Everything you need to know about the worldwide rise of populism

Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally in Macon, Georgia, in November 2015.

We have been discussing the rising tide of populism all year, along several lines.

How populists win power and what happens when they do:

• Of course Donald Trump goes low. That’s the populists’ winning style
• When does populism actually win elections?
• This is what we can learn from how populists elsewhere undermine democracy
• Trump and Sanders aren’t so different. Populism has run through U.S. politics for a very long time. 
• Is it possible to have populism without racism?

Populism is rising across the West:

• It’s not just Trump. Authoritarian populism is rising across the West. Here’s why.
• Lessons from Europe: Donald Trump may be showing us the future of right-wing politics in the U.S.
• The Trump phenomenon and the European populist radical right
• And the winner of Turkey’s presidential election is . . . populism!
• Is Hungary now run by the radical right?
• A far-right party just won seats in three German state parliaments. Here’s why. 
• Did Poland just vote in an authoritarian government?
• Why would Poland make its already strict abortion law draconian?
• Colombia’s right-wing populist movement defeated the peace deal. Here’s how we know.

And, of course, we looked at the populist wave behind Brexit:

• Here’s what many journalists missed when covering Brexit
• The real reason for the Brexit vote? Jobs lost to the Chinese.