democracy

The Implausible is now the Possible

By Dan Nexon

In liberal order

On July 6, 2025

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons This week I attended a European workshop on reactionary theory and practice. I talked about two things: 1) the implications of the "deinstitutionalization" of U.S. foreign policy for international order and 2) what I see as unsustainable tensions in contemporary...

democracy , Trump

The End is also a Beginning

By Dan Nexon

On June 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the.

2024 Elections , politics

Is There a Case for an Open Convention?

By Dan Nexon

On July 20, 2024

San Jose News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I was on a group chat last night in which everyone involved, including me, was bashing the idea of an open convention..

Election of Yesterday/Today: Taiwan

By djw

In General

On January 13, 2024

Due to my failure to think about time zones properly, this one didn't get written until after the result. The current ruling Democratic People's Party, will remain in power. Their presidential candidate, the current vice president, William Lai Ching-te, has won the election, giving the ruling...

General

Laboratories of Democratic backsliding: Ohio edition

By djw

On July 22, 2023

For my election series I've been operating on the principle that all national elections demand coverage, but minor/regional/special/by-elections are included on an ad hoc basis, largely determined by whether I.

reactionary populism

“Is Reactionary Populism a Form of Fascism?” The real answer is the bad arguments made along the way

By Dan Nexon

On January 20, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the.

Unions and Global Democracy

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 22, 2022

Two interconnected things are happening globally. First, democracy is under attack from right-wing forces. Second, unions are under attack from the same right-wing forces plus a lot of neoliberal centrist types who don't value them. Unions are absolutely vital for a functioning democracy. As the...

democracy

Taking Facts for Granted

By Dan Nexon

On February 9, 2022

TOPSHOT - A supporter of US President Donald Trump sits inside the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protest inside the US Capitol in Washington,.

foreign policy

Liberal international order, yet again

By Dan Nexon

On July 22, 2021

A recent episode of bloggingheads.tv features John Ikenberry and Patrick Porter. They discuss the Biden administration, liberal international order, and the "Rooseveltian Internationalism" article that I wrote about a few.

Hong Kong

By Dan Nexon

In china , General

On July 6, 2020

Peter Fitzgerald, amendments by Globe-trotter / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) We haven't blogged much about Hong Kong recently. The news, as readers probably now, has been pretty grim. On June 30, Beijing enacted a National Security Law that, in effect, ended any guarantee of Hong Kong's...

"federalism"

“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government….”

By Dan Nexon

On July 1, 2018

I put a poll up on Twitter with the aim of provoking some discussion. If the United States dissolved tomorrow, leaving 50 independent states, how many would qualify as “fully”.

General

Democracy’s Fragility

By Erik Loomis

On January 30, 2018

This story on a few racist teenagers creating havoc at Texas universities by spreading white supremacist propaganda reminds me of a point I have known for a long time: that.