Walter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College, and the Global View Columnist at The Wall Street Journal. From 1997 to 2010, Mr. Mead was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, serving as the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy from 2003 until his departure.

The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership welcomed Ross Douthat to ASU.

In this panel, panelists discuss whether pluralism and American Institutions address the challenge of Populism.

Moderator: Paul Carrese, Arizona State University

Panelists: William Galston, Brookings Institution and William Kristol, Defending Democracy Together Institute, Davidson College

In this panel, panelists discuss polarization, political parties, and political life.

Moderator:
- Marc Landy, Boston College, Arizona State University

Panelists:
- James Ceaser, University of Virginia
- Ron Christie, Christie Strategies, Georgetown University
- Morris Fiorina, Stanford University

In this keynote, panels discuss the polarization and how it relates to the media and social media. 

Moderator:
Mi-Ai Parrish, Arizona State University

Panelists:

Ashutosh Bhagwat, University of California, Davis
Damon Linker, The Week
Megan McArdle, Washington Post
Naomi Schaefer Riley, American Enterprise Institute