Conspiracy Theories

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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…

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7 min

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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…

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5 min

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How Authoritarians Erode Democracy Under The Guise Of Defending It

The last decade has brought about both new conspiracy theories as well as the revival of older conspiracy myths on the far-right. Some far-right figureheads propagate the fear of a…

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9 min

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The Murky Overlaps Between Swedish COVID Protests and the Radical Right

Despite Sweden’s comparably soft public-health approach in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, the Anti-Corona movement finally hit the streets in early 2021. Under the fuzzy slogan “Freedom and Truth”, a motley crew…

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5 min

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The Interconnected Web Of Anti-Vaccine Disinformation

Vaccine disinformation does not come from a single source; it is like a hydra with many heads. Sometimes, its origin is geopolitical, authoritarian states, and even vaccine nationalism playing a…

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8 min

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On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part II). Detecting Attacks on History: A Case Study in Bosnia Denialism

In the first part in this series, I introduced a basic premise for assessing commonalities among conspiracy theorists and deniers of many stripes, focusing on three specific tendencies outlined in…

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6 min

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On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part I)

When former war crimes prosecutor Stephen Rapp said, “we’ve got better evidence” against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad committing war crimes “than we had against the Nazis at Nuremberg,” he caused…

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5 min

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How Trump’s Election Defeat Reshaped QAnon

The idea of QAnon, the bewildering buzzword of our time, is undergoing a phase of test and reset. For many, the end of Trump’s presidency means the end of QAnon.…

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6 min

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How radical Right conspiracy theories drive populist mobilisation

The storming of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 was a true epiphany of radical Right mobilization. There is little doubt now that conspiracy theories have the potential to…

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13 min

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Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 2)

Yet Germany, explored in the first part of this piece, is hardly an exceptional case. Take the United States. A recent study has shown that “rampant partisanship” has severely hampered…

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The Interconnected Conspiracies That Sparked The January 6 Insurrection

The Role of Conspiratorial Narratives in the Violent Radicalisation of Right-Wing Lone Actors

How Authoritarians Erode Democracy Under The Guise Of Defending It

The Murky Overlaps Between Swedish COVID Protests and the Radical Right

The Interconnected Web Of Anti-Vaccine Disinformation

On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part II). Detecting Attacks on History: A Case Study in Bosnia Denialism

On the comparative study of denialism and conspiracy theories (Part I)

How Trump’s Election Defeat Reshaped QAnon

How radical Right conspiracy theories drive populist mobilisation

Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 2)

What’s Next For Street-Based Manifestations Of The Radical Right In The UK?

In Poland, public funding is given to those threatening liberal democracy

5 Years After The Munich Shooting: Why It Should Be Remembered As Right-Wing Terrorism

How January 6 Echoed Past Right-Wing Coup Attempts In The Western World

What links organised crime with the radical right?