Romania: when the population turns against the populists
What happens when the population turns against the populists? Just such a drama is playing out in Romania, a country of 20 million people where hundreds of thousands have poured… Read more »
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How Putin became global ideological hero of nationalists, populists
Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved his current geo-political “prominence because he anticipated the global populist revolt and helped give it ideological shape,” argues analyst Franklin Foer. “With his apocalyptic… Read more »
The forces that imperil freedom
….. are identified and analyzed in the most-read essays from the Journal of Democracy, reminding us that 2021 was what JOD calls a year marked by high political drama, economic… Read more »
Cultivating resilience in ‘a season of Caesars and democratic discontent’
It is during a moment of democratic regression that opportunities for renewal and resilience become both evident and imperative. Around the world, COVID-19 has tested democracies and accelerated trends toward… Read more »
Post-pandemic populist resurgence? Reforms needed to save democracy
Some voters live in a so-called populist bubble, where they hear nationalist and xenophobic messages, learn to distrust fact-based media and evidence-based science, and become receptive to conspiracy theories and… Read more »
Me the people? How populist renaissance transforms democracy
Populist governments of the right and left have some of the worst track records in dealing with Covid-19, the London School of Economics observes. At the same time, the virus… Read more »
‘Weaponizing insecurity’: Covid-19 tests legitimacy of all modes of governance
Autocratic and illiberal leaders are using the coronavirus crisis to weaponize insecurity, says journalist and historian Anne Applebaum. She talks to Financial Times’ columnist Gideon Rachman about the threat to… Read more »
‘Maximalist campaigns’: How nonviolent uprisings succeed
Democracies are dying at the hands of elected authoritarian populists who neuter or take over the institutions meant to constrain them, notes Stanford’s Larry Diamond. Yet mass prodemocracy protests… Read more »
Populism: growing threat or space for democratic renewal?
Populist politics and authoritarian resurgence will be growing risks over the next year, according to a new report. The risks posed by populist and nativist agendas will grow in 2020,… Read more »
Partnership in Peril: how to repel populist assault on transatlantic community
The threat of authoritarian populism will not recede unless a new generation of political leaders offers a credible agenda for improving people’s lives that is more appealing to the public… Read more »