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. But technocracy can certainly be taken too far. Power must be delegated sparingly, in a few big areas

th ignored and despised. The EU has become a breeding ground for populist parties, such as Geert Wilders's Party for Freedom in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen's National Front in France, which claim to defend ordinary people against an arrogant and incompetent elite. EFTA00684348 Greece's Golden Dawn is t

lders's Party for Freedom in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen's National Front in France, which claim to defen

Party for Freedom in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen's National Front in France, which claim to defen

hina-insteada-has-enabled. & Jessica T. Mathews, 'Power Shift; Foreign Affairs (January/February 1997),

so as to ensure a degree of deniability, but the disguise is sometimes rather thin. In late 2014, France's far-right National Front party, led by Marine Le Pen, secured a q million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of Fre

million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of French politics. Le Pen has subsequently spoken favorably of Putin and criticized the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU.' She has even called for a strategic alliance

al Times and author of Zero-Sum Future: American Power in an Age of Anxiety, available in paperback on F

parties that are more nationalist in tone and that take a much more skeptical attitude to the European Union -- not to mention the single currency. Marine Le Pen and the National Front will do well in the upcoming French presidential election. Other rising Euroskeptic parties include the Freedom Parties in

on -- not to mention the single currency. Marine Le Pen and the National Front will do well in the upcom

rnal debate, provide policy rationale, or deliver Power-Point presentations; instead, he was the equivale

drawn to populist strongmen in his own image: hence, Foer asked, “Why wou/dnt the Russians offer him the same furtive assistance they’ ve lavished on Le Pen, Berlusconi, and the rest?” Theory 2: Trump was part of a less-than-blue-chip (much less) international business set, feeding off the rivers of dubi

sident, who didn’t much hide his contempt for the Power-Point general. Bannon and the president enjoyed t

hael, 104 Lee, Robert E., 293 Lefrak, Richard, 27 Le Pen, Marine, 100 Lewandowski, Corey, 11-13, 17, 26, 2