Alexander Burns

Alexander Burns is the Associate Editor for Global Politics and a columnist at Politico. A former National Political Correspondent for The New York Times, he is the cowriter, with Jonathan Martin, of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future. (January 2023)

Man About the House

“It would be good for voters’ confidence in democracy if there were a clearer connection between what people vote for in an election and what a governing party is able to do once it wins power.”

January 14, 2023

Making the Senate Work for Democrats

The very structure of the US Senate tilts it toward Republican rule. The Democrats hold the chamber now—what can they do to move their agenda forward?

Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership, 2005–2010

by John A. Lawrence

A World of Insecurity: Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries

by Pranab Bardhan

The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama

by Gabriel Debenedetti

January 19, 2023 issue