Populism

Viktor Orban has put billions of dollars behind a soft-power strategy focused on attracting conservative American thinkers.

Four years after a major scandal ousted it from government, the party is leading national polls again.

The invasion of Ukraine has finally reconciled Europe’s liberals and nationalists.

At the national level, parties insist they won’t work or vote with the far-right AfD—but at the local level, it happens all the time.

The Italian prime minister is proudly defending her party’s extremist predecessor by falsely claiming they were never fascists.

Benjamin Netanyahu ignores mounting criticism of his closest running mates’ agendas at his own peril.

The Religious Zionist Party’s rise isn’t about immigration, crime, or populist economics—it’s driven by Jewish supremacy and anti-Arab racism.

We’re seeing what occurs when everything happens everywhere all at once.

Even if Giorgia Meloni says she’s sympathetic to Ukraine, the Italian right remains firmly in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s camp.

The likely next prime minister maintained ideological purity while her fellow right-wingers compromised. Now, she’s ready to reap the rewards.

With Mario Draghi on his way out, Europe braces for the most radical right-wing government in Italy’s republican history.

The Pentagon is scrambling to deter China while adjusting to war in Europe—but does its new approach amount to more than just rhetoric?

The left keeps losing because it has failed to promote equal opportunity rather than equal outcomes.

Hungary’s prime minister will likely win a fourth consecutive election with an original political formula.

A new book argues that economic unfairness is more important than unequal incomes—but only redistributive policies can restore social mobility.

The region’s left has won a series of elections—but U.S. interests aren’t under threat.

A new book argues that Boris Johnson’s government is already losing its grip. Here’s why that’s wishful thinking.