Dossier
peacock dance
Coverage of peacock dance in the Nexus archive.
- Are Trump’s most blatant authoritarian moves backfiring? | Jan-Werner Müller
The article examines how President Trump's governance strategies, such as flooding the zone with scandals and prioritizing loyalty over competence, may create vulnerabilities rather than strengthen his position. It draws parallels to modern autocratic tactics, referencing Viktor Orbán's 'peacock dance' approach to mask authoritarian consolidation.