As the image of U.S. leadership abroad continues to suffer, there are signs that China’s leadership is gaining more clout. In 2018, the median approval of China’s leadership across 134 countries stood at 34%, a modest increase from 31% in the previous two years. CONT. RJ Reinhart & Zacc Ritter, […] Read more »
The Rest of the World Knows Pax Americana Is Over
A conversation with Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group. You’ve written a lot about the geopolitical risks facing the world in 2019 and beyond. How do the findings in this Gallup report — “Rating World Leaders: 2019” — fit into your assessment? What do they tell you? Bremmer: […] Read more »
Image of U.S. Leadership Now Poorer Than China’s
At the halfway mark of Donald Trump’s presidency, a new Gallup report shows the image of U.S. leadership is in poor shape, but its approval ratings are no longer in free fall. After tumbling to a record-low 30% during the first year of Trump’s presidency, the image of the U.S. […] Read more »
Can the center hold? Populist challenges, liberal democratic responses
During the past decade, a populist revolt against long-established political arrangements has erupted throughout the West. This surge reflects deep-seated trends in contemporary market economies—in particular, the shift from mass manufacturing and resource extraction to information and services, which worked to the advantage of large metropolitan areas at the expense […] Read more »
Women Presidents Are Judged More Harshly
Female political candidates have significant disadvantages compared to their male opponents. Many voters instinctually associate the notion of leadership with men, and, probably as a result, they approach women candidates warily, often finding reasons to oppose them. But what happens when, in spite of these hurdles, a woman ascends to […] Read more »
Don’t fool yourself. The political center won’t recover anytime soon.
British media and political elites are chattering about a possible new, centrist party forming after 12 members of Parliament defected from the Labour and Conservative parties. Such speculation from elites is understandable, as the defectors’ anti-Brexit stance largely mirrors their own. But, once again, they are missing the forest for […] Read more »