Republicans Now Have More in Common with the European Far Right
The party has become radicalized under Donald Trump.
Conservatism
Vladimir Putin Is Not Your Conservative Hero
Western conservatives looking for a leading light won’t find one in the Kremlin.
Spanish Center-Right Rethinks Appeasement of Far Right
Cozying up to Vox did not have the desired effect.
French Center-Right Needs More Than New Leader
It needs a better strategy.
Far Right Fills Gaps Left by Merkel and Rutte
The two center-right leaders may have moved too far to the middle.
Party Warms to Merkel’s Successor, Voters Not So Much
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has wood the Christian right, but at the expense of goodwill in the center.
Kurzism Doesn’t Travel Well
Conservatives in France and Spain have mimicked the Austrian’s lurch to the right without his success.
Harder Line Neither Helps Nor Hurts Spain’s People’s Party — For Now
Pablo Casado’s lurch to the right plays well with the base, but he isn’t expanding the party’s coalition.
How to Interpret the Collapse of Bavaria’s Christian Democrats?
If they were wrong to mimic the far right, what does that mean for conservatives elsewhere?
So Much for the “Vanguard” of American Conservatism
Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker and Mitch Daniels were once the future of the Republican Party.
Spanish Right Takes Harder Line on Catalonia, Immigration
Pablo Casado doesn’t want to give other parties an opportunity to challenge him from the right.
Two-Party System Leaves Anti-Trump Republicans in the Lurch
As the Republican Party becomes statist, small-government conservatives have nowhere to go.
With Casado, Spain’s People’s Party Turns Right
Pablo Casado’s victory signals a desire for a more right-wing program.
Unconvinced Germans and Unconservative Republicans
Republicans in the United States have forgotten the meaning of conservatism.
Party of Conspiracy Theorists
Republicans have allowed their party to be taken over by liars and extremists.