Dr. Axel Klein (Professor of Social Sciences on East Asia / Japanese Politics, Institute of East Asian Studies, Duisburg-Essen University) made this presentation at the Second Panel titled “Pandemic of authoritarianism/populism: The state of democratic institutions, rights and freedoms” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.
Dr. Neil Robinson (Professor of Comparative Politics, the University of Limerick) made this presentation at the Second Panel titled “Pandemic of authoritarianism/populism: The state of democratic institutions, rights and freedoms” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.
The Second Panel of the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in the Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.
Moderator
Dr. Werner Pascha
Speakers
Dr. Eckart Woertz
Dr. Neil Robinson
Dr. Axel Klein
Dr. Aline Burnie (Political Science, German Development Institute) made this presentation at the First Panel titled “Populism and governance in the time of pandemic” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.
Dr. Manuel Funke (International finance and macroeconomic, Kiel Institute for the World Economy) made this presentation at the First Panel titled “Populism and governance in the time of pandemic: What we can expect?” during the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.
The First Panel of the First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in the Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.
Moderator
Dr. Eser Karakas
Speakers
Dr. Manuel Funke
Dr. Aline Burni
Professor Mark Findlay (Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance, Singapore Management University. The author of Globalization, Populism, Pandemics and the Law: The Anarchy and the Ecstasy, Edward Elgar Publishing) made this presentation as a Keynote Speech at the Opening Session of The First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in the Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.
Sir Graham Watson (Honorary President – ECPS) made this speech at the Opening Session of The First Annual International Symposium on The Future Course of Populism in the Post-pandemic Era: The State of Globalization, Multilateral Governance, and Democracy — Brussels, Belgium, February 18, 2022.
Welcome Speech
Dr. Simon P. Watmough
Opening Remarks
Sir Graham Watson
Keynote Speech
Professor Mark Findlay: “Rehabilitating globalisation, repositioning populism, proportioning pandemics – Does law have a place?”
Turkey, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia span one of the longest continuously inhabited regions of the world. Centuries of cultural infusion have ensured these societies are highly heterogeneous. As plural polities, they are ripe for the kind of freedoms that liberal democracy can guarantee. However, despite having multi-party electoral systems, these countries have recently been negatively influenced by populist authoritarian political leaders, parties and movements. Our panelists have explored in their most recent report published by the ECPS the unique nexus between faith and populism in five Asian countries and offer an insight into how cyberspace and offline politics have become highly intertwined to create a hyper-reality in which socio-political events are taking place.
The report focuses on the role of religious populism in digital space as a catalyst for undemocratic politics in these five Asian countries they have selected as their case studies. The focus on the West Asian and South Asian cases was an opportunity to examine authoritarian religious populists in power, whereas the East Asian countries showcased powerful authoritarian religious populist forces outside parliament. The situational analysis from five countries indicates that religion’s role in digital authoritarianism is quite evident, adding to the layer of nationalism. Most of the leaders in power use religious justifications for curbs on the internet. This evident “religious populism” seems to be a major driver of policy changes that are limiting civil liberties in the name of “the people.” In the end, the reasons for restricting digital space are not purely religious but draw on religious themes with populist language in a mixed and hybrid fashion.
Moderator
Dr. Simon P. Watmough.
Speakers
“Cyberspace, authoritarianism, and religious populism” by Dr. Mahmoud Pargoo;
“Indian Case” by Dr. Raja M. Ali Saleem;
“Indonesian Case” by Idznursham Ismail;
“Pakistani Case” by Kainat Shakil;
“Malaysian Case” by Dr. Syaza Shukri;
“Turkish Case” by Dr. Ihsan Yilmaz.
