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Authoritarians Are Winning Their War On Western Democracy

What makes Western liberal democracy weak? This question must have been considered by its geopolitical adversaries: the authoritarian regimes in their effort to unlock Pandora’s box: the weapons that can…

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Future Scenarios for Radical-Right Influence: Grim or Grimmer?

In seeking to ensure a permanent radical-right stamp on US governance and society, the US Republican Party (a.k.a the ‘Grand Old Party’ or GOP) has become even more radical right…

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How Authoritarian Movements Are Exploiting COVID Restriction Protests

Since 2020, during the pandemic and the lead-up to the tightly-contested US presidential election, people have started to gather in city centers in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, representing a…

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As Authoritarianism Surges, Corporations Have A Responsibility To Counter It

Authoritarianism is not only a characteristic of the radical right but also of some business organizations and especially their leaders. Moreover, there is ample evidence that some corporate organizations knowingly…

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Ten Factors that Encourage Extremism

1. Impunity. Extremism flourishes wherever illegal words and actions are not penalised and censored. Extremism grows incrementally through gradual radicalisation, as major infractions follow minor ones that remain unpunished. Extremism…

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How Do You Tell an Authoritarian From a Fascist These Days?

Recent developments in global politics, such as Donald Trump’s reelection campaign or the rise of illiberal democracies across Central and Eastern Europe, have arguably led to a misinterpretation of what many…

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Part Five: Hegel and Fascism

In this final instalment of CARR Senior Fellow Henry Mead’s series on Hegel and Fascism, Mead looks at Hegel’s case for a strong state and its influence on political thinkers…

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Societal pessimism, restorative nostalgia, and re-evaluating responses to populism

Introduction Contemporary radical-right groups and their leaders are often considered responsible for advancing nativist, authoritarian, and populist discourse in society. Whereas nativism and authoritarianism are considered fundamental values that any…

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Review of Eirikur Bergmann, Neo-Nationalism: The Rise of Nativist Populism (Springer, 2020), 235pp.

Storytelling is an Icelandic virtue. For anyone needing to understand why we today witness the return of an aggressive exclusionary political ideology, professor Eirikur Bergmann’s book (Bifröst University, Iceland) is…

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What will happen when America goes to the polls?

The United States is at a crossroads. As the nation faces elections on Nov. 3, its voters are being presented with one of the starkest, most consequential choices in memory.…

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