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The Socialism of Fools: Populism and its Dirty, Persistent Problem
by Ali Omar Forozish

The Socialism of Fools: Populism and its Dirty, Persistent Problem

Right-wing and left-wing populists agree on almost nothing, yet both keep landing on the same scapegoat: the Jews. The pattern says less about left or right than about the shape of populist thought itself, and the many antisemitic pitfalls these...

October 30, 2026
Lula’s Historic Comeback in a Rightward-Shifting Brazil
by Helder Ferreira do Vale

Lula’s Historic Comeback in a Rightward-Shifting Brazil

October 29, 2026
We Will Never Forget the Brazilians Who Did It, nor the Brazilians Who Supported Them
by Luiz Cesar Pimentel

We Will Never Forget the Brazilians Who Did It, nor the Brazilians Who Supported Them

October 29, 2026
Alice in Threatland: The Gray Lady in the Rabbit Hole
by Peter Isackson

Alice in Threatland: The Gray Lady in the Rabbit Hole

October 26, 2026
Syria’s Democratic Transition: Building Institutions Alongside Political Competition
by Mohammad Nazzal

Syria’s Democratic Transition: Building Institutions Alongside Political Competition

October 25, 2026
Entrenched US and Iranian Strategies Make Renewed War Inevitable
by James M. Dorsey

Entrenched US and Iranian Strategies Make Renewed War Inevitable

US President Donald Trump predictably rejected Iran’s conditional proposal to...

October 24, 2026
Urban Violence in France? Veni, Vidi, Vichy Redux
by Peter Isackson

Urban Violence in France? Veni, Vidi, Vichy Redux

Raymond Brugère, the only French diplomat to resign rather than...

October 23, 2026
Brazil’s 2026 Elections: The Right Advances and Bolsonarism Endures
by Helder Ferreira do Vale

Brazil’s 2026 Elections: The Right Advances and Bolsonarism Endures

Brazil’s 2026 elections delivered more than an unexpected first-round lead...

October 22, 2026
Donald Trump’s Diesel Deal Shows How Western Leaders Are Losing Control
by Édouard Husson

Donald Trump’s Diesel Deal Shows How Western Leaders Are Losing Control

US President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia demonstrates how...

October 22, 2026
Bab al-Mandeb: The Battle That Could Redefine Yemen’s Political Future
by Abdul Galil Shaif

Bab al-Mandeb: The Battle That Could Redefine Yemen’s Political Future

The Houthi offensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and the...

October 21, 2026
Will America’s Democratic Flaws Be Its Undoing?
by Duncan Ritchie

Will America’s Democratic Flaws Be Its Undoing?

America faces a crisis of democratic legitimacy as structural flaws...

October 20, 2026
The Committed, the Conflicted and the Complacent: Who Are the Real Canadians?
by Ranjani Iyer Mohanty

The Committed, the Conflicted and the Complacent: Who Are the Real Canadians?

Amidst US annexation threats and Alberta’s October 19 separation referendum,...

October 18, 2026
Are Europe’s Cast of Fallen Angels Preparing the Apocalypse?
by Peter Isackson

Are Europe’s Cast of Fallen Angels Preparing the Apocalypse?

The Devil’s Advocate conducts a canonization inquiry in reverse, applying...

October 16, 2026
Cornell University: The Suppression of Free Speech and Acquiescence to Misogyny
by Stephen Zunes

Cornell University: The Suppression of Free Speech and Acquiescence to Misogyny

Cornell University’s handling of the recent Chi Phi scandal exposes...

October 15, 2026
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