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Democracies in Western Europe are undergoing dramatic changes, but it's not just because of right-wing populism. It's because Europe's party landscape is in turmoil. The 2016 British vote to leave …
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Note: Contains explicit language. In a recent contribution to this blog, Isabela Karibjanian takes readers to Serbia, where a comedian's satirical bid for the presidency has attracted unexpected …
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On Saturday, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill forcing all foreign-funded media in Russia to register as 'foreign agents.' The move echoes a 2012 Russian law asking the same of …
It's become a received wisdom of sorts that the media failed to grasp Donald Trump's rise in 2016 ahead of time because "the press [took] him literally, but not seriously; his supporters [took] him …
