A discussion about the future of the R epublican and Democratic parties\, from two of the sharpest observers of ea ch\, in light of the results of the primaries and the populist forces they both exhibited.
Peter Beinart is contributing editor at The Atlantic and National Journal\, an associate prof essor of journalism and political science at the City University of New Yor k\, and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
David Frum is a senior editor at The Atlantic and the chairman of Policy Exchange. He served as a White House speechwriter during the earl y years of the George W. Bush presidency. In 2007-2008\, as senior adviser to the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign. He has also written for outlets like the National Review\, the Wall Street Journal\, and Canada’s National Post.
Andrew Coyne is a Canadian columnist with the National Post and a member of the At Issue pane l on CBC’s The National. Previously\, he has been national editor for Macle an’s and a columnist with the Globe and Mail.
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The focus of 2016 is the U.S. Election Campaign. Through high profi le speakers\, discussions with UBC students\, faculty\, alumni and communit y\, The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies aims to provoke a national conversation around issues such as hyper conservatism and widening rifts i n the two major political parties. Please join us by registering for all ev ents on the Current Series pa ge.
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