1. Partnership in Peril
- Author:
- Vikram Singh, Dalibor Rohac, and Danielle Pletka
- Publication Date:
- 07-2018
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Center for American Progress - CAP
- Abstract:
- Populism, in and of itself, is not inherently bad. However, authoritarian populists who deny their political opponents’ legitimacy and divide society into a group of good, ordinary people and a corrupt, out-of-touch elite pose a threat to democracy and tend to degrade democratic institutions once in power. In Turkey and Hungary, for example, populist leaders have subverted independent institutions and weakened checks on executive power.1 Beyond frequently attacking domestic media, stacking their courts, and oppressing political opposition, authoritarian populists also often rail against multinational organizations and agreements.2 In earlier publications this year, a joint Center for American Progress and American Enterprise Institute team examined what is driving the success of populists in the United States3 and Europe.4 This report examines how populism on both sides of the Atlantic has weakened core transatlantic institutions such as the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and emboldened the West’s adversaries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Topic:
- NATO, International Cooperation, European Union, Partnerships, and Transatlantic Relations
- Political Geography:
- Europe and North America