The far right is on the rise from North America to Europe to Asia. Each case is different, but they share key similarities — and require similar responses.
The Ideology That Unites Trump and the Authoritarians He Admires
It’s about propping up “besieged majorities” in multiethnic countries.
Trump’s New Blame Game
Fresh off an Asia trip where he showed surprising deference to dictators, Trump looks ready to start a renewed assault on critics at home.
VIDEO: Trump Is All in on the Philippine Drug War
Trump has lavished praised on Duterte’s extrajudicial murders — and Duterte’s envoy to the U.S. is developing a little project called Trump Tower Manila.
Undocumented Filipinos Are Living a Special Nightmare in Trump’s America
Under fire from Washington, rejected by Manila, and overlooked by many Americans, undocumented Filipinos are linking arms with others in the anti-Trump resistance.
Killer Presidents
From Duterte to Trump, a new crop of populist leaders are reviving a tried and true method of demonstrating leadership — killing people.
Trump’s Travel Ban: The View from One Permanently on U.S. Immigration’s Watch List
Trump’s ban isn’t about national security. It’s about race, religion, and cultural exclusion.
How Trump Could Blunder Into War with China
China may bully its neighbors, but turning foreign territorial disputes into a superpower conflict between nuclear-armed rivals would be a huge mistake.
Rodrigo Duterte: A Fascist Original
Instead of creeping repression, the new Philippine president began his reign with a blitzkrieg of extra-judicial killings, stupefying the country and blazing a new trail for fascism.
Duterte vs. Washington’s Cold War System
Though better known for his brutal war on drugs at home, the Philippine leader’s volatile, one-man diplomacy could up-end 70 years of U.S. dominance in East Asia.