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Though Polish voters in October ousted their right-wing populist government, recent elections in Slovakia and the Netherlands show that populism remains as malign and potent a political force as ever in Europe. But these outcomes also hold important lessons for the United States, where the specter of Donald Trump’s return to the White House haunts the runup to the 2024 presidential election.
我宁愿俄罗斯变成一个令人乏味的国家，至少在今后的几十年中。二十世纪的俄罗斯创造了一份不容质疑的纪录，包括经历了各种各样的动乱剧变和社会实践，吸引了全世界的关注目光。现在该是暂停的时候了。
在2003年上半年前，我们似乎还可以不费吹灰之力地达成这个目标，至少很有可能达到。受命驻莫斯科的外国记者还曾抱怨普京管理下的俄罗斯波澜不惊，无甚可报道。俄罗斯的经济投资呈高速发展。不幸的是，俄罗斯当权者还未习惯这种状态，隔不了多久他们总要做出些让本国和世界各国目瞪口呆的惊人之举。
恐吓你的人民使他们屈从听命的最有效方法是逐步灌输安全丧失感，此法同时亦能吓跑潜在投资者。通常，困扰投资者的问题不是一个政权民主与否，投资者需要并且在意的，是稳定且可预见的政策。
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