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  1. I Traced the Hormuz Crisis Back 4,000 Years. Here's What I Found.

    July 01, 2026

    "The cost of insurance is basically proportional to the hazard, to how how big the impact of the bad luck outcome would be, plus a normal rate of profit in the insurance industry, which is affected by the competitive dynamics of the insurance industry," said Eugene Gholz, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. "If the probability approaches one hundred percent that your ship is going to sink, then the cost of insurance approaches the cost of a new ship. And that would be prohibitive." (Interview begins at 36:00)

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    Eugene Gholz

    Political Science

  2. Ukraine’s controversial recruitment drive: Why prisoners are being sent to war

    July 01, 2026

    "I think it's highly unlikely that it's going to make a dent in the Ukrainian mobilization needs," said Michael Desch, professor of international relations at the University of Notre Dame. "As your reporter pointed out, there are about 1,500 women in Ukrainian prisons, the majority of whom don't qualify for this particular program, and the needs of the Ukrainian ground forces for troops is much greater than that. They need to be recruiting at least 30,000 troops every month and they're not meeting those quotas." (Interview begins at 4:35)

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    Michael Desch headshot. A man with a full white and gray beard, wearing amber-colored glasses, a green tweed jacket, a plaid collared shirt, brown sweater vest, and a dark green textured tie. He is smiling against a gray background.

    Michael C. Desch

    Political Science

  3. Catholic Analysis: Trump's Iran Peace Deal — Will It Bring Lasting Peace?

    June 23, 2026

    Joining us now to discuss this developing news, is a leading Catholic scholar on international security and American foreign policy who brings decades of expertise on U.S. strategy, diplomacy, and the Middle East. Michael Desch is the Packey J. Dee Professor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame. He is also the founding Brian and Jeannelle Brady Family Director of the O'Brien Notre Dame International Security Center.

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    Michael Desch headshot. A man with a full white and gray beard, wearing amber-colored glasses, a green tweed jacket, a plaid collared shirt, brown sweater vest, and a dark green textured tie. He is smiling against a gray background.

    Michael C. Desch

    Political Science

  4. A California city voted to recall its leaders. They’re refusing to leave office

    June 18, 2026

    The council members’ decision to defy the recall puts Avenal in a rare situation because the quo warranto process — which challenges an elected official’s right to hold office — is not commonly used in modern electoral disputes, said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame specializing in American election law. “Because we have a lot of other pre-election and even post-election mechanisms to figure out who’s entitled to hold the office, we just don’t use quo warranto very much anymore,” Muller said. “But this would be a good use for it.”

  5. Vance gives Catholic converts a bigger stage

    June 16, 2026

    "I would say this is more of religious resilience rather than a religious revival," David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, tells Axios.

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    David Campbell headshot A man smiles warmly at the camera against a plain, light gray backdrop. He wears a textured dark blue blazer over a light pink and white plaid button-down shirt. His light brown hair is styled neatly.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  6. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Masterclass

    June 15, 2026

    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has extraordinary relevance for the present moment, despite being over two centuries old. It challenges us to reckon with what it means to be human in an age of scientific discovery and technological innovation, artificial intelligence, human community, feminism, loneliness and regret.

     Join this HSC Masterclass, led by the world’s leading expert on Mary Shelley, to learn about the author and unpack the extraordinary scientific and intellectual contexts that enabled her to write one of the most enduringly loved, enduringly frightening classics of the modern age.

    The Masterclass will include a short lecture by Professor Eileen Hunt (University of Notre Dame), who is visiting Sydney this month.

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    Eileen Hunt headshot. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, smiling at the camera. She wears a black and white patterned jacket over a black top against a gray background.

    Eileen M. Hunt

    Political Science

  7. How the Pentagon picked a fight with Mormons

    June 10, 2026

    “It’s not like those theological concerns about Mormonism disappeared in 2012, but by the time we got to 2012, the issue wasn’t Romney’s Mormonism anymore,” David Campbell, a professor of American politics and religion at the University of Notre Dame, told me. “And so a lot of members of the LDS church thought, well, this issue’s over now.”

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    David Campbell headshot A man smiles warmly at the camera against a plain, light gray backdrop. He wears a textured dark blue blazer over a light pink and white plaid button-down shirt. His light brown hair is styled neatly.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  8. OPINION | Professors: The overlooked threat of democratic neutrality in America

    June 08, 2026

    By Matthew E.K. Hall, professor of constitutional studies and the director of the Rooney Democracy Institute at the University of Notre Dame; B. Tyler Leigh, a research fellow at the Rooney Democracy Institute; and Brittany C. Solomon, associate professor of Management & Organization at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

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    Matthew Hall headshot. A white man wearing glasses and a blue button-down shirt smiles warmly in an office setting.

    Matthew E.K. Hall

    Political Science

  9. James Talarico Isn’t the Only One

    June 08, 2026

    “The Black church has been such a cornerstone for the Democratic Party for such a long time,” David Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame, told me at an Aspen Institute conference, “that we’ve become very accustomed to African American candidates using religious language, Jesse Jackson perhaps being the most notable example of that. We’re not as used to hearing white clergy in particular running on the Democratic side.”

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    David Campbell headshot A man smiles warmly at the camera against a plain, light gray backdrop. He wears a textured dark blue blazer over a light pink and white plaid button-down shirt. His light brown hair is styled neatly.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  10. Museum of the Bible launching new exhibits as part of 'The Bible & America 250'

    May 29, 2026

    According to the Museum of the Bible’s website, the lectures will feature “world-renowned scholars and historians from across the nation” and examine “the biblical rhetoric of revolution, the spiritual framing of independence, and the scriptural foundations of early American political thought.” Notable speakers include Thomas Kidd of Baylor University, Robert George of Princeton University, Daniel Dreisbach of American University, Catherine Brekus of Harvard University, Vincent Phillip Muñoz of the University of Notre Dame, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik of Yeshiva University, Esau McCaulley of Wheaton College, Thomas Albert Howard of Valparaiso University and Mark David Hall of Regent University.

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    Vincent Munoz headshot. A man with salt and pepper hair wearing a blue suit jacket and patterned tie looks directly at the camera. A University of Notre Dame lapel pin is visible on his jacket.

    Vincent Phillip Muñoz

    Political Science

  11. Opinion | Harvard’s solution won’t stop runaway A’s. This could.

    May 26, 2026

    By Vincent Phillip Muñoz, a professor at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Vincent Phillip Muñoz

    Political Science

  12. 'Cowardly': Democrats Criticize House Republicans for Abruptly Canceling War Powers Vote

    May 25, 2026

    “Republicans used to be able to vote to table these proposals, but they don't have the unanimity that they need to do that anymore,” says Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Eugene Gholz

    Political Science

  13. Roughly half of Americans hold a ‘neutral’ stance toward democracy

    May 19, 2026

    The study, led by Matthew E. K. Hall alongside B. Tyler Leigh and Brittany C. Solomon, analyzed responses from more than 45,000 voting-age Americans. Its conclusion lands with a force that is easy to underestimate: democratic neutrality is not harmless indecision. It is a condition that behaves, in elections, much like outright support for undemocratic conduct.

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    Matthew Hall headshot. A white man wearing glasses and a blue button-down shirt smiles warmly in an office setting.

    Matthew E.K. Hall

    Political Science

  14. Notre Dame researches American democracy and the threat of neutrality

    May 12, 2026

    Roughly half of the United States' population expresses neutrality toward one or more undemocratic practices, a trend that researchers at the University of Notre Dame argue in a new study is an overlooked threat to American democracy. The 2026 study, titled “The overlooked threat of democratic neutrality in the USA,” by Matthew E. K. Hall, B. Tyler Leigh and Brittany C. Solomon explores democratic neutrality as prevalent and distinct from opposition to undemocratic practices, reflective of meaningful attitudes, correlated with theoretically related constructs and as "consequential as outright support for undemocratic practices in shaping preferences for anti-democratic candidates.”

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    Matthew Hall headshot. A white man wearing glasses and a blue button-down shirt smiles warmly in an office setting.

    Matthew E.K. Hall

    Political Science

  15. What Vance’s criticisms of the pope reveal about religion in America

    May 11, 2026

    For Notre Dame’s David Campbell, a political scientist focused on the role of religion in American democracy, the rebuke — one Vance has since doubled down on — is at once stunning and predictable. Stunning, Campbell said, given “the defining characteristic of Catholicism — the reason Martin Luther split from the church — is the role of the pope” as the preeminent source of God’s word.

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    David Campbell headshot A man smiles warmly at the camera against a plain, light gray backdrop. He wears a textured dark blue blazer over a light pink and white plaid button-down shirt. His light brown hair is styled neatly.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  16. Who is responsible, who is the monster? US professor on ethics in AI

    May 11, 2026

    Based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel, US professor Eileen Hunt brought together theses from philosophy, political science, and technology in her lecture. For several years now, the novel has been read from an interdisciplinary perspective with regard to analogies between the creature and AI.

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    Eileen Hunt headshot. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, smiling at the camera. She wears a black and white patterned jacket over a black top against a gray background.

    Eileen M. Hunt

    Political Science

  17. One Trump challenger wins in Indiana, another loses as president's influence tested in red state

    May 06, 2026

    "Midterms are coming up, and people want to read the tea leaves and want to use this in a bellwether," Notre Dame professor Joshua Kaplan said. And while few national resources have been put into these opponent's campaigns, political science professor emeritus Kaplan says, Trump-aligned political action committees have gone all in.

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    Joshua Kaplan

    University

  18. Indiana state Senate races are a test of Trump's endorsements over voting against redistricting

    May 05, 2026

    “People always look for signs in state and local elections, of, is this a sign of something bigger? And so this is seen as a sign, because ordinarily, the Indiana primaries don't attract a lot of attention, but people are looking at this as a sign of as a test for the president's clout,” Joshua Kaplan, Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Notre Dame, told ABC News.

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    Joshua Kaplan

    University

  19. The Strait of Hormuz is still blocked. What's the US military doing about it?

    May 05, 2026

    “The U.S. is trying to get back to the situation that existed before we launched this escapade,” says Eugene Gholz, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “We’re not trying to gain. We’re trying to undo a loss.”

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    Eugene Gholz

    Political Science

  20. Anne Millbrooke: We must take a stand, because neutrality helps the oppressor

    May 04, 2026

    Matthew E.K. Hall, B. Tyler Leigh, and Brittany C. Solomon published their research under the title “The Overlooked Threat of Democratic Neutrality in the USA” in the prestigious journal Nature Human Behaviour. The problem, as they defined it, is half of us don’t support or oppose undemocratic measures. Half are neutral. By being neutral, a person can become complicit in undemocratic practices such as censoring media outlets, denying election results, and jailing people without due process of the law set by democratic process.

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    Matthew Hall headshot. A white man wearing glasses and a blue button-down shirt smiles warmly in an office setting.

    Matthew E.K. Hall

    Political Science