When
Where
Competitive Enterprise Institute1310 L St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
In his latest work, The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay, author Stephen Davies synthesizes decades of research to explain a fundamental shift in our political landscape. For generations, political divides were grounded in economics, that framework has been replaced by a sharp conflict between nationalism and post-national globalism.
Please join CEI for a luncheon and conversation with Stephen Davies, moderated by CEI Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray, about the future of this political realignment.
When: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Luncheon followed by book forum.
Where: Competitive Enterprise Institute
1310 L St NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Questions: [email protected] or 202.331.2764
Register: https://www.tfaforms.com/5218853
Dr. Stephen Davies is a distinguished fellow in history at the John Locke Institute. He is the author of several books including, most recently, The Great Realignment and The Wealth Explosion: The Nature and Origins of Modernity. Previously, he was the head of education at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London, program officer at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, and visiting scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University. A historian, he graduated from St. Andrews University in Scotland in 1976 and gained his PhD from the same institution in 1984.
Iain Murray is vice president for strategy and a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Murray also directs the Center for Economic Freedom. He has written extensively on free markets and the environment, labor policy, finance, the EU, and trade. Before coming to CEI, Iain was director of research at the Statistical Assessment Service. A former civil servant in the United Kingdom, Iain immigrated to the United States in 1997 and remains a British citizen. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of London and a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford.