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Jan-Werner Mueller

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Jan-Werner Mueller, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, is the author, most recently, of Democracy Rules (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021; Allen Lane, 2021).

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  1. What Makes a Fascist?
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    What Makes a Fascist?

    Nov 7, 2022 Jan-Werner Mueller explains the defining hallmarks of an otherwise shape-shifting political belief system.

  2. Why Populists Don’t Concede
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    Why Populists Don’t Concede

    Sep 28, 2022 Jan-Werner Mueller explains the political logic of fraudulently crying “fraud” in response to an electoral loss.

  3. The Treason of the Conservatives
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    The Treason of the Conservatives

    Apr 13, 2022 Jan-Werner Mueller explains why fans of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have little problem with autocracy and theft.

  4. Let Them Eat Respect?
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    Let Them Eat Respect?

    Feb 10, 2022 Jan-Werner Mueller refutes the argument that center-left parties must win back voters from the far right.

  5. January 6 and the Possessive White Male
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    January 6 and the Possessive White Male

    Jan 6, 2022 Jan-Werner Mueller sees in the insurrectionists’ mindset and behavior resentment over the loss of illegitimate privilege.

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    Putin’s Brezhnev Moment

    Aryeh Neier draws parallels between the regime’s ongoing crackdown on civil society and late Soviet repression.
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    Utopia or Bust

    J. Bradford DeLong considers our options for both expanding and effectively slicing the proverbial economic pie.
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    Germany’s Reckoning

    Helmut K. Anheier

    Germany is now grappling with a host of difficult questions about its place in the world, the nature of its politics, and its most cherished values. For a pacifist society in a new age of conflict and war, everything must change if things are to remain the same.

     traces the contours of the country's debate, triggered by the Ukraine war, about its strategic future.
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    Preempting a Generative AI Monopoly

    Diane Coyle urges policymakers to take steps to counter the anti-competitive implications of a rapidly emerging market.
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    Japan’s Strategic Imperative

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. sees the country doubling down on its best option for ensuring national security and regional stability.
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    China’s Savings Conundrum

    Zhang Jun explains why – and how – the country must stimulate household consumption to achieve a robust recovery.
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    The Flight of the Inflation Hawks

    Though the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike of 2023 is smaller than those that preceded it, policymakers have signaled that more increases are on the way, despite slowing price growth. But there is good reason to doubt the utility – and fear the consequences – of continued rate hikes, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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    How to Transform African Agriculture

    Safia Boly & Omid Kassiri identify four principles that could help governments across the continent boost food security.
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    Making Ukrainian Victory Possible

    Josep Borrell explains why continued military support and other forms of assistance remain critical.

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