Tag Archive for: "populism"
How democracy is won

It is perhaps indicative of our times that the peaceful transition of power by means of a democratic election is a candidate for ‘disruption of the year’. The outcome of the Malaysian general election in …

The lost lessons of World War I

It has been 100 years since World War I ended and the centenary was commemorated this month with great pomp in Australia, Canada, France and the United Kingdom. Germany sent high-level authorities to France to …

A strategy for liberals

Has populism won? It would be easy to conclude that it has, especially in light of what is happening in the heart of Europe. Italy, one of the earliest supporters of European integration, is now …

The two sides of American exceptionalism

In July, I joined 43 other scholars of international relations in paying for a newspaper advertisement arguing that the US should preserve the current international order. The institutions that make up this order have contributed …

Letter from America: Trump’s voice

Donald Trump’s language is limited, much like his store of ideas. The US president is a demagogue who rouses without rhetoric. A bemusing bit of Trumpworld is the small range of his rant—intense rather than …