So Trump is a populist. When does populism actually win elections? Ryan Powers - April 8, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38099" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Donald Trump at the 2015 Values
It’s not just Trump. Authoritarian populism is rising across the West. Here’s why. Pippa Norris - March 11, 2016 Many American commentators have had trouble understanding the rise of
Bolivian elections get the Hollywood treatment, and now we’re discussing term limits Thiago Nascimento da Silva and Diego A. von Vacano - December 23, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZo_ILZhfk Bolivian politics are not usually the stuff of Hollywood
Portugal faces a political crisis, but it’s the same one facing governments everywhere Cas Mudde - October 28, 2015 [caption id="attachment_31385" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Paulo Portas (C), leader of the
Putin wins at hockey! Mao swims the Yangtze! And other amazing feats of authoritarian prowess Xavier Marquez - October 14, 2015 https://youtu.be/TUdYCzdpzdY Russian President Vladimir Putin recently celebrated his 63rd birthday
Think of Russia as an ordinary petrostate, not an extraordinary superpower Maria Snegovaya - March 9, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22451" align="alignnone" width="620"] A monitoring instrument on the gas
The rise of outsider politicians in Latin America and Europe Esperanza Casullo and Flavia Freidenberg - September 16, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15496" align="alignnone" width="620"] Marine Le Pen leads the far-right
Butch Cassidy and the Snowden Kid: Evo Morales’s Plane and the Latin American Left Joshua Tucker - July 6, 2013 We welcome back Texas A&M political scientist Diego von Vacano with the following
Hugo Chávez and the Death of Populism Erik Voeten - March 6, 2013 The following guest post is by Diego von Vacano, a