Daniel Ziblatt Journalist Profile

Articles

Three Must-Reads from the January Issue!

Jan 9, 2025 | journalofdemocracy.org | Robert Person |Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt |Nomi Claire Lazar

Should Ukraine end the war with Russia at the bargaining table or in the trenches? Can democratic institutions survive when they empower minorities over the majority? Is democracy better suited than authoritarianism to confront climate change? The new issue of the Journal of Democracy provides key insights and answers to some of today’s most pressing questions. Why Ukraine Shouldn’t Negotiate with PutinMany pundits cry for a negotiated settlement to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
What if Trump Does Everything He’s Promised-and the People Don’t Care?

Dec 26, 2024 | newrepublic.com | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt

And here we go again. President-elect Donald Trump wasted little time in signaling to Americans, through his Cabinet nominations and White House appointments, that he plans to move quickly to act on his most extreme promises. What kind of United States will we have in a year, or in four? How will the country and its democratic institutions change? What are the chances he doesn’t succeed? And what if he does—and an apathetic, exhausted, and inward-looking populace shrugs?
There Are Four Anti-Trump Pathways We Failed to Take. There Is a Fifth.

Oct 24, 2024 | archive.is | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt

Democratic self-rule contains a paradox. It is a system premised on openness and competition. Any ambitious party or politician should have a shot at running for office and winning. But what if a major candidate seeks to dismantle that very system? America confronts this problem today. Donald Trump poses a clear threat to American democracy. He was the first president in U.S. history to refuse to accept defeat, and he illegally attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
There Are Four Anti-Trump Pathways We Failed to Take. There Is a Fifth.

Oct 24, 2024 | archive.ph | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt

Democratic self-rule contains a paradox. It is a system premised on openness and competition. Any ambitious party or politician should have a shot at running for office and winning. But what if a major candidate seeks to dismantle that very system? America confronts this problem today. Donald Trump poses a clear threat to American democracy. He was the first president in U.S. history to refuse to accept defeat, and he illegally attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump vor dem Comeback?

Oct 23, 2024 | blaetter.de | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt

Wie das US-Wahlsystem die Tyrannei der Minderheit ermöglicht Bild: Donald Trump bei einer Wahlkampfveranstaltung in Marietta, Georgia, 15.10.2024 (Robin Rayne / IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire) Alle Umfragen deuten darauf hin, dass bei der US-Präsidentschaftswahl am 5. November die Mehrheit der Wählerinnen und Wähler für Kamala Harris stimmen wird. Trotzdem könnte Donald Trump die Wahl gewinnen. Denn das Wahlsystem der USA ermöglicht einen solchen Sieg.
Die Tyrannei der Minderheit

May 3, 2024 | penguin.de | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt

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Martin Loughlin · Breaking Point: Militant Constitutionalism

Apr 17, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt |Martin Loughlin

In 1831, a young French aristocrat, charged by his government with reporting on American prison conditions, spent the year travelling in the United States. Alexis de Tocqueville’s inquiries into the penitentiary and its ideological underpinnings led him also to think about the character of the political regime. He published his reflections as Democracy in America (1835).
'The Tyranny of the Minority': How US democracy is under threat - review

Jan 26, 2024 | jpost.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt

With the possibility of Donald Trump returning to the White House and a proliferation of politically motivated acts of violence, the United States – the world’s oldest consecutive democracy – faces threats to its fundamental political norms, values, and institutions.
Book Review: "Tyranny of the Minority" by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

Dec 12, 2023 | foreignaffairs.com | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Crown |Daniel Ziblatt |G. John Ikenberry

In This Review In This Review Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking PointWhy has American democracy come so close to a breaking point while other Western democracies appear more stable? In this sobering study, Levitsky and Ziblatt blame the United States’ eighteenth-century constitutional order for its modern democratic woes.
When Disasters Come Home: Making and Manipulating Emergencies in the West

Dec 12, 2023 | foreignaffairs.com | David A. Keen |G. John Ikenberry |Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt

In This Review In This Review When Disasters Come Home: Making and Manipulating Emergencies In The WestIn this engaging polemic, Keen argues that a dangerous and dysfunctional “emergency politics” is taking hold in Western societies, threatening democracy and empowering groups that profit from disaster. The book draws insights from the global South, which has long struggled to cope with disasters, such as famines, ethnic violence, and financial crises.