A root cause of America’s sharp division, 91̽»¨international studies professor Dan Chirot says, is that the visions of the left and right are based on “drastically different histories.”


A root cause of America’s sharp division, 91̽»¨international studies professor Dan Chirot says, is that the visions of the left and right are based on “drastically different histories.”

A conversation with international studies professor Dan Chirot about his new book, “You Say You Want a Revolution: Radical Idealism and its Tragic Consequences.”

Recent honors to 91̽»¨faculty and staff members include an honorary doctorate from the University of Bucharest, membership in an inaugural class of distinguished fellows in pharmacology, and a leadership position in a national student housing association.

Faculty with the 91̽»¨Jackson School of International Studies will explore the impact of the 2016 election on their respective areas of expertise in a new two-credit class titled “Trump in the World: International Implications of the Trump Presidency.”

The concepts of freedom, equality, evolution and democracy lie at the heart of “The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How they Changed the World,” by Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot of the UW’s Jackson School of International Studies.