Institute of Politics

You’ve heard about Project 2025, but what would a second Trump administration actually look like, according to people who served in his administration and once helped craft policy? A rare chance to hear from insiders on what to expect should Donald Trump prevail in 2024. Featuring Ken[...]

With early voting well underway, come hear from this generation’s most experienced political prognosticators on both sides of the aisle – IOP founding director David Axelrod and Karl Rove, former senior advisor to President George W. Bush. They will give us the latest on the battle for the White[...]

Haiti, the country that sparked the first successful slave revolt in world history, has been beset by political and natural disasters nearly ever since, from oppressive slave-era debt deals, poor infrastructure, myriad earthquakes, a devastating cholera outbreak, rampant corruption and scant[...]

Which candidate running for the White House would best address the top concerns of young voters? Come watch the presidents of the UChicago campus Republicans and Democrats face off over domestic and foreign policy in a rare Counterpoint event, moderated by IOP Pritzker Fellow and NBC journalist[...]

How are state lawmakers, election officials, digital information experts and law enforcement preparing for election day and beyond? In this hybrid event, we will hear about efforts afoot to contest votes and spread misinformation on social media, how states are preparing for possible disruptions of[...]

How do presidential transitions actually work? Professor William Howell, head of the Center for Effective Government and other special guests discuss process, protocol, who stays, who goes, and the history and nuances of this unusual but sacred American process. Co-sponsored by the Center for[...]

We will examine the larger meaning of the world elections in 2024, when over half the globe voted. What countries had surprises, where were there concerning developments and what do the elections presage for the world order in 2025? Moderated by Mark Landler, London Bureau chief for The New York[...]