Daniel DePetris: The House speakership saga exposes America's self-centeredness
The U.S. can be a quite self-centered nation.
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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