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Biden hopes sanctions will deter Putin. It may not be so easy. Bruce W. Jentleson - February 18, 2022 Steep economic costs may not significantly change Russia’s behavior
Viktor Orban turned Hungary away from democracy. Now his European allies are turning on him. Daniel Kelemen - March 7, 2021 Orban’s Fidesz party had to leave the European People’s Party Group to avoid a humiliating expulsion
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Expect the new Italian government to be as short-lived as the last one. Here’s why. Lucio Baccaro and Julia Lynch - September 9, 2019 Right-wing nationalist Matteo Salvini may be out of power — but he’s likely to be back.
Why Italy’s media fixates on CasaPound, an extreme-right party with a racist agenda Pietro Gattinara and Caterina Froio - May 28, 2019 This is a party that embraces Mussolini and Che Guevara — and cartoons and pop culture
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How Hannah Arendt’s classic work on totalitarianism illuminates today’s America Jeffrey Isaac - December 17, 2016 The rise of right-wing populism in Europe and the United