In India and the Philippines, strongmen have consolidated immense power through democratic means. How do we explain this?
Rich countries embraced trade multilateralism when it suited them, and now they’re abandoning it. That may not be such a bad thing
The strengths of Chinese-style capitalism have also been its vulnerabilities.
Twenty years ago, experts refused to see the truth about the dark side of globalization. Then Seattle happened
Unlike the West, modern China has seldom used brute force to access resources or expand markets — except, notably, in the South China Sea
The far-right is in ascendancy at the moment not only in reaction to the failures of neoliberalism, but also because of the failures of liberal democracy
And His Allies in Beijing
Authoritarian governments have tried to rig elections for ages. More dangerous are the far-right leaders concentrating their power by relatively fair elections
Rodrigo Duterte and Xi Jinping are loving their bromance. But the relationship doesn’t have a lot of popular support
Brazil is on the verge of electing a Duterte-style fascist. What can the left do?
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