Hundreds of people join a ‘Light and Love’ gathering outside the royal palace in Amsterdam to protest the election victory of Geert Wilders’ far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, in a general election in November 2023.
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Some European countries are turning to anti-populist coalitions to battle the rising tide of populism. Will it work?
Malaysian Islamists rally in favor of sharia law on Nov. 20, 2023.
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Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
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Extremists benefit when we use euphemisms that confer on them an air of legitimacy.
Justice investigates Bolsonaro’s participation in the events of 8 January 2023: coup attempt failed, but country still divided
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Federal Police arrested some of Bolsonaro’s closest aides and carried out search warrants against former ministers and high-ranked military officers. The allegation: plotting a coup.
Protesters in El Salvador declare ‘Yes to democracy. No to authoritarianism’ during a demonstration on Jan. 14, 2024.
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A survey of people across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean found widespread concern over the economy and crime.
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Just as the UK looks set to return to grown up politics, everyone else is installing radicals.
The late Namibian president Hage Geingob.
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Hage Geingob’s legacy as a moderniser will live on despite contradictions and unfulfilled promises.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma is campaigning for a new opposition party opposition.
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Jacob Zuma claims that his new political home, the Umkhonto we Sizwe Party, is the authentic ANC, not the one led by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, arrives at the seat of government in Buenos Aires, accompanied by his sister Karina, on Dec. 10, 2023.
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Some aspects of Argentine President Javier Milei’s programme resemble the far right, but others do not. Without excluding him from this movement, we should recognize there are differences.
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In an uncertain world our natural instinct is to seek out answers that reassure, even when they don’t make sense.
Former president Donald Trump waves after speaking at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15, 2024. He’s just one of several populists who could win elections in 2024.
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In more than a dozen countries this year, populist leaders are poised to either take power or consolidate their hold on the opposition. Migrants are the unfortunate target of populist ire.
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Populist leaders are winning support around the world, with their anti-elite messages.
Populist politicians accuse the judiciary of stalling societal changes.
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The governing ANC’s indifference to constitutionalism has left the constitution vulnerable to opportunistic attack by politicians.
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The maverick ‘anarcho-capitalist’ faces huge challenges as he sets out to completely remodel the Argentinian economy.
America’s overnight summer star, country singer Oliver Anthony, performs in Moyock, N.C., on Aug. 19.
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Although its content is essentially libertarian, the No. 1 song of the summer in the U.S. resonates with both some Democratic supporters and those on the Trumpist right.
Michael Gove claimed in 2016 that ‘people in this country have had enough of experts’.
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Our research highlights three key reasons for declining trust in experts, and how to regain their authority in future.
Dharavi slum in India. Billions of people live in terrible conditions in the world’s cities.
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Cities are where solutions are found – but also where perils are amplified when we fail to act.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump gives thumbs up as he watches during the first round of the LIV Golf Tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va.
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It will take a lot of strategic ingenuity to fight the rise of populism. And it will get harder to do so as politicians rig the game with rules designed to reduce voting.
Common sense is broadly defined as a shared set of beliefs and approaches to thinking about the world.
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We often view common sense as an authority of collective knowledge that is universal and constant.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump at a campaign event in Manchester, N.H on April 27, 2023.
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The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Congress means Trump’s European allies need to carefully gauge their support for him.