How right-wing populists use food to legitimise their extreme views
Few everyday items have the ability to stir up feelings of patriotism than a country’s national food and drink. Political leaders are well aware of the potential food has to…
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The CARR Interview Series: Michael Cole, CARR’s Head of Doctoral Fellows
In this Series, our Head of Ideology Research Unit Balša Lubarda speaks to some of the people helping to make CARR the ‘one-stop shop for knowledge and resources on right-wing…
Biden Should Remove Trump Appointee With White Nationalist Ties
Given the many events in the lame-duck period of President Trump’s term of office, it is understandable if you missed the November 19, 2020 appointment of Darren Beattie to the Commission for…
Amidst the Pandemic, Central and Eastern Europe Witnesses an Erosion of Democracy
Nearly a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects on people’s lives, countries’ economies and health care around the world are becoming clearer. In some Central and…
Grieving Greater Hungary: Trianon, Orbán, and the Hungarian radical right
In the Hungarian collective memory, few events evoke as much emotion as the Treaty of Trianon. Referring to the peace treaty signed at the Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles on…
Can the Radical Right’s Reductionist Narrative Withstand Real-World Complexity?
The radical right indulges in the erasure from its narrative of inconvenient or unwelcome facts from the accepted knowledge base of history and science. There is a general recognition that…
What future for the EU after COVID-19?
The current crisis urgently calls for visions for the EU and, indeed, the world post-COVID-19. Displeasure with ‘the EU’ is increasing, clearly audible among acquaintances, friends, in the media, commentators as…
COVID-19 Could Be A Harbinger Of Authoritarianism
Radical right governments are exploiting COVID-19 as an excuse to expand their power. There are few worse culprits than Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. In his televised 9 April Easter message, the…
What Hungary’s Nationalist Farmers Have Against Orban
The Hungarian far right envisages agricultural alternatives to Viktor Orban’s populism. Balint is a 30-year-old PhD student from northern Hungary, with expertise in organic farming and environmentally friendly agriculture. Well…
Turning Family Into a Political Weapon
A descriptive and benign term, “family” has been turned into the primary frontier of social wars by the radical right. In March 2019, the World Congress of Families (WCF), in…