Law & Policy

Would bombing Syria be a "just war"?

Author applies arguments of Prof. Jean Bethke Elshtain to the case for intervention in Syria


The politics of military intervention in Syria

Prof. John Mearsheimer argues that, lacking a clear stake or solution, the United States should not intervene in Syria


America and Syria on the brink

Prof. John Mearsheimer believes U.S. military intervention would worsen situation in Syria


Ronald H. Coase, Nobel-Winning Economist, Dies at 102

<p>'Accidental' economist remembered as one of the most influential scholars in field</p>


Collision 2012: A Conversation with Dan Balz

The UChicago Institute of Politics and Google presented a conversation with Washington Post journalist Dan Balz, author of the new book "Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America." Steve Edwards, the institute's deputy dir...


The University of Chicago Institute of Politics

Loneliness is deadly

Prof. John Cacioppo&#39;s research shows social isolation kills more people than obesity—and is just as stigmatized


Slate

Ray LaHood, back in Illinois, still active in national politics

Former transportation secretary brings three decades of federal experience to Institute of Politics advisory board


National Journal

Computation-enabled design under way for Chicago Lakeside Development

LakeSim prototype connects urban planning with scientific models for large-scale development.


Robert Mitchum