List of Populism articles
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U.S. President Donald Trump kisses Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after addressing a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025 in Washington. Why Trump Keeps Betraying His Base
The Blob is back—and other explanations for the Trump administration’s foreign-policy flip-flops.
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Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), speaks during a Patriots for Europe rally at Marriott Auditorium Hotel on February 08, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. The far-right Patriots for Europe party has MEPs from 13 member states and is the third-largest group sitting in the European Parliament. The "Make Europe Great Again" rally in Madrid is a tribute to United States President Donald Trump's campaign and rhetoric, which the Patriots party is now emulating across Europe. How to Stop Regime Change in Europe
A new book explains the danger of the far right—and how to counter Washington’s support for it.
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Presidential candidate George Simion is shown on a screen addressing his supporters at the campaign headquarters of their candidate after polls closed on May 4, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania. Romania’s Far Right Is More Extreme Than You Think
The country’s conservative populists have a long—and radical—history.
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A Jewish man looks at an election poster of the independent centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron next to another of far-right Front National candidate Marine Le Pen at the French consulate in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2017. Israel Is Ready to Embrace Europe’s Far Right
European populism’s long tradition of antisemitism isn’t disqualifying for the Israeli government.
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A black and white photo shows Jean-Luc Mélenchon on stage with supporters and their hands raised in the air. The Morass of the French Left
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, one of France’s most hated politicians, casts a shadow over the left at a critical juncture.
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Pierre Poilievre speaks in front of a Canadian flag. Can a Conservative Win Back Canada?
Pierre Poilievre’s path to power looked assured—until Donald Trump returned.
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A protestor sits with a book "A Fairer World Is Possible" by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in front of Turkish riot police officers during a rally in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor in Istanbul on March 23, 2025. Turkey Can’t Live With, or Without, Erdogan
After decades in office, Turkey’s president has put his country in an impossible position.
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A woman raises one fist as she speaks from behind a lectern. At left are two German flags and the logos of the AfD on a backdrop behind her. The AfD Is Now Germany’s Mainstream
How the radical far-right party became the leader of the country’s opposition.
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Marine Le Pen, Tomio Okamura, and Geert Wilders on April 25, 2019 in Prague. Trump Is Rattling Europe’s Far Right
The new U.S. president’s agenda has been complicated for his ideological allies abroad.
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Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni smiles during her annual press conference in Rome on January 9, 2025. Italy Is Trump’s New Bridge to Europe
Giorgia Meloni wants to be Europe’s top transatlantic leader for the Trump era.
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Supporters cheer as newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives at the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6. 2024 Was a Year of Angry Elections
A diverse array of countries held national votes this year—but a single storyline stood out.
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A poster from the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party (SVP)on Feb. 25, 2016 in Zurich. The Elitist Truth About Far-Right Populism
A small Swiss canton offers hard truths about the far right.
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A historic black-and-white photo of a line of 8 school children wearing backpacks, their heads raised as they look up at a mural of Antonio Gramsci. Why Giorgia Meloni Loves Antonio Gramsci
Countering the left’s cultural hegemony has become an obsession on the Italian right—and they’re turning to a communist philosopher for ideas.
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Yamandu Orsi during the presidential election on October 27, 2024 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguay’s Crime-Fighting Lessons for the World
Violent crime is on the rise in the Latin American country—but authoritarian politicians are not.
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Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right Austria Freedom Party, the FPOe, arrives for the Vienna state FPOe congress on April 06, 2024 in Vienna. The Far Right Really Believes It Is Moderate
Why hard-line populists now say that others are the extremists.
