by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 16, 2022 | Donald Trump
April 16, 2022, Politico In the summer of 2020, Ruth Ben-Ghiat was putting the final touches on her history of modern autocracy. She had to do it, though, without the benefit of knowing whether one of her most important subjects would remain in power come November.... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Feb 26, 2022 | War
MSNBC, February 26, 2022 Shortly before he invaded Ethiopia in 1935, Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini stated, “I follow my instincts, and I am never wrong.” That war bankrupted the state, but it made him popular with Italians as the restorer of the Italian... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Feb 10, 2022 | War
MSNBC, February 10, 2022 “We want a stable, predictable relationship,” President Joe Biden saidlast May when asked about his goals for his summit the next month in Geneva with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The official summit photograph communicated a... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
CNN, January 28, 2022 This will be a fateful year for autocrats around the world. In Brazil and Hungary, strongman leaders Jair Bolsonaro and Viktor Orbán are standing for re-election. In the Philippines, term limits are bringing Rodrigo Duterte’s tumultuous... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jan 20, 2022 | Donald Trump And the GOP
MSNBC, January 20, 2022 A new wave of extremist party loyalists — at the federal, state and even local level — want to help ensure Trumpism’s success in the midterms and beyond. Read the full article here.