How QAnon Followers Saw the US Inauguration
In the days leading up to the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, followers of the QAnon movement were jubilant — not because they were looking forward to the incoming…
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2020 US Presidential Election
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Ghost Skins: Military & Law Enforcement Members At The Insurrection
The January 6 attack on the Capitol was the latest battle in the long-standing war between militant Armed Forces and law enforcement members and the federal government. On December 31,…
Adam Przeworski, Crises of Democracy: A Review
As the title implies, Crises of Democracy is an unwelcomely timely work: as Trump exits in the most Trumpian way imaginable, “democratic backsliding” is present across the world, with his…
Radical Right Conspiracy Theories Are A Threat To Democracy
In evaluating radical-right grand conspiracy theories, I confess to originally qualifying as an industrial chemist and declare my position as a skeptic in the tradition of the ‘father of chemistry’,…
Donald v. Democracy: Trump Takes Election Loss Like Defiant Dictator
As these words are written, US President Donald Trump and his supporters are challenging the results of the 2020 election; an outcome that has Trump losing to his Democratic challenger,…
America Is No Longer One Nation
Another American election has come and gone. And, once again, enlightened pundits on both sides of the Atlantic are scratching their heads. How is it possible that some 70 million…
Donald Trump: The Worst Kind of Populist
Every year, the movers and shakers of our times come together for a few days in Davos, a swanky resort of literary fame in the Swiss Alps thanks to Thomas…
What will happen when America goes to the polls?
The United States is at a crossroads. As the nation faces elections on Nov. 3, its voters are being presented with one of the starkest, most consequential choices in memory.…
Reciprocal Radicalisation and the Right-Left Divide
What is Reciprocal Radicalisation? Reciprocal radicalisation, cumulative extremism, tit for tat extremism: these recent terms all relate to a symbiotic political relationship whereby the extremism of one group fuels the…
The Only Certainty This Election Is That There Will Be Chaos
President Trump is laying the groundwork for a drawn-out contestation of the election and won’t commit to a peaceful transition of power. This will spark unrest. At the moment, the…