President Trump’s push for a border wall hints at a problem that populist leaders are facing across the Western world. After a year of setbacks, populist leaders and parties are trying to rejuvenate their fortunes by revitalizing the sense of crisis on which they thrive. But as with Mr. Trump’s […] Read more »
How Trump and Brexit united Europe
Emanuel Deutschmann, European University Institute and Lara Minkus, Universität Bremen Europeans across the English Channel are nervously watching Britain’s debate over Brexit, fearful of what the United Kingdom’s divorce from the European Union will mean for their decades-old economic and political bloc. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Dec. 11 […] Read more »
UK: Brexit study finds significant decrease in diehard leave backers
Britons are growing ever more pessimistic about the state of Brexit negotiations, with even diehard leavers angry with how the past year has gone for their cause, a wide-ranging new study has found. The research by Britain Thinks found a significant decrease in the strongest supporters of Brexit and an increase […] Read more »
A Shadow Over Europe: CNN poll reveals depth of anti-Semitism in Europe
Anti-Semitic stereotypes are alive and well in Europe, while the memory of the Holocaust is starting to fade, a sweeping new survey by CNN reveals. More than a quarter of Europeans polled believe Jews have too much influence in business and finance. Nearly one in four said Jews have too […] Read more »
As Brexit Nears, Record Approval for EU Leadership in UK
With the meeting to finalize and formalize the divorce between the United Kingdom and the European Union just days away, Britons’ approval of the EU’s leadership is at its highest point in a decade. CONT. Ben Ryan & RJ Reinhart, Gallup Read more »
Politics & Polls: The Centrist Paradox
The United States and Europe have seen a rise in outsider political movements, with more voters supporting populist authoritarian leaders who buck traditional cultural values than in the recent past. In this episode, Sam Wang interviews researcher and writer David R. K. Adler, who argues, contrary to contemporary belief, that […] Read more »