Mini-Trumps in the wilderness

For the current leaders of Poland, Hungary, Serbia and the UK, Biden’s win is a disaster.

Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States has seriously weakened authoritarian and populist governments around the world. For independent global powers like Russia, Brazil, and Turkey, Donald Trump’s departure need not amount to a complete tragedy. But for the current governments of Poland, Hungary, and Serbia—and perhaps Boris Johnson’s United Kingdom, too—it is a veritable disaster.