https://markdanner.comWriter, speaker, and teacher on foreign affairs and American politics.en-ushttps://markdanner.com/2026/10/20/crossing-the-rubicon/https://markdanner.com/2026/10/20/crossing-the-rubicon/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuy this book at: New York Review Books Crossing the …https://markdanner.com/2026/08/20/trumps-constitutional-dictatorship/https://markdanner.com/2026/08/20/trumps-constitutional-dictatorship/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTMaggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s inside account of the Trump administration portrays a president with a vast appetite for power but who repeatedly backs down when the costs of his actions become too high.https://markdanner.com/2026/06/08/shadow-of-illegitimacy/https://markdanner.com/2026/06/08/shadow-of-illegitimacy/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Shadow Of Illegitimacy In A New American Century Mark 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Prof. Mark Danner …https://markdanner.com/2026/03/24/dreams-of-a-lost-tribe-werner-herzog-in-conversation-with-mark-danner/https://markdanner.com/2026/03/24/dreams-of-a-lost-tribe-werner-herzog-in-conversation-with-mark-danner/Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTInterview transcript below Conversation: Werner Herzog and Mark Danner Details …https://markdanner.com/2026/03/22/cinema-crimes-netalie-braun-in-conversation-with-mark-danner/https://markdanner.com/2026/03/22/cinema-crimes-netalie-braun-in-conversation-with-mark-danner/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTInterview transcript below Cinema Crimes On the ethics of people …https://markdanner.com/2025/09/19/trumps-revolution-in-foreign-affairs/https://markdanner.com/2025/09/19/trumps-revolution-in-foreign-affairs/Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTClass 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 5 Class 6 …https://markdanner.com/2025/09/19/the-literature-of-war/https://markdanner.com/2025/09/19/the-literature-of-war/Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTWriting Combat The 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myths.https://markdanner.com/2024/10/30/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig-telluride-2024/https://markdanner.com/2024/10/30/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig-telluride-2024/Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTMark Danner’s introduction and Q&A for “Seed of the Sacred Fig”, at Telluride Film Festival 2024.https://markdanner.com/2024/10/28/edward-wong-at-the-edge-of-empire/https://markdanner.com/2024/10/28/edward-wong-at-the-edge-of-empire/Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTEdward Wong (’98), New York Times diplomatic correspondent, in conversation with Professor Mark Danner about his new book, “At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China”, Thursday, October 17 at Berkeley Journalism.https://markdanner.com/2024/10/24/what-if-he-wins-a-conversation-about-trump-and-the-law/https://markdanner.com/2024/10/24/what-if-he-wins-a-conversation-about-trump-and-the-law/Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTNew York Review contributors Fintan O’Toole, Pamela Karlan, and Mark Danner for a conversation about the legal issues at stake during the upcoming presidential election.https://markdanner.com/2024/10/23/ben-fountain-with-mark-danner-joyce-carol-oates-prize/https://markdanner.com/2024/10/23/ben-fountain-with-mark-danner-joyce-carol-oates-prize/Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTUC Berkeley Department of English, in partnership with the New Literary Project, hosts Joyce Carol Oates Prize winner Ben Fountain for a reading of his work and a conversation with Mark Danner.https://markdanner.com/2024/10/11/steve-wasserman-with-mark-danner/https://markdanner.com/2024/10/11/steve-wasserman-with-mark-danner/Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTSteve Wasserman discusses his new book from Heyday, Tell Me Something, Anything, Even If It’s a Lie, with Mark Danner at Mrs. Dalloway’s in Berkeley.https://markdanner.com/2024/09/22/gerry-fialka-innerviews-498/https://markdanner.com/2024/09/22/gerry-fialka-innerviews-498/Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTMark Danner in conversation with Gerry Fialka on the InnerViews 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