by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 17, 2020 | Global Authoritarianism, Writing
October 15, 2020, The New York Review Of Books Read the full article The Right’s War on Universities in The New York Review Of...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 9, 2020 | Global Authoritarianism, Writing
The novel coronavirus pandemic poses a stress test for societies— wrenching people out of ordinary routines and exposing them to death and dislocation, bringing forth acts of solidarity and courage as well as scapegoating. Just as such a crisis reveals the...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 14, 2020 | Global Authoritarianism, Writing
How suited President Donald Trump and his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, seemed as they sat together in the White House this week, their heavy bodies and craggy faces projecting a brutalist power. Their expensive dark suits and the elegant surroundings did...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jan 8, 2019 | Global Authoritarianism, Writing
The New Republic, January 8, 2019 Scarcely a week into Jair Bolsonaro’s tenure as president of Brazil, protections for the environment and indigenous and LGBTQ populations have been removed, and both the neoliberal economic policies closely...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 19, 2018 | Global Authoritarianism, Writing
The Washington Post, June 19, 2018 He threatened the press, joked about ruling for life and bullied everyone, including the allies who helped him get into office, while enjoying a cult following among his base. When a special judicial investigation threatened to...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 7, 2017 | Global Authoritarianism
The New Yorker, October 5, 2017 In the late nineteen-thirties, as Benito Mussolini was preparing to host the 1942 World’s Fair, in Rome, he oversaw the construction of a new neighborhood, Esposizione Universale Roma, in the southwest of the city, to showcase Italy’s...
