Pick a current political event. What do you think is doing most of the real causal work behind it:👉 institutions👉 incentives👉 individuals (leaders)👉 ideas/narratives 👉 structures? Choose one — and briefly explain what it helps you see that the others might miss.

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What political process do you think ordinary news coverage does the worst job of explaining — and why does that matter?

If you had to design one “early warning sign” that a democracy is weakening, what would you measure — and why that indicator?

How do recent US federal immigration enforcement actions challenge the balance of power between federal and state/local governments? Consider the deployment of ICE and DHS agents, the state and city lawsuits against the federal government, and public officials’ responses to these operations. What theoretical frameworks help explain the tensions between local authority and federal enforcement in this case?