For the far right, the pandemic is a chance to enact border controls and erode the rule of law. It could also expose their utter incompetence.

For the far right, the pandemic is a chance to enact border controls and erode the rule of law. It could also expose their utter incompetence.
Trump’s message to governors on lifesaving medical equipment — “get it yourselves” — is grimly appropriate in a country without national health care.
The Spanish flu helped herald the collapse of the first wave of modern globalization. A century later, could the coronavirus do the same?
Democratic candidates offer a wide range of foreign policy views. These won’t decide the election, but they could have a huge post-Trump impact.
Brexit could see the UK eventually lose Scotland, Northern Ireland, and a great deal of its prosperity.
The banality of President Trump’s evil has infected huge swaths of the electorate as well as the federal government. Can it be treated?
Since the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia have experienced unexpected reversals in fortune. Are we next in line for post-imperial decline?
The U.S. military is creating an imaginary “space gap” to pour money into closing, wasting funds while increasing the risk of conflict.
Despite blatant corruption and ineptitude, the far right on both sides of the Atlantic continues to reap harvests from its failures.
Understanding how the new right went global — and how to stop it — is key to keeping our planet habitable.