by Lizzie Casazza | Mar 30, 2026 | University of Houston
In November 2023, self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei won the Argentinian presidency. His campaign ran on the promise of dismantling the existing political establishment that many Argentinians had grown dissatisfied with. Yet, rather than departing from...
by Miko Ukaji | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University
Revisiting Japan’s Democratic Stagnation Populism is often portrayed as a toxin to democracy—an anti-pluralist, anti-institutional movement that undermines liberal norms. Yet, in certain contexts, it may function more like a bitter medicine: unpleasant and risky, but...
by Aidan Calvelli | Oct 9, 2017 | Brown University
The rise and election of Donald Trump left many Democrats reeling, searching for a way to understand the current political moment. To Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, the reason for the success of Donald Trump (and Bernie Sanders)...
