There is a popular—and completely wrong—view of politics that candidates who are “extreme” stand no chance, while candidates who are “moderate” are more “electable.” To its proponents, this can seem like a truth so obvious that it is virtually a mathematical deduction. The median voter theorem says that if voters are distributed along an ideological spectrum, the candidate closest to the median voter will prevail. Therefore, centrism is not just a set of beliefs about ideal public policy, it is a science of winning elections.
Keiko Fujimori, the first woman to win the Peruvian presidency, assumes power on Tuesday. The pro-Israel, order-obsessed nepo-baby's rise to power has been bizarre and dogged by corruption claims.
Beijing’s aggression and the US’ unpredictability have pushed Asian governments to create “a flexible web” of overlapping partnerships, logistics planning and intelligence sharing.