Why does states’ use of indiscriminate violence against civilians during civil wars weaken some insurgencies but strengthen others?

Manish Maheshwari MC/MPA Mason Fellow 2025 has witnessed firsthand the transformative power of technology—and the need to guide it responsibly. Second-year students share their experiences and helpful ...

November 30, 2020, Paper: "The last generation has witnessed an epochal decline in real interest rates in the United States and around the world despite large buildups of government debt. As Table 1 ...

2022, Book: "This book assesses major schools of thought in macroeconomic theory between the Great Depression and the Long Recession, focusing on their analysis of cycles, crises and macro-policy. It ...

August 18, 2021, Video: "Niall Ferguson is a renowned historian, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and prolific author of more than a dozen best-selling works on economics, culture, and ...

December 8, 2020, Paper: "Many consumers struggle to repay their credit card debt, in part because paying small portions of large bills often feels fruitless. We introduce a novel credit card payment ...

January 8, 2025, Opinion: "When tariffs are moderate and used to complement a domestic investment agenda, they need not do much harm; they can even be useful. When they are indiscriminate and are not ...

In this webinar, three Palestinian leaders will share their stories and perspectives on fear and hope in Gaza and the West ...

2021, Paper: "The last decade has seen an expo nential increase in corporate sus tainability activities and efforts by investors to use these activi ties in their portfolio formation, valuation, and ...

2021, Paper: "A large literature on state-business relations in China has examined the political role of capitalists and collusion between the state and the private sector. This paper contributes to ...

September 2020, Paper: "Endemic corruption in developing countries often seems intractable. Yet most countries that currently have relatively high public integrity were, at an earlier point in their ...

You’re invited to join Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, for an American Politics Speaker Series ...