The American Culture Wars Are Officially a Strategic Threat
Extreme partisanship has left America vulnerable to exploitation by a foreign power. This cannot last.
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.
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.
Election Reveals Brexit- and Trump-Like Cleavages in Germany
Supporters of the far right have much in common with voters for Brexit and Donald Trump.
Germany’s Social Democrats Should Have Picked Side
If you try to appeal to blue-collar voters and college graduates at the same time, you risk losing both.
Germany’s Social Democrats Need to Pick Side in Culture War
It is hard to appeal to progressive middle-class and nativist working-class voters at the same time.
DUP Pact Makes It Harder for May to Win Back Middle England
Centrist voters are appalled that the Conservatives would do a deal with Protestant fundamentalists.
The Culture Wars Are Ending. Here’s What’s On the Other Side
Racial and sexual diversity will no longer stir controversy. Marijuana will be legal. Foreign policy will have to change.
After Landslide, Macron’s Challenge Lies in Forgotten France
The president must convince the less prosperous half of his country that liberal reform will benefit them too.
Election Exacerbates Britain’s Blue-Red Divide
British voters are sorting into two camps. This could make it more difficult for any one party to govern.
French Presidential Election Reveals Divided Nation
The same splits we saw with Brexit and the election of Donald Trump appear in France.
French Parties Collapse as Voters Flock to Blue and Red Extremes
France’s traditional parties have failed to adapt to a shift in the political landscape.
Election Reveals Educational Divide in Netherlands
Most liberal Democrats and Greens have university degrees. Few Freedom and Socialist Party voters do.
Netherlands’ Wilders Loses Support to Christian Democrats, Socialists
Dutch Freedom Party voters are defecting to what may look like opposite ends of the political spectrum.
Parties Take Sides in Netherlands’ Culture War
The political divide is shifting away from left versus right.