Germany foiled a far-right coup attempt. It still has a right-wing problem.
The German government hasn’t taken its increasing right-wing extremism as seriously as left-wing extremism. That’s been true for decades, our research finds.
Russia’s been hit by a financial Cold War
The Kremlin is juggling the stability of the ruble — and surging inflation
Belarus votes on Sunday. Our new survey shows what young voters are thinking.
In a significant shift, 75 percent of young Belarusians distrust their president
In Germany, Merkel’s center-right party may be trying to form a government with the center-left. That could be a problem.
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Merkel opposed marriage equality — until now. What happened?
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Want to know if the Trump administration will lurch into radicalism? Don’t look at Trump.
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Would Brexit help LGBT people in Britain? Be skeptical.
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How to understand Trump’s appeal to resentful whites
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Reexamining ballots and bullets
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What the Bolsheviks and Nazis can teach us about Russia today
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The hunt for stable democracy
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The far right in the 2014 European elections: Of earthquakes, cartels and designer fascists
Media reports on far right gains in the 2014 European
A European shutdown? The 2014 European elections and the great recession
This is a guest post by Cas Mudde, assistant professor in
Noted political scientist, sociologist Juan Linz has died
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Moderation and Radicalization in Conservative Parties
My friend and colleague Daniel Ziblatt, a political scientist at
Connecting Past and Present: Germany’s Search for a New Success Story
As Mark Twain once observed, "The trouble with the world
Bartels on partisan realignment and the Great Depression
There's a lot of discussion (some of which I've engaged