The US & UK had a massive wave of populism rise around the same time, so how come it seems to have subsided in London but not in Washington?

Macron lost a prime minister, and looks set to lose another. Has centrism failed him?

The "Nice Guy" president has done it again.

Trump looks to run his second term more like a royal court than a presidential administration. Welcome to the court of the Orange King.

Scattered reflections on the election, Trump, and the future.

An essay on Trump, his appeal, and his mythic paralell in Balder.

Kamala Harris' win in the recent debate could help her polling numbers, which could be a problem for her.

Best way to deal with nativists is to give them political power.

Will this years election be a second 2016?

American voters are not becoming more hostile to democracy but worryingly, its politicians seem to be.

Which way are the political winds blowing around the English Channel?

It is finally confirmed: Joe Biden's age does make him unsuitable to be president.

It's hard not to see Trump's conviction leading to more polarisation and less faith in the judiciary.

Partisanship is a self-reinforcing issue which also increases the risk of corruption.

Why protest about divestment when that is so tangential to the war itself? Perhaps for the sake of protesting?

Student protest are being broken up at American universities. That's a mistake.

Social media regulation in the US is defined by petty grudges and thoroughly lacking in ambition.

Biden uses his state of the union speech to attack Trump, just like Trump would have done.

Is it possible to restore trampled democratic norms? The cases of Donalds Tusk and Trump are illustrative in the difficulties such a project

Maybe Brexit was a tremendous success, at least for some.