Two Visions of France
Éric Zemmour reduces the French to victims. Emmanuel Macron gives them agency.
Culture War
The culture war in Europe and North America pits cosmopolitan, college-educated, urban voters with liberal views against inward-looking, often lower-information voters in small towns and the countryside who resist change.
Fuel Tax Is Excuse for Reactionary France to Riot
The tax increases are small. The violent reaction is really about Emmanuel Macron.
Macron, Salvini Represent Opposite Sides in Europe’s Culture War
The Frenchman is the hope of cosmopolitan Europe. The Italian has emerged as its leading nationalist.
Gun and Immigration Debates Entrench Tribal Divisions in United States
The gap between between the Republican “coalition of restoration” and the Democratic “coalition of transformation” continues to widen.
Europe’s Blue-Red Culture War Comes to Czech Republic
Czech politics have become a contest between pro-European cosmopolitans and Russophile self-styled patriots.
Nationalist Right and Identitarian Left Feed Off Each Other
Neither side is in the majority, but the conflict between them should worry us all.
Brexit Has Divided Generations in United Kingdom
Boomers first hoarded the benefits of liberalization and then voted to deny the young the opportunities of EU membership.
New Social Compact: Deregulation and Universal Basic Income
If deregulation is coupled with the introduction of a universal basic income, people may not fear being left behind.
Brexit Has Become the Totem of Britain’s Culture War
No matter how Brexit pans out, leavers will continue to support it and remainers will continue to bemoan it.
An Old Conflict in New Form
Today’s political crises may simply be the latest battles in the war between the Enlightenment and Romanticism.
Europeans Can Be Sorted Into Six Tribes
Europeans aren’t just pro- or anti-EU. Their views on immigration and solidarity suggest the existence of six tribes.
It’s Not the Economy, Stupid!
Fear of losing power and status created the alliances that voted for Brexit, European populism and Donald Trump.
The American Culture Wars Are Officially a Strategic Threat
Extreme partisanship has left America vulnerable to exploitation by a foreign power. This cannot last.
In City-Country Imbalance, Don’t Focus Only on the Left Behind
City dwellers may at some point decide they have had enough of subsidizing ungrateful provinces.
Globalization Boosts Some Regions, Marginalizes Others
Growth and opportunity are clustered in major cities.