Political System

Neoliberalism might have failed—but Trumpism is no alternative.

Trump is imposing ruinous tariffs because American democracy is no longer strong enough to stop him.

Many of Russia's official reactions are similar to those in the United States.

Scholars are increasingly making the case for reviving modernization theory.

"We need a lot more courage and fortitude right now"

He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

The country stood still for its first count in more than 25 years. Now, it must take action to capitalize on the findings.

Biden framed his foreign policy as the fight of democracy vs. authoritarianism. There were some problems with that.

Published in 2021, Ilias Alami provides a theory of the capitalist state that allows for current varieties of state capitalism. The ideas here have been expanded in The Problématique of State Capitalism as part of the book The Spectre of State Capitalism with Adam D Dixon (2023) available via Open Access here.

How Viktor Orban pulled off the unthinkable.

Oligarchy is a form of government where the richest people in a country have captured its political system (or even filled it with themselves) and use that control to direct much of the government's efforts to increasing their own wealth and power.We'll soon again have a billionaire president — help...

This year's economics award reinforces a comforting but false story about democracy.

Civil society fostered a sense of collective responsibility for keeping the peace.

Vietnam emerges as a compelling alternative to China for manufacturers seeking lower costs and reduced geopolitical risks. With lower tariffs, rising...

Abstract. Politics and the media in the United States are increasingly nationalized, and this changes how we talk about politics. Instead of reading the lo

The politics of xenophobic violence is fueled by a psychology of racialized fear.

Campaigning on an economic agenda that speaks to the needs of working families is a winning formula for Kamala Harris

Released in 2014, here is Werner Bonefeld's seminal book on critical theory and the critique of political economy. Bonefeld originally studied with Johannes Agnoli and was a founder of the Open Marxism tendency through the journal Common Sense in the late 1980s. The introduction to the book followed by the full PDF are below. Subversive thought is none other than the cunning of reason when confronted with a social…

Western intellectuals expected that novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, once safely in the West after his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1974, would enthusiastically endorse its way of life and intellectual

The Russian regime's political ideology – both its content and role in the political system – have evolved since the all-out invasion of Ukraine.