Eric D Kaufmann

The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History

The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America

Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland Since 1945: The Decline of the Loyal Family

Leadership as a Hero's Journey: 4 Virtues for Transforming Uncertainty and Anxiety into Results

Leadership starts at the edge of the comfort zone. And so does the hero’s journey. A leader aims high, makes sacrifices, and gives back. So does a hero. The path you must travel leads away from the familiar, serves your community, and winds through uncertainty. Uncertainty causes anxiety. It is also...

The Four Virtues of a Leader: Navigating the Hero's Journey Through Risk to Results

Awaken the Courageous Leader Inside You True leaders inspire us with their confidence, dedication, and track record of achievement—but does their success arise from innate gifts, or qualities that we all can develop? “Each of us, no matter what our title or job, can become an effective leader by cu...

Whither the Child?: Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility

Birth rates are falling and fertility rates are well below replacement levels. At the same time, the economic crisis has forced governments to scale back public spending, reduce child support, and raise the retirement age, causing immense social conflict. Taking a step outside the disciplinary comfo...

Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics

The field of political demography - the politics of population change - is dramatically underrepresented in political science. At a time when demographic changes - aging in the rich world, youth bulges in the developing world, ethnic and religious shifts, migration, and urbanization - are waxing as ...

Rethinking Ethnicity: Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities

The impact of liberal globalization and multiculturalism means that nations are under pressure to transform their national identities from an ethnic to a civic mode. This has led, in many cases, to dominant ethnic decline, but also to its peripheral revival in the form of far right politics. At the ...

Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century

Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forward. But most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religious. Instead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of seculari...

The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America

As the 2000 census resoundingly demonstrated, the Anglo-Protestant ethnic core of the United States has all but dissolved. In a country founded and settled by their ancestors, British Protestants now make up less than a fifth of the population. This demographic shift has spawned a "culture war" with...