On Thursday, September 25, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute hosted the first Firing Line Debate of the semester on the resolved “Global Order Needs U.S. Power.”
On Thursday, September 25, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute hosted the first Firing Line Debate of the semester on the resolved “Global Order Needs U.S. Power.” American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Professor Hal Brands was in the affirmative while Yale University Lecturer in History and Co-Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy Michael Brenes took the negative.
Two leading constitutional scholars debated the resolved, "The Executive Branch Belongs to the President."
On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at 4:30pm, the Buckley Institute will host a Firing Line debate on the resolved, “Mass Deportation is Necessary.”
On Tuesday, April 1, the Buckley Institute hosted a debate over whether or not America's ruling class has failed, featuring Newsweek's Josh Hammer and Yale's Gregory Huber.