The Polarization of Dutch Politics
After years of consensus politics, the left and right in the Netherlands are far apart.
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Can the BJP Move India to the Right?
After suffering defeat at the polls two elections in a row, India’s main opposition party has to enhance its vision.
The Far Right’s Revival in France
France’s far right is prospering in the polls. It may well doom Nicolas Sarkozy’s chances for reelection.
Tim Pawlenty’s Sam’s Club Republicanism
The party needs to reach out to working- and middle-class voters, argues the former Minnesota governor.
Why Republicans Can’t Just Be Reasonable
Barack Obama urges Republicans to try to find common ground. He shouldn’t expect much.
The Rise of a New Right in Europe
From Britain to Scandinavia to Central Europe, conservatives are stepping up.
Conservatives Win in Spain’s Richest State
The outcome underscores the unpopularity of Spain’s socialist prime minister.
Republicans’ Halfhearted Pledge to America
Republicans offer to restore fiscal balance to the federal budget but neither Democrats nor social conservatives are convinced.
Cameron Committed to Entitlement Reform
With massive spending cuts ahead, Britain’s prime minister is urging people to take greater responsibility for their own lives.
Glenn Beck’s Appeal to Restore Honor
Troubling the United States today is an absence of faith in national politics, said Glenn Beck on Fox News Sunday.
Yet Another American Revolution
Calls to a new American Revolution are nothing new to the political right. It will have to do more though.
America’s Not So Original Islam Backlash
American conservatives are only just discovering what their European counterparts have known for years.
The End of Ideology in South America
Conservative leaders are stepping up in Latin America, but the region isn’t shifting to the right.
All Anger on the Republican Front
The Democrats may be falling in the polls and President Barack Obama is certainly unpopular but the Republicans have no reason to take their newfound success for granted. On the contrary. The party has now to stop boasting and define its vision of twenty-first century conservatism lest it risk being thrown into the opposition again […]
Political Right on the Rise in Central Europe
After the election of the conservative Fidesz party in Hungary last month, neighboring Slovakia is also taking a right turn, evicting the imcumbent prime minister in favor of an array of small parties campaigning of a platform of free-market capitalism and ethnic harmony. Since the ascendance of a right-wing coalition in September 2002, Slovakia has […]