responsiveness and constraints that impose responsibility (formal authority over security) and risk of shirking by police. Our findings speak to an emerging research agenda placing policing at the center of our understanding of urban governance and democratic responsiveness more broadly.  …

Read More about Who Governs Policing? Mayors’ Strategic Linkages to Police in Latin American Cities

Please join the Kellogg Institute in our annual tradition that introduces research of our new Visiting Fellows and selected PhD Candidates in an informative and inviting atmosphere.

• Learn firsthand why Kellogg has invested in the work of these fellows from brief, two-minute research overview presentations in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium
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Read More about Fellows Spotlight: Meet Kellogg Visiting Fellows and PhD Candidates

Join us for an evening with Alexandra DeSanctis Marr

Alexandra DeSanctis Marr '16 is a staff writer for National Review and a visiting fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She co-authored Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing (2022) with Ryan T. Anderson. She was previously a William F. Buckley Fellow in Political Journalism with the National Review Institute and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she was a Menard Family Tocqueville Fellow. She will be speaking about Tearing Us Apart …

Read More about "Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Our Politics & Disadvantages Women" with Alexandra DeSanctis Marr '16

Join us for lunch and a talk as our own graduate student Levi Allen shares a presentation entitled "Political Heretics?: Why Voters Defect in Polarized America." This event will take place in-person in 1030 Jenkins and Nanovic Halls.

About the speaker: …

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Join Professor Jeff Pojanowski (Notre Dame Law) and Professor J. Joel Alicea (Catholic University Law) for a Constitution Day seminar on common good constitutionalism. 

Please note: To preserve the seminar format of this event, we will be limiting the number of active seminar participants. Students must RSVP at this link…

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Michael Kofman serves as Research Program Director in the Russia Studies Program at CNA and as a Fellow at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC. His research focuses on the Russia and the former Soviet Union, specializing in Russian armed forces, military thought, capabilities, and strategy.

Read More about 6 Months on: A Retrospective on the War in Ukraine

In one of the most anticipated presidential elections in Latin America in 2022, Brazil will prepare for a face-off between ex-president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and the incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro. How might the issues surrounding both Covid and religion affect the results of this important election in Latin America?…

Read More about Brazilian Election 2022: How COVID and Religion may Determine the Future of Brazil - VIRTUAL

As part of the Jack Kelly and Gail Weiss Lecture Series, join us for a conversation with Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Ms. Amy McAuliffe, '90, Assistant Director of CIA for Weapons and Counterproliferation.

Read More about Jack Kelly and Gail Weiss Lecture Series - The U.S. Intelligence Community: Assessing Global Threats in Service to Country

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Claudio Gugerotti, the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and the Titular Archbishop of Rebellum, will present the Keeley Vatican Lecture at the University of Notre Dame on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 5:30 p.m. in the Eck Visitors Center. Rev. Friedrich Bechina, a previous Keeley Vatican lecturer, who served as the Keeley Vatican Lecturer in 2016, will provide the introduction.…

Read More about “My Contacts with Saint John Paul II at the Fall of the Soviet Union”: The Keeley Vatican Lecture with Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti

After re-democratization in 1985, Brazil went through a period in which its democratic institutions became steadily stronger. However, roughly from 2013 on, Brazil has faced increasing polarization, political and economic instability, and the rise of a far-right president – all factors that have contributed to the erosion of Brazilian democracy. To what extent is Brazilian democracy in danger? Can there be the rise of a new authoritarian regime in Latin America’s largest country?…

Read More about Brazilian Democracy in Danger: How Polarization and Institutional Crises Have Eroded Democracy

Join us for lunch and a research lecture with guest speaker Mia Costa. The title of the lecture will be released closer to the event date.

About the Speaker: 

Mia Costa is an Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. She is also a Faculty Associate of Dartmouth's Program in Quantitative Social Science and the Race, Migration, and Sexuality Consortium, as well as a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for American Political Studies. Broadly, her research focuses on representation, political psychology, and participation in American politics, often through the lens of identity and using experimental and other statistical methods. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science…

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As an unprovoked act of aggression on a sovereign nation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 represented a failure of diplomacy. Now over six months into the war, is there a role for diplomacy in bringing the conflict to a resolution? What effect has the war had on other diplomatic missions, relationships, and endeavors? This virtual flash panel, sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, gathers diplomats and experts to discuss this question. …

Read More about FLASH PANEL: "The War in Ukraine: Is There Hope for Diplomacy?"

Jen Spindel is assistant professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, where her research focuses on international security, foreign policy, and alliance politics.

Read More about Conventional Weapons as Symbolic Signals

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Read More about Law, Justice and Empire in Comparative Perspective: "Law and Morality in Early China and the Roman Empire"