How The Far Right Is Going Liquid
How many right-wing extremists are there in Germany? Security authorities, academia, and civil society repeatedly rack their brains over this question in order to accurately assess the threat to liberal…
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June 2021
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Netflix’s Nail Bomber: Manhunt and understanding the lone actor terrorist
In May 2021, Netflix released a new true crime programme, Nail Bomber: Manhunt. The documentary focused on David Copeland, widely known as the London Nail Bomber. In sum, it told…
CARR Policy Insight Series – Extreme Right Foreign Fighters: Analysis and Policy Responses for a Multi-faceted Security Issue
Extreme Right Foreign Fighters Analysis: and Policy Responses for a Multi-faceted Security Issue Nicolò Miotto In this CARR Policy Insight, Nicolò Miotto aims to fill a research gap by providing…
The Interconnected Conspiracies That Sparked The January 6 Insurrection
Rather than one grand conspiracy, it appears the January 6 insurrection was organized and executed by disparate extremist groups. Was the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 a…
CARR Interviews with Specialists: Federico Finchelstein On The Modern Rise Of Fascism
Historian Federico Finchelstein discusses the elements of fascism, how it differs from real populism, and why he thinks Trump is a wannabe fascist. How did you become interested in researching…
Freedom of Research in the Age of Populism (Part 2: The Danish Case)
An analogous reactionary wind is blowing over Denmark. A few days ago (June 6, 2021) the Danish broadsheet Politiken published an open letter to the Social Democratic Minister of Research…
Freedom of Research in the Age of Populism (Part 1: The French Case)
According to French anthropologist Didier Fassin, there is a “reactionary wind blowing over France”, which is affecting the country’s political and intellectual life, and distracts the public from major economic…
The Role of Conspiratorial Narratives in the Violent Radicalisation of Right-Wing Lone Actors
Conspiracy theories have been talked about a lot recently as a key ingredient in the radicalisation of right-wing lone actor (RWLA) terrorists. To some extent, all narratives and ideological propaganda issued by…
Norway, we need to talk about racism
Norwegian society has suddenly woken up to the realisation that racism exists – ten years after the massacre of pro-immigration, left-wing youth activists and politicians on Utøya island. On 22…
German Nationalism, From Revolution to Illiberalism
It is often noted that 19th-century nationalism owed much to the rise of academic history. As historians have observed, studies in national development provided materials for later and cruder claims…