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November 19, 2021

Rooney Center Releases 2020-2021 Year in Review

The Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy has released its 2020-2021 Year in Review. Despite the unusual year...

November 15, 2021

American Defense Policy After Twenty Years of War

The American scorecard for foreign policy achievements over the past twenty years is, frankly, pretty dismal. And without talking our...

November 11, 2021

Former Fellow Debra Javeline Publishes Article on Insurance Incentives and Coastal Vulnerability

Debra Javeline, 2019-2020 NDIAS Fellow and Notre Dame Associate Professor of Political Science, has published an article based on her...

November 08, 2021

Rooney Center Faculty In the News 2020-2021

Reporters across the country regularly reach out to Rooney Center faculty, highlighting their research and seeking their expertise on stories...

October 27, 2021

Football weekend events: Notre Dame vs. North Carolina

Weekend events include lectures, presentations and performances.

October 26, 2021

New Issue of The Review of Politics - Free until November 30, 2021

New Issue of The Review of Politics available online and FREE until November 30, 2021. https://www.cambridge.org/.../review-of.../latest-issue http://ow.ly/6hGD30mmRmA…

October 14, 2021

NDISC's Michael Desch Named to Council on Foreign Relations Study Group on U.S.-China Relations

Notre Dame International Security Center Director Michael Desch has been named to a New York Council on Foreign Relations study...

October 11, 2021

Notre Dame alumnus Joe Donnelly nominated ambassador to the Holy See

University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., extended his congratulations to Notre Dame alumnus Joe Donnelly on...

October 07, 2021

The Observer: Julián Castro speaks out against Trump, Biden in fireside talk

**Via The Observer. Reprinted with permission. Read the original here** By Bella Laufenberg Former Mayor of San Antonio and Obama...

October 07, 2021

National Constitution Center Hosts "Religious Exemptions From the Founding to Today" with Director Phillip Muñoz

On September 30, Director Phillip Muñoz joined legal experts Douglas Laycock (UVA Law) and Kathleen Brady (Emory) for a conversation exploring the...

October 04, 2021

Justice Samuel Alito defends Supreme Court’s use of emergency docket

Alito’s speech was presented by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and its Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law (CAROL) Lab, and co-sponsored by Notre...

September 28, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to speak at Notre Dame

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito will give a talk titled “The Emergency Docket” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept....

September 23, 2021

Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame panelists encourage students: ‘You belong here’

Members of the Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame (HAND), a University of Notre Dame Alumni Association affinity group, gathered virtually...

September 21, 2021

Notre Dame to host consultation session, lecture on Church’s sex abuse crisis and lessons derived from truth and reconciliation processes

Daniel Philpott, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, and Katharina Westerhorstmann, a professor of theology...

September 21, 2021

Success Stories of Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame

Tue Sep 21, 2021, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Members of the Hispanic Alumni of Notre Dame will discuss their personal and career choices since...

September 20, 2021

Russian resurgence and the future of European security

This past spring, the Donbass War between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists experienced a striking, albeit brief, escalation that threatened to...

September 09, 2021

Kroc Institute welcomes seven new Ph.D. students, names fellowship recipients

Seven new students representing six disciplines recently began the Kroc Institute’s interdisciplinary doctoral program in peace studies. Incoming students were...

September 09, 2021

Congratulations to Humeira Iqtidar

Congratulations to Humeira Iqtidar on winning the Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought’s 2021 Mid-Career Prize. Iqtidar published "Theorising...

September 07, 2021

Professor Rick Garnett Filed Amicus Brief Regarding Ministerial Exception

Professor Rick Garnett, along with other constitutional law scholars, filed a brief of amici curiae (Belya et al v. Kapral…

September 02, 2021

EU vaccine diplomacy: Will slow and steady win the race?

On January 24, 2020, the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe were confirmed in Haute-Savoie, France. As government officials raced...