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The mayoral election in Istanbul offers the emotional template for defeating authoritarian leaders elsewhere in the world.

Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, is publicly attacking the pope in a battle for the country’s soul.

Can Nayib Bukele cozy up to the United States?

A transcript of the U.S. and Polish leaders’ remarks in the Rose Garden.

The Social Democrats are poised to lead the next government, but after adopting the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda the party isn’t what it used to be.

There are deep reasons that imagined communities will always be a powerful reality in international politics.

Adam Michnik was a hero of the anti-communist struggle. Now his renowned newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, is under attack from a ruling party that refuses to tolerate dissent.

Austrian nationalists were caught red-handed in an attempted foreign conspiracy—but the party’s future is as bright as ever.

The prime minister returns to power, but after an ugly 2019 election season, the very nature of India’s democracy could be changing.

Two models have emerged for dealing with a new nationalist government—but it’s not clear which will prove more effective.

Liberals shouldn’t leave emotion to the right-wing populists.

The African National Congress won again in South Africa, but a new generation identifies the party more with corruption than liberation and is seeking solutions through protests and lawsuits rather than at the ballot box.

Austria’s chancellor made a deal with populists, and it’s not going according to plan.

By overturning an election in Istanbul, he may have triggered a Turkish Spring.

Instead of promising to protect people from the European Union, populists have started promising to make the EU protect the people.

A national catastrophe is ruining the French president’s plans for a revival.

Eight things to read ahead of a crucial vote.

The Brazilian president’s visit to Israel, which was meant to rally his evangelical base, has instead revealed his weakness.

Ukraine’s president is making a desperate gambit to win re-election—and to remain politically relevant if he loses.

Even if Britain’s opposing parties agree on a plan to leave the EU, national unity will be nowhere in sight.