It’s time to redefine what populism means in the context of a liberal democracy—that’s the view of Professor Seth Jaffe ’00, who teaches the history of political thought at LUISS Guido Carli ...

There's a widespread view that populism is on the rise, from the United States and Turkey to India and Hungary. Populism is a political ideology that positions "the people" as a morally just, good ...

The rise of populism has received extensive academic and media attention. Research into the uses of "populism" in news media indicates that it predominantly has a disparaging connotation and is ...

In 2017, in the wake of Brexit and Donald Trump’s first election win, populism was named the “word of the year” by Cambridge University Press. Almost a decade later, we might have thought the term’s ...

Over the last few decades, populists have come to power in a long list of countries. Italy elected Silvio Berlusconi, and Turkey empowered Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Venezuela had Hugo Chávez and now has ...

The rise of populist politics in the U.S. has coincided with a massive shift in the level of wealth held by average Americans compared to the elite. The level of wealth held by the bottom half of ...

Javier Milei in Argentina. Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. These are the two latest “populist shocks” – the tip of the “populist wave” that comes crashing against the weakened defences of liberal ...