Could an illiberal Europe work?
European populists want to have their cake and eat it too. Instead of destroying the EU, radical right parties want to transform it from the inside. With European Parliament elections… Read more »
Category: populism
Could populism actually be good for democracy?
While democracy may be widely admired, it is, in its liberal form, an embattled ideology, according to James Miller, author of Can Democracy Work? As the social scientist William Galston… Read more »
Sweden on brink of populist precipice?
Sweden, the last Scandinavian country to withstand the tide of populism that’s swept across Europe, is on the brink, analyst Anders E Borg writes for Bloomberg: Other Nordic countries like… Read more »
Populism is (or is not) the legacy of the global financial crisis? Discuss
The process set in train by the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers has produced two big losers — liberal democracy and open international borders. The culprits, who include bankers,… Read more »
Illiberal alliances underpinning populist revolts’ ‘cultural revolution’
There are many similarities between American consultant-turned-ideologue Steve Bannon and Hungarian liberal-turned-ultraconservative Viktor Orban. Both have a missionary mind-set; both are interested in ideas; both are obsessed with what they… Read more »
Populists and authoritarians are ‘taking over the global economy’
Populists and authoritarians now manage the largest bloc of the G-20 economies, according to a new analysis. When you add up the nominal output of the G-20 states plus… 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 »
Populist International: Europe-wide super-group sparks alarm
Although it is commonly assumed that democratic backsliding starts with electoral problems, other political elements—such as the infringement of individual rights and the freedom of expression—are at the core of… Read more »
Russia fuels rise of illiberal civil society in the former Soviet Union
Disinformation is one of several tools in the Kremlin toolbox as Russia plays a leading role in promoting illiberal, anti-Western and socially conservative civil society groups, popular movements and political… Read more »
Arab populism succeeds where civil society fails
In this year’s key parliamentary elections in Iraq and Lebanon, formerly controversial populist figures performed far better than expected and are playing central roles in the scramble to form governments,… Read more »