Alan LevineAlan Levine is associate professor of government and director of the Political Theory Institute in the School of Public Affairs at American University.Thomas W. Merrill is associate professor of government and associate director of the Political Theoy Institute in the School of Public Affairs at American University.James R. Stoner Jr. is Hermann Moyse Jr. Professor and director of the Eric Voegelin Institute in the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University. Read More Read Less