future from the patently vicious corporatism of classic fascism in the past of Germany, Italy and Japan. It also contrasts with the friendly present of the dependent fascisms propped up by the U.S. government in El Salvador, Haiti, Argentina, Chile, South Korea, the Philippines and elsewhere...
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has pointed to the emergence of increasingly authoritarian leaders in countries such as Hungary, Turkey, the Philippines, Poland and Venezuela. "We should be awake to the assault on democratic values that has gathered strength in many countries abroad and that ...
“Narratives of Empire” captured rather powerfully the state of American politics at the time by saying that what you have with the Republican party is a “quasi-fascist batch” of people, “small-town enemies of everybody” who “believe in authority…in their own mind...
This eliminates major regional powers like Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines from the list of potential targets. Countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Laos, and Vietnam may become focal points for Chinese aggression. Vietnam and Bangladesh are particularly compelling targets, as they are emerging ...
With regard to the first part, and with regard to the rise of fascism, we have seen a tremendous rise of the far right and even of neo-fascist leaders and parties around the world in the past few years. The governments in Brazil, the Philippines, Hungary, Turkey, India, Poland, Italy...