Martin Gurri
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Visiting Research Fellow
Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst specializing in the relationship of politics and global media. His book, The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium, first published in 2014 and updated in 2018, has been praised for foreshadowing the political shocks of Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump.
Mr. Gurri has published numerous articles, studies, and opinion pieces on geopolitical- and media-related topics. His blog, The Fifth Wave, pursues the themes first elaborated in The Revolt of the Public.
Latest Work
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The Rise and Fall of Institutions
Alicia Juarrero shows how to think big about democracy
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Systems and Constraints
Martin Gurri talks with Alicia Juarrero about her theories of stability and change in the context of government institutions
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Rise and Fall of Institutions
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Systems and Constraints
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Looking-Glass Politics
With the collapse of the private sphere, potent private emotions collide with public affairs
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Looking-Glass Politics
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The Hour of the State or Explosion From Below?
The summer of 2020 will be a colossal sociopolitical experiment
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The Hour of the State or Explosion From Below?
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
Living in a Post-Truth Age
Dan Rothschild talks to Arnold Kling and Martin Gurri about how a collapse of trust in established institutions has led to a world of competing truths
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Discourse Magazine Podcast Discourse Magazine Podcast
Living in a Post-Truth Age
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Rise and Fall of Institutions
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Systems and Constraints
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Rise and Fall of Institutions
Alicia Juarrero shows how to think big about democracy
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Systems and Constraints
Martin Gurri talks with Alicia Juarrero about her theories of stability and change in the context of government institutions
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Looking-Glass Politics
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Looking-Glass Politics
With the collapse of the private sphere, potent private emotions collide with public affairs
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Hour of the State or Explosion From Below?
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Hour of the State or Explosion From Below?
The summer of 2020 will be a colossal sociopolitical experiment
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
Living in a Post-Truth Age
Dan Rothschild talks to Arnold Kling and Martin Gurri about how a collapse of trust in established institutions has led to a world of competing truths
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Discourse Magazine Podcast Discourse Magazine Podcast
Living in a Post-Truth Age
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Sectarian Networks and Big Personalities Will Decide the Presidential Election
At the same time, Americans have lost their trust in the two political parties
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Revolt, Populism, and Reaction
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Revolt, Populism, and Reaction
The turbulent 2010s may be a harbinger of things to come
