
Ruth Ben-Ghiat talks about her recent editorial, “Why Strongmen Leaders Manage Exits from Power Badly,” and the ongoing threat of authoritarianism posed by Donald Trump and many in the Republican Party.
Interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History at New York University, conducted by Scott Harris
Ruth Ben-Ghiat talks about her recent editorial, “Why Strongmen Leaders Manage Exits from Power Badly,” and the ongoing threat of authoritarianism posed by Donald Trump and many in the Republican Party.