My guide to populist-proofing your democracy...

... before it's too late.

Nov 29, 2025

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History of the Present (week ending 29 November 2025)

*Europe, like Berlin, is still a work in progress. (Author’s photograph, 29 November 2025)*.

How can we defend our democracies against those who would destroy them? We talk a lot about strategies for keeping anti-liberal, nationalist populists out of power, but Donald Trump’s daily wielding of a wrecking…

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