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  • Sunzi and the Chinese Way of War

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Dr. Geoff Babb from the Department of Military History at the US Army Command and General Staff College will discuss Ancient Chinese War with an emphasis on the thirteen chapters of Sun Tzu’s Art of War.  After a brief look at The Six Secret Teachings of Tai Kung, the presentation examines enduring phrases from each […]

  • SPRING 2026 | Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Principles That Built a Nation

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States

    Former Kansas State Senator Jeff King and journalist Mark McCormick served together as Spring 2026 Dole Fellows. Their series, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Principles That Built a Nation,” examined principles undergirding America’s founding, and evaluated how they shape our world today. Learn more about Jeff King and Mark McCormick, and their Discussion […]

  • What Does It Mean to Be United?

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Since its founding, America has been a land awash with contrasts and divisions. Are we truly a “melting pot” where one must assimilate to belong or are we more the quiver of arrows on our national seal – many people bound by a “political ideology centered on the abstract ideals of liberty, equality, and republicanism.” […]

  • Inside the Electorate: A Bipartisan Look Ahead to the 2026 Midterms

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    The nation enters a critical midterm election year with voters trying to come to grips with economic anxieties, international disruptions, and ongoing debates about the nation’s culture. The Wall Street Journal’s new bipartisan polling team, Democrat John Anzalone and Republican Adam Geller, will join Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib for their first public appearance […]

  • The Case for Limited War: European Military Treatises through Machiavelli

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Warfare in the European Middle Ages (c. 500-1500) can be broadly characterized as limited: limited objectives, limited budgets, and limited size of armies. Despite medieval society having an overall martial culture, these factors conspired to make warfare episodic, defensively oriented, and positional in character. This lecture will explore the intellectual underpinnings of medieval limited war […]

  • Lawrence Reviewed at the Dole Institute

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States

    The Anthropocene Reviewed: Civic Education Edition invites students and community members to critically engage with their own local slice of the Anthropocene by contributing their own reviews, modeled by Green’s work. Stop by the Dole Institute of Politics on March 9 anytime from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to view our America at 250 Special Exhibits and explore […]

  • Liberty In a Pluralistic Society

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Liberty is America’s founding ideal, bursting from our shores and spreading to nations far and near. But, our own story is rife with contradictions and presents challenges even today as we balance the desires of a changing society. How do we balance competing ideas of liberty in a pluralistic country? How can we secure this […]

  • POSTPONED – In Conversation with Ambassador Bogdan Klich

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    The Republic of Poland’s Head of Mission to the United States, Bogdan Klich, will be in conversation with Dole Fellow and former Kosovar diplomat Qëndrim Gashi on Poland’s experience in public diplomacy with the United States and examine key aspects of U.S.-Polish bilateral cooperation. Their discussion will also offer perspectives on current U.S. foreign policy […]

  • The Maginot Line

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    The Maginot Line has assumed a mythical status as the height of French interwar doctrinal stagnation. The reality, however, is that the Maginot Line represented a potential solution to the difficult French strategic position. Dr. Cameron Zinsou of the Command and General Staff College shows how its development, manning, and the debates about the Line […]

  • The Effects of Federal Health Policy on Kansas

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Join the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board for the spring Student Advisory Board Program, featuring a discussion on how the One Big Beautiful Bill's effects on Medicaid and the new Rural Health Transformation Grant may change the healthcare landscape in Kansas. SAB coordinator Abbie Clements will be in conversation with Kansas health policy experts Sheena […]

  • The 2026 Easter Egg Roll with Dole

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States

    Come one, come all, for the Dole Institute’s Easter Egg Roll with Dole! Join us on Saturday, April 4, for a morning of family fun, including a White House-style egg roll race, egg hunt, games, crafts, and more. The event is free and open to the public, and will go on rain or shine. Learn […]

  • A Republic, If You Can Keep It

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Ben Franklin promised us unparalleled freedom with burdens to uphold it, never before placed upon a citizenry. What was this novel form of government bestowed on our young nation and what have we, as a free people, done to keep it? What burdens do we share, what challenges do we face, and what actions must […]