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Viktor Orban turned Hungary away from democracy. Now his European allies are turning on him.
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Trump says that spoils belong to the victor. That’s an invitation to more war.
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How Hannah Arendt’s classic work on totalitarianism illuminates today’s America
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[caption id="attachment_42060" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)[/caption] Should Americans
Is Trump a Berlusconi? Or more like Mussolini?
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Putin wins at hockey! Mao swims the Yangtze! And other amazing feats of authoritarian prowess
https://youtu.be/TUdYCzdpzdY Russian President Vladimir Putin recently celebrated his 63rd birthday
The Le Pen-Wilders alliance and the European Parliament: Plus ça change, plus la meme chose
This is a guest post by Cas Mudde, an assistant