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Political Theory, Society, Sociology
The Rise of Populism Comes from the Failure and Success of Liberalism
Patrick Deneen 18 November 2019

For all its benefits, why is liberalism failing, and making so many people unhappy, asks Patrick Deneen? Liberalism failed because it has succeeded. Its liberation of the individual coincides with a sense of political and economic powerlessness for ordinary citizens.
International Affairs
Thirty Years Later, Europe has Lost its Bearings
Simone Disegni 8 November 2019

An “adult” Europe was born on the night of November 9th 1989, or at least it tried. As a new leadership takes over the destinies of the European Union, it faces a number of unanswered questions on its very raison d’etre. Will the answer lie on that very founding moment of its history?
International Affairs, Society
When Hungary Dreamed of the West
Marta Facchini 6 November 2019

Marta Facchini takes us to the streets of Budapest presenting the voices of those opposing Orban’s “illiberal democracy”. An analysis that bases its roots in the memories and the hopes of freedom of the Hungarian people in 1989.
Books, Philosophy, Political Theory
«Nations or individuals: out of crisis, strength». A talk with Jared Diamond
Giancarlo Bosetti 28 October 2019

In his latest Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change “multi-scientist” Jared Diamond redraws the history of seven countries that survived defining upheavals. Can today’s West learn from that story to move past the crisis which is threating its very political model?
International Affairs
Ruthless Repression, Decreasing Legitimacy: Why Al Sisi’s Regime Risks Collapsing
Gianni Del Panta 16 October 2019

On September 20, thousands of Egyptians took to the street in Cairo and other cities of the country in a rare show of anti-government protests. Whilst it is certainly true that corruption, illegal practices, and private enrichment thanks to high-level connections with state officials are particularly hateful aspects in a country in which one-third of the population lives under the threshold of absolute poverty, the actual reasons of protests lie somewhere else.
International Affairs, Political Theory
A Heartfelt Call to Save Tunisia’s Democracy
Yadh Ben Achour 11 October 2019

In advance of the crucial second round of Presidential elections, the former president of Tunisia’s Higher Political Reform Commission Yadh Ben Achour delivered a fervent appeal to save democracy, in Tunisia and elsewhere from its own malaise: by adjusting its structural weaknesses and distortions and, most importantly, by eradicating the scourge of poverty and popular frustration. Here’s the full trasncript of his keynote speech pronounced last September 20th at the ResetDOC / CAREP international conference in Tunis.
Political Theory
Have we Overcome the Peak of the Cycle of Populism and Economic Turmoil?
Soli Özel 23 September 2019

The West lost its legitimacy to say that only it can manage the world economy and the disruptive impact of the new technologies has been eating away citizenship reflexes and democratic engagement.
International Affairs
Where has Israel’s Social Justice Movement gone?
Yonatan Levi 16 September 2019

As the Israeli left looks to be heading towards yet another disastrous election, former 2011 Tent Protest leader Yonatan Levi reflects on the heritage of that historic mobilization: where has all that energy, and political demands, gone?
International Affairs
A Thousand Unknowns of the Tunisian Vote
Federica Zoja 13 September 2019

Political fragmentation, socio-economic despair and the return of foreign fighters: who will prevail in Tunisia’s unique “double election”?
Political Theory
President Trump’s Tea Party Revolution and the End of America’s Polarization
Stanley Greenberg 6 September 2019

People in America once again engage strongly in politics. They have enough of anti-government, anti-immigration and polarization extremism that blocks democratic governance.