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The U.S. can be a quite self-centered nation.

Countries like Russia, China and Iran weren’t fixated on the arcane procedures of the U.S. House floor. They have bigger priorities.

The Trump years demonstrated that the norm of presidential candidates voluntarily releasing their returns is too weak

RINCETON  —  Almost exactly a century after Fascist leader Benito Mussolini’s March on Rome and ascent to the Italian premiership, a politician whose party descends from the original Fascists, Giorgia Meloni, has been appointed as Italy’s prime minister. Are we witnessing the return of lower-case fascism, a political phenomenon that has resonated far beyond Italy since 1922?

PRINCETON  —  In the run-up to Brazil’s presidential election next month, President Jair Bolsonaro is crafting his own version of former US President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie”: the claim that a loss at the ballot box is fraudulent. Incumbents who adopt this tactic might simply refuse to concede, while still leaving quietly. Or, more dangerously, they can foment outrage and even

US conservatives are signaling their commitment to authoritarianism loud and clear by holding this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest – the first-ever outside the US

PRINCETON  —  A few victories by centre-left parties in large countries hardly makes for an international trend. Nonetheless, wins by the US Democrats in 2020 and the German Social Democrats (SPD) in 2021, not to mention a strong socialist performance in Portugal’s recent election, suggest that the much-discussed crisis of social democracy has not been fatal.

PRINCETON  —  A few victories by centre-left parties in large countries hardly makes for an international trend. Nonetheless, wins by the US Democrats in 2020 and the German Social Democrats (SPD) in 2021, not to mention a strong socialist performance in Portugal’s recent election, suggest that the much-discussed crisis of social democracy has not been fatal.

What defenders of the filibuster want is minority rule – and a government unable to deliver anything meaningful to its people

PRINCETON  —  The investigation by the US House Select Committee on January 6 is still a long way from establishing a comprehensive record of the assault on the Capitol last year, so one should resist facile generalisations about the insurrectionists. Ideally, the committee will uncover sufficient evidence to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice for the lead