Lukes Publishes Article on First U.S. Presidential Debate
Igor Lukes, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was published in Katolický týdeník (Catholic Weekly) discussing the first 2020 presidential debate.
In the article, titled “Trump vs. Biden? Vyhrává Putin” (Trump vs. Biden? The Winner is Putin), Lukes says that it was impossible to call the first debate “presidential.” While the debate was meant to cover a multitude of topics from climate change, to heath care, to President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, Lukes argues that these issues were only touched on in a few shallow sentences. As he states in the article, “it was a primitive free-for-all, full of anger and aggression, a cacophony of half-truths and lies.”
The full piece can be read here.
Igor Lukes is a past winner of the 1997 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 2020 winner of the Gitner Prize for Faculty Excellence at the Pardee School. He writes primarily about Central Europe. His work has won the support of various other institutions, including Fulbright, Fulbright-Hays, the Woodrow Wilson Center, IREX, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read more about him here.