David Held

David Held is master of University College, Durham University, professor of politics and international relations there. He is also a Director of Polity Press and General Editor of Global Policy journal.

Global politics at a crossroads

The retreat to nationalism and militant identity politics is counter to the process of accommodation that has underpinned European and world peace since the end of the Second World War.

By David Held

/ 23 Oct 2017

Beyond gridlock in world politics

Deepening interdependence, due in part to the success of the postwar order, has contributed to an anti-global backlash across the world. Beyond Gridlock, (Polity Press, 2017) seeks pathways of change through the gridlock.

By David Held and Thomas Hale

/ 13 Oct 2017

Trump handbook for aspiring autocrats

At issue is due process, the rule of law and the division of powers that defines American democracy.

By David Held and Kyle McNally

/ 15 Feb 2017

Broken politics: from 9/11 to the present

The years since 9/11 have cast a dark shadow over global politics in many respects. But we have the option of recalling where the pursuit of authoritarianism leads.

By David Held

/ 29 Jan 2017

Gold plated populism: Trump and the end of the liberal order

Four years after Romney lost to Obama, Trump, travelling in a private plane with a gold-plated bathroom, has been embraced by the working class as a man of the people.

By David Held and Kyle McNally

/ 12 Nov 2016

Globalization and global political theory

How much we can do for ‘distant strangers’ is of course a matter of great controversy: most would accept that our role should not be limited to that of spectators.

By David Held and Pietro Maffettone

/ 11 Oct 2016

Path to authoritarianism: the collapse of the politics of accommodation

The alternative is to recover the constitutive elements of the politics of accommodation, the core ideas of democratic public life mediated by the rule of law and accountable to all citizens.

By David Held and Kyle McNally

/ 13 Sep 2016

Path to authoritarianism: the collapse of the politics of accommodation

The alternative is to recover the constitutive elements of the politics of accommodation, the core ideas of democratic public life mediated by the rule of law and accountable to all citizens.

By David Held and Kyle McNally

/ 13 Sep 2016

Britain riding the tectonic plates

The referendum is at the centre of these shifting plates. It is the crack which can become a chasm in the postwar order.

By David Held

/ 24 Jun 2016

Britain riding the tectonic plates

The referendum is at the centre of these shifting plates. It is the crack which can become a chasm in the postwar order.

By David Held

/ 24 Jun 2016

To be, or not to be: Europe under siege

In the short term, Europe can only survive as a way of solving common problems, worth having insofar as the EU stabilises crises and protects the economic wellbeing of its citizens.

By David Held and Kyle McNally

/ 16 Dec 2015

To be, or not to be: Europe under siege

In the short term, Europe can only survive as a way of solving common problems, worth having insofar as the EU stabilises crises and protects the economic wellbeing of its citizens.

By David Held and Kyle McNally

/ 16 Dec 2015