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It doesn’t just split the democracies, it grants the Chinese-Russian view of the world as a zero-sum game
The marriage of liberal economics and democracy has brought immense benefits to the world, but faces its toughest test in decades. What needs to be done?
The British find it worryingly hard to think ill of non-commercial, non-political institutions
Centre-right parties face a dilemma — stick with chaotic far-right partners or lose elections by themselves
Resurgent Freedom party leads polls as anger among voters grows and key regional election looms
Demagogues can’t see that most people want a quiet life between elections
Voters in most developed countries feel that their contract with the state is fraying
Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine demonstrated why authoritarian rule so often ends in disaster
Liberals should notice what doesn’t happen in politics, not just what does
With its leaders pandering to the right, the party is pushed into ever more incendiary promises it cannot deliver on
Lula’s election in Brazil marked the 15th victory in a row by an opposition party in the region
In Pennsylvania, John Fetterman bridged the ‘representation gap’ between the concerns of elite and middle-class voters
Demonstrations bring together unlikely hardline bedfellows from left and right over impact of Ukraine conflict
Populists have lost elections and autocrats have lost the aura of competence
Being right is not enough
Elites are scared to say that voters want dangerous or contradictory things for fear of being seen as snobs
A clampdown on electoral disinformation has renewed accusations that the judiciary is too politicised
Defenders of independent central banks must think about their democratic legitimacy
Far-right Sweden Democrats help put Moderates leader in power and will have big say on immigration and law and order
Lorenzo Fontana’s election highlights tensions between rightwing coalition leaders set to form government
Many countries had partisan divides on Covid vaccination, but they were more lethal in the US than anywhere else
The liberal impulse in those countries stops the right building a paternalistic state
The paranoid fantasies of Vladimir Putin and others increase dangers for the world
Election defeats in Italy, Sweden and France contrast with earlier successes in Norway, Germany and Portugal
Some Italians take a lenient view of the Mussolini era, but the real fascists are revealing themselves elsewhere
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