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Dhruva Jaishankar

Dhruva Jaishankar

Dhruva Jaishankar is executive director of ORF America in Washington, D.C.

Articles and Events

When Liberalism Grows Up

For all its flaws, liberalism still has a future—it just may look different from what we are used to.

Dhruva Jaishankar

Richard Aldous

Host of "Bookstack," a weekly podcast of books and ideas.

Latest Podcast

Anne-Marie Slaughter on American renewal

Anne-Marie Slaughter on American renewal

Featured Event

"A Conversation" with Thomas Chatterton Williams moderated by Richard Aldous

Video

Featured Posts

“We’re not going to fix the problem of elitism by doing away with standards.”

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
“We’re not going to fix the problem of elitism by doing away with standards.”

Blaming Big Oil: Righteous and Wrong

Scott L. Montgomery
Blaming Big Oil: Righteous and Wrong

Finding the Lives beneath the Ground

Carolyn Stewart
Finding the Lives beneath the Ground

Upcoming Events

October 21, 2021: "Reaching toward the Sublime in Music." Robert Shafer discusses the music of Duruflé and Boulanger

October 22, 2021: George Will discusses his new book, "American Happiness and Discontents." Co-sponsored with the Hertog Foundation.

October 22, 2021: Sebastian Payne on "Seismic Shifts in British Politics"

October 25, 2021: Katherine Zimmerman on "Finished with the Greater Middle East? Not so fast."

October 25, 2021: Harold James discusses his book, "The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization." Moderated by Kate Epstein

November 9, 2021: Mary Sarotte discusses her new book, "Not One Inch"