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Mongolia: An unexpected bastion of democracy thanks to its youth
While democracy is struggling globally and especially in Asia, Mongolians continue to vote and engage.
Rallying cry: Youth must stand up to defend democracy
According to famed anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, the central question of our times is whether we’re witnessing the worldwide rejection of liberal democracy and its replacement by some sort of populist…
Inside the minds of Trump’s ‘true believers’
What sort of beliefs made a mass movement succeed?
How Angela Merkel has become – and remains – one of the world’s most successful political leaders
Looking like a centrist, but governing as a conservative, Angela Merkel has cleared the decks before the coming German election.
Marine Le Pen didn’t win over women. Can anyone on the far right?
Populist parties like France's Front National typically stress traditional family values. So is it possible for them to appeal to traditional leftist voters like single women and the queer community?
How populism explains May’s stunning UK election upset: Experts react
UK voters delivered a devastating blow to the prime minister, who combined a populist message with her party's traditional economic policies. She may now face a power struggle.
Modi and Erdoğan: strong leaders putting their democracies in peril
The leaders of Turkey and India have plenty in common.
Deliberative democracy must rise to the threat of populist rhetoric
Populist politics would appear to have left deliberative democracy by the wayside, but innovations that engage citizens in reasoned decision-making have much to offer.
Populism is still a threat to Europe — here’s how to contain it
Even if populist movements have been turned back in a few European elections, populism is not going to disappear. The EU needs a strategy to contain it.
Will the Paris Agreement still be able to deliver after the US withdrawal?
Like president George W. Bush before him, Donald Trump made the announcement from the White House Rose Garden, showing that Republican governments have failed to learn past lessons.
Progressive politics can win in a post-truth world by making myths of its own
Rationality doesn't bring people together to make change happen – but powerful stories do.
Emmanuel Macron has a difficult task ahead say international experts
The Conversation Global asked scholars from around the world what they thought of Emmanuel Macron's victory, and what means for their country.
A victory for Macron and for the European Union – now it’s time to unite a divided France
Macron's win showed France is internationalist, outward looking, pro-EU and free market-oriented; Le Pen's rise revealed that it's also nationalist, protectionist, anti-EU and suspicious of outsiders.
Could blank and invalid votes change the result of the French election?
Never before in French presidential elections have commentators and pundits expressed alarming concern about the size of the blank voting.
French election highlights a deep divide on the European Union
France's two presidential candidates diverge markedly on many issues, but nothing is as divisive as France's relationship with the EU.
Macron and LePen are battling for France’s heart and soul in election runoff
What does it mean to be French? The two standing presidential candidates hope voters will agree with their version of the answer.
How Marine Le Pen could win the French presidential election even if she polls lower than 50%
It all comes down to how many people abstain.
Macron and Le Pen battle voter disdain as they square off for French presidency
Both Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have gained from the very deep disaffection of the French electorate with its traditional political representatives.
And the winner in the French presidential election is… populism
A survey shows that candidates who exploited populism in one way or the other during the first round of the French presidential election captured about half of the vote.
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