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Right-wing populist leaders have been at the helms of governments in all regions of the world, but they have taken power in an increasing number of countries in recent years. In fact, the percentage of right-wing populist leaders in the world in the past decade has surpassed that of the World War II era, as shown in Figure 1 below.

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Connor Krater (MA 2023) was awarded the Outstanding Thesis Award at the 2024 Student Technology, Arts & Research Symposium (STARS), for his thesis “Metternich the Pragmatist: A Look into Metternich’s Impact on the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna in the Regions of Italy, Saxony, and Poland”. This thesis focuses on Clemens Von Metternich as a historical figure, and how narratives surrounding him were politicized to fit narratives within the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815).