Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein argue that embracing federalism offers the best chance for avoiding civil war in Syria. Read more here.
Joannis Radin writes that although Italy and Greece are politically similar in a number of ways, the nations diverge on the issue of decentralization.…
Hayes Holderness explores the role of so-called multistate tax norms in achieving uniformity in state taxation. He suggests that the federal judiciary is "struggling to advance…
Luke William Hunt writes that the deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles highlights "philosophical differences derived from core principles of federalism" and that the use…
The Syrian Observer reports that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have begun to press more aggressively for federalism and recognition of Kurdish rights. Read more here.
A group of scholars examine the role of financing mechanisms and international coordination for policy programs in the context of the European Union's Cohesion…
Brandon Christensen has edited Polycentric Federalism and World Orders: New Ideas for Classical Liberal & Libertarian Foreign Policy (SpringerLink: 2025), as part of the Palgrave Studies…
CSF Fellow John Kincaid writes about how more politicians are bypassing Congress to run for governor and other state offices, and fewer governors are running…
Joel Day and Ernesto Verdeja argue that the Trump administration's deployment of troops for police purposes undermines local policing, which they describe as "a constitutionally grounded…
A federal district judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration's recent use of the military in California violates laws that have been in place…
Joel Day and Ernesto Verdeja argue that the Trump administration's deployment of troops for police purposes undermines local policing, which they describe as "a constitutionally grounded…
Jonathan Zasloff writes that many of the democratic safeguards offered by federalism in the United States are being swept aside during Donald Trump's presidency.…
Nabraj Lama contends that Nepal's political system is under threat "from a deepening failure to address the ethnic identity question that federalism was supposed…
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