
Irina von Wiese replaces Sir Watson as the honorary president of ECPS
Former MEP Irina von Wiese replaces Sir Graham Watson as the honorary president of ECPS. Sir Watson is stepping down ...

What does Patriotic Union’s coup plan in Germany tell us about threats posed by far-right?
As the investigations are ongoing, not much is known of the real threat to democracy that this group posed. Nevertheless, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Data and Drought: A Community Fights Back
As artificial intelligence drives an unprecedented expansion of data-center infrastructure, questions of climate sustainability, democratic accountability, and technological governance are ...

The Politics of Attention: Visibility, Legitimacy, and the Transformation of Democratic Competition
As digital platforms increasingly shape how citizens encounter politics, longstanding assumptions about democratic competition are being challenged. In this insightful ...

Communaucratic Populism: Rethinking Identity-Based Electoral Mobilization in Postcolonial Africa
The authors introduce communaucratic populism as a novel conceptual framework for understanding a form of political mobilization in which electoral ...

When Integration Falters, Nativism Advances: Europe’s Liberal Dilemma
Dr. João Ferreira Dias argues that the rise of anti-immigrant unrest across Europe reflects not simply tensions over migration, but ...

Survival Populism and the Crisis of Belonging in Post-Apartheid South Africa
In this commentary, Dr. Oludele Solaja challenges conventional explanations of xenophobic violence in South Africa by underscoring the concept of ...

When Lies Become Political Identity: Populism, Disinformation, and the Emotional Logic of Contemporary Politics
In this commentary, Yacine Boubia examines why political disinformation has become one of the defining challenges of contemporary democratic life. ...

The End of Inevitability? Hungary and the Future of Far-Right Populism in Central and Eastern Europe
In this commentary, Nikoletta Syvak examines the political and regional implications of Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat after sixteen years in ...

Turkey’s Managed Permanence: Lawfare, Institutional Capture, and the End of Democratic Uncertainty
In this timely and deeply analytical essay, Professor Ibrahim Ozturk examines how Turkey is moving beyond competitive authoritarianism toward what ...

Prof. Magaloni: Democratic Backsliding Is Not Universal; People Still Believe in Democracy, but They Want Better Delivery
Professor Beatriz Magaloni, Graham Stuart Professor of International Relations at Stanford University, argues that contemporary democratic crises cannot be understood ...

Prof. Lutz: Population Aging Has Changed the Immigration Debate in Switzerland
Switzerland's rejection of the Swiss People's Party's proposal to cap the country's population at ten million has been widely interpreted ...

Prof. Laruelle: Liberalism Is No Longer the Only Game in Town as It Was for the Past Four Decades
Professor Marlene Laruelle argues that the contemporary challenge to liberal democracy extends far beyond electoral populism. In this wide-ranging ECPS ...

Thomas de Waal: European Support for Armenia Must Be an Endorsement of Process, Not Personality
In this ECPS interview, Thomas de Waal, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe and one of the leading scholars of the ...

Giragosian: Russia Is Increasingly Seen as Part of the Problem by Armenians Rather Than the Solution
As Armenia navigates the aftermath of war, the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh, and a far-reaching geopolitical realignment, one question looms large: ...

Prof. Aktar: The EU Is Systematically Giving False Hopes to Armenia
In this timely ECPS interview, Professor Cengiz Aktar examines the political, geopolitical, and democratic implications of Armenia’s 2026 parliamentary elections. ...

Prof. Haggard: Democratic Institutions Survive Only When Citizens Support Them
Professor Stephan Haggard, one of the world’s leading scholars of democratic backsliding and authoritarianism, argues that the survival of democracy ...

Yamini Aiyar: Young India Is Growing Increasingly Exhausted with Older Forms of Politics
India’s 2026 state elections have reopened fundamental debates about democracy, federalism, and political representation in the world’s largest democracy. In ...
Data and Drought: A Community Fights Back