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Populism

The Populist Danger

Yes, democracy and pluralism must rein in populism. But do they even exist now in strong enough form?

By Jan-Werner Müller

Fall 2018, No. 50 – 15 MIN READ

The New Old Democrats

It's not the 1990s anymore. People want the government to help solve big problems. Here's how the Democrats must respond.

By Jake Sullivan

June 20, 2018, 1:01 pm – 41 MIN READ

Hurricane Doug

Why Doug Ford’s victory isn’t actually a decisive win for populism in Canada.

June 13, 2018, 11:56 am – 7 MIN READ

What’s Left of the Right?

Can the Republican Party survive Trump? Should it? Four Never-Trump conservatives discuss.

By David Frum Liz Mair Jennifer Rubin Peter Wehner

Summer 2018, No. 49 – 58 MIN READ

Eastern Europe Marches Right

Why the astonishing decline of liberalism—and the rise of the far-right—was a long time coming in Eastern Europe.

December 11, 2017, 3:00 pm – 9 MIN READ

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