Why Populists at the Helm Are Bad for the Economy
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a man on a mission. The goal: to make Turkey great again. Making Turkey great again, I guess, means wiping history clean of a series of…
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In Bed with the Far Right in Thuringia: A Watershed Moment for Muslim CDU supporters?
On 5 February, the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) candidate, Thomas Kemmerich, was officially appointed to the position of Thuringia’s Minister-President, relying on the votes of both the Christian Democratic…
Far-right vigilantism at Europe’s borders: the Greek experience
The activities of vigilante groups should be contained before far-right groups add fuel to the fire. A wave of violent activities has been unleashed on the Greek islands and the…
How Greece Went From Welcoming To Demonizing Refugees
Locals in the Greek island of Lesbos went from being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for welcoming refugees five years ago to hurling racist slurs today. On March 1st,…
Merkel’s dilemma: Germany’s polarising ‘Turkish issue’ returns
To prevent such developments, mainstream parties need to shape political discourse, instead of being shaped by it. In August 2017, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alexander Gauland proposed to…
Radical right backlash against Games of Belonging: the case of Mesut Özil
Özil, like many others, has repeatedly stated that he would prefer to play for both national football teams if international football regulations made it possible. The recent case of Mesut…