Henry Farrell
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs
About
Henry Farrell is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of International Affairs at SAIS, 2019 winner of the Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Politics and Technology, and Editor in Chief of the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post. Previously, he served as a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. He works on a variety of topics, including democracy, the politics of the internet, and international and comparative political economy. He is author of Of Privacy and Power: The Transatlantic Fight over Freedom and Security (with Abraham Newman, 2019) and The Political Economy of Trust: Interests, Institutions and Inter-Firm Cooperation (2009).
In the News
High-tech modernism.
Henry Farrell participated in a Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences webinar, 11/09
Media depicts activists as one issue ideologues. The good ones are anything but.
Henry Farrell wrote in Washington Post, 08/10
Joe Biden’s foreign foray is all about shoring up democracy – in the U.S.
Henry Farrell wrote in The Guardian, 06/18
Statement of concern: The threats to American democracy and the need for national voting and election administration standards.
Henry Farrell cited on New America website, 06/01
'Grassroots' bot campaigns are coming. Governments don’t have a plan to stop them.
Henry Farrell wrote in Washington Post, 05/20
Artificial intelligence and national security.
Henry Farrell interviewed on Hopkins on Foreign Relations podcast, 03/17
Biden is freezing Trump's withdrawal of troops from Germany. There's a long history behind America's military bases abroad.
Henry Farrell wrote in The Washington Post, 02/09
A cynical ploy like Hawley and Cruz’s looks harmless. Until it isn’t.
Henry Farrell wrote in The Washington Post, 01/07
What makes Trump’s subversion efforts so alarming? His collaborators.
Henry Farrell wrote in The New York Times, 11/23
Want to know why the networks finally called it for Biden? Here's the likely reason.
Henry Farrell wrote in The Washington Post, 11/07
There’s a long history behind Stacey Abrams.
Henry Farrell conducted interview in The Washington Post, 11/07