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Julian E. Zelizer

Julian Zelizer is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He is also a columnist for Foreign Policy. His most recent book is In Defense of Partisanship.

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March 27, 2025

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Julian E. Zelizer

Trump’s Atrocious War on Higher Ed Demands an Aggressive Response

America’s colleges and universities enrich everyone in ways that aren’t often acknowledged. It’s high time to remind Americans of them.

March 4, 2025

Julian E. Zelizer

An “Abundance Agenda” for Government Is the Anti-DOGE

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s progressive vision for how to make government great again

January 14, 2025

Julian E. Zelizer

Partisanship Has Worked for Democrats Before. It Can Again.

Democrats don’t want to replicate the hyperpartisan style that has characterized the GOP. But there’s a lot of space between that and caving.

May 2, 2024

Julian E. Zelizer

The Illiberalism at America’s Core

A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today.

December 29, 2023

Julian E. Zelizer

The Squad Has a Serious Shot at Party Leadership

Despite attacks from their colleagues, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her peers are part of a proud tradition of influential legislators who moved their party left.

December 2, 2023

Fredrik Logevall, Julian E. Zelizer

The Cost of Overcorrecting on Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam

For years, LBJ was reviled for Vietnam. Then the historical tables turned in his direction. But they turned a little too far.

Julian E. Zelizer

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