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Bolsonaro is the product of Brazil’s corruption and its forgotten people

11th January 2019Jia Yi Tham

Is there a global turn to the far-right? To call this “global” is true, but the implication that this is inevitable for most established democracies throughout the world is not. What is “global” about this is that the conditions that must be met are largely the same: a lack of trust in public institutions, a […]

The sense of security in France is false: Marine Le Pen could win

29th April 2017Julian Blum

After last week’s historic first round, in which none of the mainstream parties made it to the run-off, France is still picking up the pieces of its shattered political system. In the midst of confusion, could Marine Le Pen come out victorious after all? When the results of the French election’s first round came out […]