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Jan-Werner Müller

Jan-Werner Müller

The Guardian

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Why has the American center right disappeared from the ballot box?

The blame game’s in full swing. Armchair campaign strategists just know that Kamala Harris should have thrown Joe Biden under the bus, or gone on...

09.11.2024 20

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

What if Trump’s campaign is cover for a slow-motion coup?

Whatever happens next, one day historians will have to explain why a candidate who earlier this year had been presented as disciplined started to veer...

04.11.2024 20

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

No, Trump is not a fascist. But that doesn’t make him any less dangerous

Trump’s former chief of staff has just confirmed the ex-president is a fascist. The former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff went on record...

29.10.2024 20

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

The US right keeps accusing Democrats of ‘communism’. What does that even mean?

The Trump campaign, flanked by an army of online trolls commanded by Elon Musk, has been struggling to settle on an attack line against the Democratic...

05.09.2024 70

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Jan-Werner Müller

Germany’s hard-right architecture

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31.08.2024 10

New Statesman

Jan-Werner Müller

JD Vance is the baby of big tech and big oil. He’s no ‘working-class populist’

Initially hailed as an inspired choice to inherit the Maga movement, James David Vance has fast proved a liability to the Trump campaign: Democrats...

01.08.2024 20

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

Trump is an authoritarian who must not win. Saying that is not inciting violence

The horrific attempt to assassinate Donald Trump – and reactions to it – created a kind of X-ray of our body politic. It demonstrates how,...

16.07.2024 70

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

JD Vance is a rightwing troll disguised as a populist. He could be our next vice-president

There’s one thing Donald Trump knows how to do well: maximizing suspense in an elimination contest and treating contestants with exquisite cruelty....

09.07.2024 30

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

Student encampments have the potential to strengthen US democracy

Three things are certain: antisemitism is on the rise; hatred of Muslims is increasing; and everyone – but especially those at universities with...

04.05.2024 20

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

Trump’s love for Viktor Orbán hints at what another Trump term will look like

Donald Trump has not only run the Republican primaries like an incumbent, but on occasion, he gets to play-act the role of president right at home. On...

12.03.2024 90

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Jan-Werner Müller

Charismatic leaders plus hollowed-out parties are a bad recipe for democracy

New political movements in western countries often betray the promise of participation and fall under the spell of individuals

19.01.2024 5

Financial Times

Jan-Werner Müller

Is barring Trump from office undemocratic? Let’s assess point by point

The decision by the Colorado supreme court to ban Donald Trump from the Republican primary has received pushback from some predictable and some...

21.12.2023 10

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

A second Trump term will be far more autocratic than the first. He’s telling us

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Plenty of observers seem to think that’s all one needs to know as one beholds Donald...

04.12.2023 60

The Guardian

Jan-Werner Müller

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