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Right-wing extremism increased in Germany in 2019, the country’s domestic intelligence agency has reported, with over 32,000 extremists identified. The report ...

March 16, 2025

AfD demonstrated with slogan "Stop Islamization" in Rostock on May 14, 2018. AfD, Alternative for Germany, is a right wing political party in Germany.

Analysis

Germany’s far-right AfD fires official over a racist migrant comment

Germany’s populist far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party fired an official on September 28, 2020 who had been caught on a hidden camera ...

March 16, 2025

Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders campaigns on behalf of his Freedom Party ahead of municipal elections in Spijkenisse, Netherlands on March 17 2018.

Analysis

Dutch appeals court clears far-right leader Wilders of inciting hatred

Dutch politician Geert Wilders was acquitted by an appeals court on September 4, 2020 of discrimination, in a partial legal victory for ...

March 16, 2025

Commentaries

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Commentaries

When Fuel Prices Turn Political: Trust, Climate Reform, and Everyday Populism in Nigeria

This commentary examines how fuel pricing in Nigeria has become a central site of democratic contestation, linking economic reform to ...

March 29, 2026

Commentaries

How Communication Style Shapes Political Trust More Than Populist Content in Domestic and International Politics

This commentary advances a critical intervention in debates on political persuasion by foregrounding original pilot research on communication and trust. ...

March 29, 2026

People walk along a flooded road after heavy rain in Lagos, Nigeria.

Commentaries

When Floods Become Political: Disaster Relief, Democratic Trust, and Everyday Environmental Populism in Nigeria

In this insightful commentary, Dr. Oludele Solaja reconceptualizes recurrent flooding in Nigeria as a site of political contestation rather than ...

March 25, 2026

European Observatory

Gender and the Return of Culture Wars in the Portuguese Parliament

In this timely commentary, Dr. João Ferreira Dias examines how recent parliamentary debates on gender identity in Portugal signal the ...

March 25, 2026

Commentaries

Algorithmic Environmental Populism and the Digital Politics of Waste in Africa

Dr. Oludele Solaja’s analysis introduces the concept of “Algorithmic Environmental Populism” to illuminate how digital platforms are reshaping the politics ...

March 23, 2026

Plastic waste dumping site on Thilafushi Island.

Commentaries

Algorithmic Populism and the Politics of Waste: How AI Reproduces Plastic Colonialism in the Global South

In this incisive analysis, Dr. Oludele Solaja interrogates how AI-driven waste governance reproduces global inequalities under the guise of efficiency. ...

March 18, 2026

Commentaries

Climate Populism in the Global South: Environmental Crisis and the Politics of Economic Discontent

Environmental crises are increasingly reshaping political conflict across the Global South. In this ECPS commentary, Dr. Oludele Solaja examines the ...

March 16, 2026

Commentaries

Power Transition in the Middle East: The Intersection of US Global Rivalries and Israel’s Regional Ambitions

In this long ECPS commentary, Professor Ibrahim Ozturk examines the 2026 US–Israeli strikes on Iran as part of a broader ...

March 15, 2026

Interviews

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Interviews

Prof. Marlière: Local Elections Show Polarization in France Amplifies the Mainstreaming of the Far Right

In an era marked by intensifying polarization and electoral fragmentation, France’s 2026 municipal elections offer a revealing lens into the ...

March 28, 2026

Interviews

Dr. Henriksen: Strict Migration Policy in Denmark Fails to Contain the Radical Right

In this ECPS interview, Dr. Frederik Møller Henriksen offers an in-depth assessment of Denmark’s 2026 general election, highlighting both continuity ...

March 28, 2026

Interviews

Professor Camus: The Boundary Between Mainstream and Radical Right in France Is Blurring Locally

Professor Jean-Yves Camus, a leading scholar of the far right and researcher at the Observatory of Political Radicalities at the ...

March 28, 2026

Interviews

Dr. Humagain: Institutionalized Populism Poses Enduring Challenge to Nepal’s Democracy

Dr. Sanjeev Humagain offers a nuanced and cautionary reading of Nepal’s post-election moment, arguing that the March 2026 vote should ...

March 25, 2026

Interviews

Prof. Wind: Mainstream Parties in Denmark Have Absorbed, Not Neutralized, the Radical Right

Professor Marlene Wind argues that Denmark’s 2026 general election is not only a contest over leadership and crisis management, but ...

March 28, 2026

Interviews

Prof. Joshi: Depoliticizing Courts, Bureaucracy, and Police Is Essential to Stabilizing Nepal’s Democratic Renewal

Professor Madhav Joshi argues that Nepal’s recent political upheaval reflects both “anti-elite” mobilization and “a form of generational democratic renewal,” ...

March 18, 2026

Interviews

Prof. Klein: Political Transformation in Iran May Come, but Not in the Way the West Expects

Professor Peter W. Klein offers a historically grounded warning against simplistic regime-change narratives in Iran. In this ECPS interview, the ...

March 18, 2026

Interviews

Dr. Arian: Neither Foreign Powers nor Clerical Elites Represent the Iranian People

In this interview with the ECPS, Dr. Amir Ahmadi Arian offers a penetrating account of Iran at a moment of ...

March 7, 2026

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