Academic Essays
Netanyahu the Vengeful Strongman
Haaretz, August 14, 2023
Trump’s plans for 2025 sound like a vengeful disaster
MSNBC, July 19, 2023
The Authoritarian Implications of Kevin McCarthy’s Apology to Donald Trump
MSNBC, July 1st, 2023
Trump’s Moves Are Right Out of the Authoritarian Playbook
Yahoo News, June 17th, 2023
“The MAGA extremists see him as the savior.”
Ayman, MSNBC, June 10, 2023

Ruth Ben-Ghiat has been recognized for her groundbreaking interdisciplinary work throughout her career. Her scholarship on fascism, World War Two, and visual propaganda has introduced new approaches, broken with prevailing orthodoxies, and integrated new sources, from forgotten Fascist-era films and novels to documents from the United Nations War Crimes Commission.