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Sara Padovan

Is Trump’s election a boost for Europe’s populists?

Many expect Trump's election will boost the populist cause in Europe, whether hopeful right-wingers or fearful leftists and centrists. Yet, the reality will likely be more nuanced.

Christopher Phillips 24, Dec 2024
Michel Barnier's appointment has dashed far-left hopes of dominating the new French parliament Al Majalla

Michel Barnier: Can France's new 'no-nonsense' PM restore order?

His appointment is seen as a belated attempt by Macron to head off the mounting challenge his government faces from Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally

Con Coughlin 08, Sep 2024

The rise of the far right in Germany

Fares Garabet 05, Sep 2024
At his core, Netanyahu isn’t so much a “true believer” in far-right ideas as he is an opportunistic one. He has and will continue to use rhetoric that serves him best, no matter how bone-chilling. Eduardo Ramon_Getty Images

Israel's shift to the far right is part of a wider global trend

Jewish supremacy and democracy, two principles that portend Israel's identity, have been increasingly at odds and populists have made their choice as to which of the two they view as more important

Michael Horowitz 17, Jun 2024
Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, plays by the same far-right populist playbook, criticising a shadowy “elite” and “useless, parasitic” politicians who he describes as “rats”. Eduardo Ramon

Latin America’s far-right surge: A chip off the not-so-old block

Riding a global wave of populist nationalism, radicals with a disdain for democracy, an urge to deregulate, and an aversion to globalisation are seizing power in Central and South America.

Paul Achkar 13, Jun 2024
Italy's Prime Minister and leader of the far-right party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli D'Italia - FDI) Giorgia Meloni getures during a press conference following the results of the European Elections in Rome on June 10, 2024. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

EU parliament election results confirm rightward shift in Europe

If right-wing parties collaborate, this shift could impact policies on climate, migration, enlargement, budget, and the rule of law 

Pawel Zerka 10, Jun 2024
Moderates must come to terms with the fact that right-wing populism is a major force in European politics and adapt accordingly.   Eduardo Ramon_Getty Images

The rise of right-wing populism in Europe

For decades the far right sat on the periphery of Western politics, dismissed as angry skinheads or deluded neo-Nazis by the centrist mainstream. No longer.

Christopher Phillips 09, Jun 2024
Hindutva has come to mean the belief in Hindu supremacy and the extremism, anti-egalitarianism, ultra-nationalism, and authoritarianism that accompany it. Eduardo Ramon_Getty Images

Understanding Hindutva ideology: Origins and future

A look at a powerful ideology born from historical grudges against Muslims and how its ascension under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has jeopardised India's secular democracy

Shakir Husain 08, Jun 2024
Israeli female soldiers pose for a photo with the ruins of Gaza in the background on February 19, 2024. AP

Gaza war is a big win for Israel's far right

The more Palestinians endure abuse, the stronger Israeli extremists become

Ahmed Maher 01, Jun 2024
Brian Stauffer

Has X become the go-to social media platform of the far right?

Twitter was known for its liberalism. It has been transformed into a very different beast, posing implications for news provision and political debate in a year with the next race for the White House

Marco Mossad 21, May 2024
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The Israel-Houthi war achieves nothing and hurts both sides

28 May 2025

Killing Yemeni civilians further ruins Israel's global image. Meanwhile, the Houthis cannot defeat Israel militarily.

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Sara Padovan
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The history of tariffs is still being written

29 May 2025

A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy

Toufic Chanbour
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Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

26 May 2025

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf
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It’s time to build a regional climate fund

27 May 2025

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid

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