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Daniel Drezner

Freelance Writer

Daniel W. Drezner is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is the co-director of Fletcher’s Russia and Eurasia program. Prior to Fletcher, he taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has previously held positions with Civic Education Project, the RAND Corporation and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and received fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Council on Foreign Relations, and Harvard University. Drezner has written seven books, including The Ideas Industry and All Politics is Global, and edited three others, including The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence. He co-hosts the Space the Nation podcast with Ana Marie Cox.

Latest articles by Daniel Drezner

Future Perfect
Are we headed toward a “polycrisis”? The buzzword of the moment, explained.Are we headed toward a “polycrisis”? The buzzword of the moment, explained.
Future Perfect

The concept of “polycrisis” was everywhere in Davos. But is it saying anything meaningful?

By Daniel Drezner
World Politics
3 ways of looking at Putin’s barbaric escalation against Ukrainian civilians3 ways of looking at Putin’s barbaric escalation against Ukrainian civilians
World Politics

Russia’s brutal missile attacks on civilians are doomed to backfire. Here’s why Putin launched them anyway.

By Daniel Drezner
World Politics
Russians believe they can win the war. Here are 3 reasons why.Russians believe they can win the war. Here are 3 reasons why.
World Politics

Three stories Russians tell themselves about the war in Ukraine — and why they point to a long conflict.

By Daniel Drezner