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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Steven Levitsky |Michael Froman |Jason Furman |Daniel Rosen
In early February, as he flew in Air Force One above the body of water he’d recently renamed the Gulf of America, President Donald Trump declared that he would levy tariffs on all imported steel and aluminum. Two weeks later, he issued a presidential memorandum laying out new guidance for screening investment from Chinese firms in the United States and U.S. firms into China.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Steven Levitsky |Michael Froman |Jason Furman |Daniel Rosen
In early February, as he flew in Air Force One above the body of water he’d recently renamed the Gulf of America, President Donald Trump declared that he would levy tariffs on all imported steel and aluminum. Two weeks later, he issued a presidential memorandum laying out new guidance for screening investment from Chinese firms in the United States and U.S. firms into China.
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1 month ago | 
newyorkcartoons.com | Jason Chatfield |Ann Telnaes |Heather Richardson |Steven Levitsky
(Do me a favour and just click the title of this post so it doesn’t cut off while you’re reading it. Email apps are the worst.)I’m still reeling from the documentary I saw last night at the IFC, featuring former Washington Post cartoonist and now Substacker, . The documentary is called Democracy Under Siege and was completed before the election last November. Its prescience is chilling.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | James Lindsay |Michael Froman |Wolfgang Ischinger |Steven Levitsky
The disastrous meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White House on February 28 has led to a stark moment of truth for the Western alliance. In the fallout with Zelensky and the end of U.S. support for the war effort, the Trump administration has not only shaken Ukraine. It has also called into question some of the bedrock assumptions that have undergirded the transatlantic relationship since World War II.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Hal Brands |Michael Kimmage |Steven Levitsky |Andrea Kendall-Taylor
Donald Trump has already transformed the American political order. Not since Ronald Reagan has a president so dominated the national landscape or shifted its ideological terrain. In his second term, Trump could reshape global order in ways no less profound. Today’s reigning, U.S.-led international system—call it Pax Americana, the liberal order, or the rules-based international order—arose from a brutal Eurasian century.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Michael Kimmage |Steven Levitsky |Alexander Cooley |Daniel Nexon
In the two decades that followed the Cold War’s end, globalism gained ground over nationalism. Simultaneously, the rise of increasingly complex systems and networks—institutional, financial, and technological—overshadowed the role of the individual in politics. But in the early 2010s, a profound shift began. By learning to harness the tools of this century, a cadre of charismatic figures revived the archetypes of the previous one: the strong leader, the great nation, the proud civilization.
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2 months ago | 
thesgnl.com | Michael Bluhm |Steven Levitsky
In 2024, more than 1.5 billion people cast ballots in elections across 73 countries—both records. Some elections were in authoritarian regimes where the outcomes were clear before election day, but most were in democracies. Seven of the 10 most populous countries in the world held national elections, including India, the United States, Indonesia, and Russia.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
journalofdemocracy.org | Robert Person |Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt |Nomi Claire Lazar
Should Ukraine end the war with Russia at the bargaining table or in the trenches? Can democratic institutions survive when they empower minorities over the majority? Is democracy better suited than authoritarianism to confront climate change? The new issue of the Journal of Democracy provides key insights and answers to some of today’s most pressing questions. Why Ukraine Shouldn’t Negotiate with PutinMany pundits cry for a negotiated settlement to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
newrepublic.com | Steven Levitsky |Daniel Ziblatt
And here we go again. President-elect Donald Trump wasted little time in signaling to Americans, through his Cabinet nominations and White House appointments, that he plans to move quickly to act on his most extreme promises. What kind of United States will we have in a year, or in four? How will the country and its democratic institutions change? What are the chances he doesn’t succeed? And what if he does—and an apathetic, exhausted, and inward-looking populace shrugs?
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
bookshop.org | Steven Levitsky
(Author) (Author) FORMAT Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller Bookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the world Description Why the world's most resilient dictatorships are products of violent revolution Revolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution--such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam--are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis,...
