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The Signal approaches current events in a spirit of curiosity—free of ideology and with a globally diverse slate of contributors. 

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Contributors

Political scientist focusing on American politics, presidency, parties. San Diego Padres.

Stories, poems, essays. Posts & pics on my peeps: Piero, Fra A, Nabokov, Ozu, Tanaka, Pasolini, Sirk, Varda, Demy, Dickinson, Rilke, Loy, Jameses. Love the friendly connecting with everyone. www.six18sfoundry.com
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Political scientist at FDU, Executive Director of the FDU Poll, studying masculinities and research methods.

Polisci Prof U Toronto. Study democracy/dictatorship & Ukraine. Books: Revolution & Dictatorship (PUP 2022); Pluralism by Default (JHUP 2015); Competitive Authoritarianism (CUP 2010)

Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles.

"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.

Scholar, Editor, Commentator. Lots of politics, lots of sports, & some dog pics too. brianrosenwald.com

Historian of early modern French law & society at Reed College. Prattles on about history, dogs, politics, soccer, & hoops. H-France Editor-in-Chief (www.h-france.net)

Historian at Duke. Latest book: EUROMISSILES. Still writing about NATO and European security since 1945.

International law / international relations / human rights / national security. Giving social media one more try.

Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute (AGSI), weekly columnist for The National, and writer and speaker at large. Former Bloomberg columnist and New York Times regular contributor, now writing a lot for The Atlantic.

Director of the defense program and senior fellow CNAS

Senior Research Fellow & Policy Adviser, ADL Center on Extremism. Historian, long-time expert on right-wing extremism & terrorism.  Long-lost scion of Sidney Greenstreet. My own views only.