The results of Austria’s September 29 parliamentary election did not differ much from what polls had indicated for over a year. Nevertheless, they came as a surprise to the political establishment.

In this episode of FO° Podcasts, Atul Singh interviews Martin Plaut about South Africa’s complex past. They discuss the country’s early formation, starting with the arrival of the Dutch in 1652 and ...

In December 2023, Time previewed 2024 as “The Ultimate Election Year.” It counted programmed elections in “at least 64 countries (plus the European Union).” In the final count, there were more than 64 ...

After three decades of relative stability since the Cold War, the global landscape has shifted. The unipolar world order that defined geopolitics since the 1990s is crumbling, and a new and ...

[You can read “If She Loses, Part 1: Kamala Wrong on the Issues” here.] Democratic US presidential candidate Kamala Harris has never won a single primary vote in the 2020 or 2024 elections, so at ...

Both experts on fascism and fascists themselves recognize that Donald Trump does not endorse the revolutionary, far-right authoritarianism that characterizes fascism. But Trump is a golden opportunity ...

In 1958, sixteen-year-old William Arnold asked his parents for permission to use the family’s car. He wanted to go to the movies. When his father refused, he took a rifle, shot both parents dead and ...

A few weeks ago, as I sat at the dinner table eating eggplant parmesan, my aunt asked me a political question: “How do you make sure you listen to what both sides have to say?” I answered her with a ...

If you’re like many of my friends, I know what you’re thinking: OMG, how is it even possible that half the country is going to vote for that guy? And there’s a slightly less common corollary to that: ...

On October 24, a United States presidential candidate told an interviewer, “Our day one agenda… also includes picking up the phone and telling Bibi Netanyahu that the war is over, because it’s ...

Switzerland plays a pivotal role in global diplomacy and trade, engaging in peace talks and economic partnerships across various regions. From a Swiss perspective, the Russia–Ukraine War has ...

Former US President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement brands itself as populist — championing the interests and values of the common folk against the “elites.” But this narrative ...