The Vulnerability of Trump’s Personality Cult
Trump's personality cult follows a well-worn historical playbook — but his pathological narcissism ensures he cannot deploy it effectively.
Jan-Werner Müller
Violence As Policy in Trump’s America
Trump uses far-right activist's killing to justify violence while portraying himself as victim.
Confronting the Pandemic’s Toxic Political Legacy
Resentment over pandemic policies fuels far-right gains, deepens distrust in science, and reshapes politics in the US and Europe.
From Left to Right and Beyond: The Strange Migration of Political Mavericks
Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., and Sahra Wagenknecht are crossing political lines—are they chasing headlines or revealing deeper political divides?
Let them eat respect?
The idea that social-democratic parties should accommodate anti-immigrant sentiment is not only misguided but empirically wrong.
Can Liberalism Save Itself?
The causes and consequences of what is often described as “the rise of populism” are matters of deep dispute. But if there is one thing
The People Vs. Democracy?
The election result in Italy, where populists and far-right parties topped the polls, following the twin disasters of Brexit in the United Kingdom and Donald
Can Movement Politics Renew European Democracy?
Many people expected the big political story of 2017 to be about the triumph of populism in Europe. But things didn’t turn out that way.
How Populists Win When They Lose
Today, it appears that every single election in Europe can be reduced to one central question: “Is it a win or a loss for populism?”
Theresa May’s Other Citizens of Nowhere
British Prime Minister Theresa May has, of her own volition, stripped her Conservative Party of its governing parliamentary majority by calling an early election. If
A Majority Of “Deplorables”?
Barack Obama was right to say that democracy itself was on the ballot in the just-concluded US presidential election. But, with Donald Trump’s stunning victory
The Problem With ‘Illiberal Democracy’
Poland’s turn toward authoritarian rule has set off alarm bells across the European Union and within NATO. Since coming to power in October, Jarosław Kaczyński’s
Erdoğan And The Paradox Of Populism
The triumph of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey’s first direct presidential election is no surprise. Erdoğan is popular, and, as Prime Minister since 2003, he