The man who seduced an entire country – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. In the mid-1990s, Silvio Berlusconi started planning for the afterlife. On the grounds of…
The Complex Relationship Between Populism and the Economy: A Delicate Balancing Act
International assistance has achieved remarkable accomplishments in reducing global poverty, supporting girls’ education, addressing hunger, ensuring safe childbirth, nearly eradicating polio, combating female genital mutilation…
Tayyip Erdoğan declares victory over opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in Türkiye’s presidential run-off election
Türkiye's President Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed victory in Turkey's presidential election, a win that would steer his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.Key points:The…
How Imran Khan’s populism has divided Pakistan and put it on a knife’s edge
The arrest this week of former Pakistan prime minister and cricket legend Imran Khan has triggered nationwide protests targeting military and other institutions, some of…
The Right’s Economic Populism Is Breaking Progressives’ Brains
But this dust-up is actually more interesting than that, because it involves a notable change in the wider political landscape: The rise of the populist…
The strengths and weaknesses of Volodymyr Zelenskyy – POLITICO
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion, senior Ukraine opposition politicians and former ministers were brimming…