Essays, Speeches, and Other Scholarly Works
- Now available online: The Rise and Fall of Constitutional Government, by Thomas G. West and Douglas A. Jeffrey (pdf)
- 2006 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, with Twelve Panels Hosted by the Claremont Institute
Recent Items
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Could following the Declaration of Independence have prevented the Pacific War, asks Charles C. Johnson
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Recommended reading for the season from Hadley Arkes, Mark Blitz, Denis Boyles, Christopher Caldwell, Matthew Continetti, Lindsay Eberhardt, Matthew Franck, Alonzo Hamby, Steven Hayward, Daniel Walker Howe, John Kienker, Carnes Lord, Daniel Mahoney, Wilfred McClay, Cheryl Miller, Michael Nelson, Jack Pitney, Robert Reilly, Bruce Sanborn, Carl Schramm, Michael Uhlmann, Algis Valiunas, Jean Yarbrough, and John Yoo.
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The Claremont Institute mourns the passing of a great man, friend, and teacher.
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Conference on Politics & the Constitution, June 2011
See the Event Program and Listen to Professor Hadley Arkes' Keynote Address
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In an open society public discussion is essential, and that goes as much for Islam as for any other subject, writes David Foster.
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A Merry Claremont Christmas - 2010
Recommended reading for the season from Hadley Arkes, Kathleen Arnn, Ben Boychuk, Lindsay Eberhardt, Matthew Franck, Alonzo Hamby, Charles Johnson, John Kienker, Carnes Lord, Daniel Mahoney, Wilfred McClay, Cheryl Miller, Daniel O'Toole, Jack Pitney, Julie Ponzi, Robert Reilly, Bruce Sanborn, Diana Schaub, Joseph Tartakovsky, Michael Uhlmann, Algis Valiunas, William Voegeli, James Q. Wilson, Jean Yarbrough, and John Yoo.
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An Advent Conversation with James V. Schall, S.J.
Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Ken Masugi continues his series of Advent conversations with Georgetown government professor Fr. James V. Schall. Topics this year include the relationship between reason and revelation, and among ancient philosophy, the Christian tradition, and modernity.
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O'Donnell's Win and the Buckley Rule
The Tea Party deserves to be judged on its entire body of work, which is likely to secure victories all over the map that were unthinkable in 2009, when the movement first became a political force, writes Claremont Review of Books contributing editor William Voegeli.
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Spring 2010 Claremont Review of Books Now Available
The Spring 2010 issue of the Claremont Review of Books is now available, featuring William Voegeli and Wilfred M. McClay on the tea party and the American spirit, Robert J. Samuelson and Richard Vedder on the history of financial crises, John J. Pitney, Jr., on Sarah Palin, and much more. CLICK HERE for the complete table of contents.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is suppressing Islamic art for political reasons, write George A. Pieler and Jens F. Laurson.
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A Very Claremont Christmas - 2009
Great reading for the season, recommended by Hadley Arkes, Kathleen Arnn, Elliott Banfield, Mark Blitz, Ben Boychuk, Matthew Franck, Larry Greenfield, Jakub Grygiel, Allen Guelzo, Alonzo Hamby, Daniel Walker Howe, Brian Janiskee, Thomas Karako, John Kienker, Daniel Mahoney, Harvey Mansfield, Wilfred McClay, Cheryl Miller, Jack Pitney, Julie Ponzi, Robert Reilly, Bruce Sanborn, Carl Schramm, Algis Valiunas, Thomas West, Ryan Williams, John Yoo, and Michael Zuckert.
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An Advent Conversation with James V. Schall, S.J.
Senior Fellow Ken Masugi continues his series of Advent interviews with political theorist James V. Schall, S.J. Topics for discussion include President Obama's recent speeches and Pope Benedict's statements on economics and morality in his encyclical "Caritas in Veritate."
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We remember Winston Churchill for his defense of the free world against the forces of evil led by Adolph Hitler. The world today is no less dangerous and we are just as ill-prepared to meet the challenges, writes Brian T. Kennedy.
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When the political venom and hyperbole fade, those interested in understanding the decisions and debates behind the critical first years of the war to remove Saddam Hussein from power will have to put Douglas Feith's book on their must-read list, writes Stanley Renshon.
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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, 1809 - 2009
The Claremont Institute takes the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth to honor his memory. We are pleased to feature reviews and essays from the Claremont Review of Books and from our archives.
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The Speech That Changed the World
Of all Lincoln's speeches, whether greater or lesser, the only one that can be said truly to have changed the course of history, was delivered to the Republican State Convention in Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858, writes Claremont Institute Distinguished Fellow Harry V. Jaffa.
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Fr. James V. Schall on The Openness of the Christian Mind
Ken Masugi continues his series of Advent interviews with political theorist James V. Schall, S.J. The conversation begins with discussion of Fr. Schall's new book, The Mind that is Catholic. Fr. Schall discusses, among other things, what long and short books we should be reading, and the eternal relationship between reason and revelation, or between politics and theology.
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The history of war is the history of alliances. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, two very different kinds were on prominent display: the desperate switching to and fro of Josef Stalin, who first joined with Hitler and then Hitler's enemies; and the Anglo-American alliance based on ties of ancestry and shared ideals, writes Lauren Weiner.
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Understanding the Need for a National Missile Defense After 9/11
Without any defense, we would today have to suffer helplessly a ballistic missile attack, just as we suffered helplessly on September 11, writes Brian T. Kennedy.
