Globalization

According to the backlash hypothesis, it is globalization that has fueled the resurgence of nationalism and electoral gains by the radical right. This explanation of contemporary politics is relatively uncontroversial.…

Read now

Read now

6 min

Insights

Europe’s Far Right Fails to Capitalize on COVID-19

October 15, 2020

The European radical right seems to have failed to develop coherent responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe’s radical-right parties have quickly understood the benefit they can derive from criticizing their…

Read now

Read now

9 min

Insights

The Swiss People’s Party Versus COVID-19

June 22, 2020

There are few countries in Western Europe where the radical populist right has been more successful in recent years than in Switzerland. Switzerland poses a fascinating puzzle to anyone interested…

Read now

Read now

4 min

Insights

Discerning the Radical-Right from the Radical-Left

April 15, 2020

Much of the research on radical parties to date has focused largely on the right-wing side of the radical spectrum. Given this focus, how much do we know about the…

Read now

Read now

5 min

Insights

Political Globalisation and the Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe (Part II)

October 25, 2019

In this second part of Pragya Rai’s blog on political globalisation and the populist radical right, Rai looks at the strengths and weaknesses of globalist and anti-globalist arguments – critically…

Read now

Read now

5 min

Insights

Right-Wing Authoritarians Are Waging A Hybrid War On Democracy

October 15, 2019

Members of the Radical Right are allying with authoritarian regimes like Russia to undermine the liberal world order as we know it. Civilizations tend to exist either in a state…

Read now

Categories

Research Suggests Globalization Doesn’t Drive Nationalism

Europe’s Far Right Fails to Capitalize on COVID-19

The Swiss People’s Party Versus COVID-19

Discerning the Radical-Right from the Radical-Left

Political Globalisation and the Populist Radical Right Parties in Western Europe (Part II)

Right-Wing Authoritarians Are Waging A Hybrid War On Democracy

How can we prevent acts of violence such as the mass shooting in Plymouth?

Third Rome: Will Russia Save Europe From Itself?

The Dangers of France’s New Radical Right Conspiracist Guru: The case of Mia Montemaggi and the Conspiracy theorist Rémy Daillet-Wiedemann

The FBI’s 2020 Hate Crime Report Shows 12-Year High, But Spotlights Underreporting

Profile of Austrian Nazi and Holocaust perpetrator, Odilo Globocnik