As the 2020 election approaches, faculty members from across Stanford will explore and examine some of the biggest challenges facing society today. Each week will be dedicated to a different topic, ranging from health care and the economy to racial injustice and challenges to democracy. Faculty with expertise in philosophy, economics, law, political science, psychology, medicine, history, and more will come together for lively conversations about the issues not only shaping this election season but also the nation and world at large.

Panelists:

Emilee Chapman (political science): Democracy and voting

Francis Fukuyama (political science): Overcoming polarization

Anna Grzymala-Busse (political science): Populism around the world

Michael McFaul (political Science and FSI): U.S. foreign policy in dealing with the great power competition, China and Russia