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<title><![CDATA[Cas Mudde - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/36308.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Cas Mudde]]></description><category domain="36308">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[AfD's Win in Germany a Dark Day for Europe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/07/afd-win-germany-far-right-europe-democracy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This party is among the most extreme in Europe. To protect our democracies, liberal parties must urgently change their tactics, says Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Ways To Help U.S. Universities Trump Is Targeting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/07/trump-universities-us-funding-europe</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Supporters in Europe can offer new opportunities and minimise the isolation. Certainly they can avoid making things worse'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are U.S. Campuses Facing State Repression?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/30/us-campus-peace-protests-overreaction-gaza</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The right has painted nonviolent protests against the war on Gaza as hotbeds of 'woke' terrorism. It's a pretext for repression]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Netherlands Underestimated the Far Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/23/netherlands-far-right-geert-wilders-victory-mark-rutte</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Media complacency and outgoing PM Mark Rutte's decision to campaign on immigration have created a political earthquake, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Is Behind Ron DeSantis' Stop-Woke Act?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/what-is-behind-ron-desantis-stop-woke-act</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The strategy behind this Republican battle is to fight off the federal state until they have re-established federal power themselves]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Won't Pull Back from Extremism After Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/07/midterm-elections-republican-radicals-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anyone hoping a poor election showing might pull the party back from extremism doesn't see the unfortunate truth: Trump and his radicals now represent Republican values]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Fueling Extremism, Terror Like Buffalo Shooting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/republicans-are-fueling-extremism-and-terror-like-the-buffalo-shooting/ar-AAXk0Gj</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Saturday a white teenager traveled almost 200 miles to a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, where he brutally killed 10 people and injured three others in a grocery story. Like other far-right terrorists in the past years, he livestreamed his terrorist attack and left a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Party Needs New, Younger Leadership]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/12/democratic-party-new-younger-leadership-us</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party's leaders came of age in a distant era and haven't grasped that today's Republican party belongs to the extreme right]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Critical Race Theory: The Right's New Bogeyman]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/25/critical-race-theory-rightwing-bogeyman-left-wing</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rightwing politicians and media outlets are attacking a strawman version of antiracism. A disappointing number of liberals and leftists have bought into it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Badly Miscalculated With Portland Authoritarianism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/31/trump-portland-antifa-voters-miscalculated</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump overestimated how much voters fear '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'antifa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' - and underestimated how terrible his ham-fisted authoritarianism would look'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Anti-Lockdown' Protests Are Key to Trump's Fate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2020/apr/21/anti-lockdown-protests-trump-right-wing</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2020/apr/21/anti-lockdown-protests-trump-right-wing]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like the Tea Party, the demonstrations are a blend of grassroots and 'Astroturf' activism '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and they are key to Trump's election hopes]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Bid Will Always Have a Lethal Weak Spot: Joe Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/05/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-democratic-national-convention</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/05/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-democratic-national-convention]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is little reason to assume 'Joementum' will die off soon '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but gaffes have killed his earlier runs and could still kill this one too]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Draw the Wrong Conclusions From the UK Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/13/sanders-warren-uk-elections</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/13/sanders-warren-uk-elections]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For some, Corbyn's defeat shows that the Democratic party should elect a moderate. But we should be careful about drawing that conclusion]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Warren Has the Best Chance of Winning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/04/elizabeth-warren-best-chance-of-winning-us-elections-2020-democrats-left</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren is able to offer a new leftwing message without dividing the Democratic establishment and base]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Won the Dem Debates? Harris, Warren--and Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/29/democratic-debate-kamala-harris-elizabeth-warren-trump</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/29/democratic-debate-kamala-harris-elizabeth-warren-trump]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats' fragmentation, support for undocumented immigrants, and silence on issues affecting the heartland leaves a big opening for Trump]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Reasons Trump Is Cruising Towards Re-election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/20/four-reasons-why-trump-is-cruising-towards-re-election</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/20/four-reasons-why-trump-is-cruising-towards-re-election]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats should not delude themselves: unless they shape up '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and fast '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the president is heading for four more years]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Copying the Populist Right Isn't Going to Save the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/may/14/why-copying-the-populist-right-isnt-going-to-save-the-left</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/may/14/why-copying-the-populist-right-isnt-going-to-save-the-left]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The long read: Social democratic parties have been losing ground for more than two decades '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but pandering to rightwing anxieties about immigration is not the solution]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is the Worst Candidate for the Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/23/joe-biden-2020-candidate</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/23/joe-biden-2020-candidate]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Cas Mudde</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s current lead in the polls shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be mistaken for evidence that he is the best Democrat to challenge Trump in 2020 and to lead the US as president]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What AfD's Stunning Success Means for Germany &amp; Europe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/24/germany-elections-afd-europe-immigration-merkel-radical-right</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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