The Republican Party’s likely presidential candidate is a racist, misogynistic xenophobe. Many Americans and others – not to mention Republican leaders – may be horrified, but Donald Trump has merely brought to the US a political style developed in Europe and perfected in Russia.
Apr 5, 2016 Philip Freeman profiles the politician that helped bring down the Roman Republic.
Mar 14, 2016 Bill Emmott draws lessons for the US from Italy's experience with Silvio Berlusconi.
Mar 10, 2016 Bernard-Henri Lévy places the Donald in the context of a politics perfected by Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin.
Mar 9, 2016 Dani Rodrik takes mainstream politicians to task for refusing to address the causes of rising populism worldwide.
Mar 4, 2016 Joseph S. Nye, Jr. criticizes the Republican presidential frontrunner for embracing a narrow and parochial appeal.
Feb 5, 2016 Jacek Rostowski says that a new breed of politicians poses a new set of risks to the West.
Apr 23, 2024 Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson
Apr 24, 2024 Rachel Glennerster
Apr 24, 2024 Peter G. Kirchschläger
Apr 24, 2024 Ana Palacio
From a long list of criminal indictments to unfavorable voter demographics, there is plenty standing between presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and a second term in the White House. But a Trump victory in the November election remains a distinct possibility – and a cause for serious economic concern.
