Interviews

Ten Years on with Brexit / Prof. Corner: With Brexit, the UK Has Lost More Than It Has Gained

April 18, 2026

Interviews

Eszter Kováts: Orbán’s Defeat Doesn’t Mean the End of Illiberal Politics in Europe

April 18, 2026

Interviews

Ten Years on with Brexit / Prof. Portes: Brexit Has Not Solved Britain’s Problems; It Made Them Worse

April 19, 2026

Commentaries

Security at What Cost? Punitive Populism and Democratic Trade-offs in Ecuador

April 16, 2026

Commentaries

Dismantling an Embedded Autocracy

April 15, 2026

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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 ...

March 6, 2025

Analysis

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, ...

March 16, 2025

Analysis

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 ...

March 16, 2025

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

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

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Security at What Cost? Punitive Populism and Democratic Trade-offs in Ecuador

In this commentary, Emilio Hernández examines Ecuador’s recent security crisis through the lens of punitive populism, offering a nuanced account ...

April 16, 2026

Commentaries

Dismantling an Embedded Autocracy

In this timely and analytically rich commentary, Associate Professor Attila Antal examines the aftermath of Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat and ...

April 15, 2026

European Observatory

What Orbán’s Defeat Changes—and Does Not Change—for France’s Far Right

In this incisive commentary, Dr. Gwenaëlle Bauvois examines the broader European implications of Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat, focusing on its ...

April 15, 2026

European Observatory

The Ripple Effect: How a Finnish Hate Speech Case Fuels Transatlantic Culture Wars

Dr. Gwenaëlle Bauvois shows how a single legal case can reverberate far beyond its national context, becoming a transnational resource ...

April 10, 2026

European Observatory

When Change Becomes Conflict: Immigration and the Politics of Cultural Backlash

This analysis by Yacine Boubia challenges the dominant economic explanations of populism by foregrounding the central role of cultural transformation. ...

April 8, 2026

Commentaries

Survival Populism: How Environmental Crisis Fuels Democratic Distrust in the Global South

In this commentary, Dr. Oludele Solaja introduces the notion of “survival populism” to capture how environmental crisis and material insecurity ...

April 5, 2026

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

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Ten Years on with Brexit / Prof. Corner: With Brexit, the UK Has Lost More Than It Has Gained

As the tenth anniversary of the Brexit referendum approaches, debate has shifted from slogans to evidence. In this interview, Professor ...

April 18, 2026

Interviews

Eszter Kováts: Orbán’s Defeat Doesn’t Mean the End of Illiberal Politics in Europe

In this ECPS interview, Dr. Eszter Kováts offers a measured reassessment of Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat and its wider implications ...

April 18, 2026

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Ten Years on with Brexit / Prof. Portes: Brexit Has Not Solved Britain’s Problems; It Made Them Worse

As the United Kingdom nears the tenth anniversary of the 2016 Brexit referendum, Professor Jonathan Portes offers a sober, evidence-based ...

April 19, 2026

Interviews

Prof. Culpepper: Populism Is Democracy’s Way of the People Telling Elites to ‘Listen Harder’

In an interview with the ECPS, Professor Pepper Culpepper argues that populism should not be treated as inherently anti-democratic. Rather, ...

April 18, 2026

Interviews

Assoc. Prof. Anastasopoulos: AI May Transform Populism by Mobilizing Highly Skilled Workers

Assoc. Prof. Jason Anastasopoulos argues that AI is not merely a tool of efficiency, but a political force that may ...

April 12, 2026

Interviews

Dr. Azizi: The Islamic Republic Will Survive, but in a Less Ideological, More Pragmatic Form

Dr. Arash Azizi of Yale University argues that the Iran Islamic Republic is likely to survive, but in a transformed ...

April 11, 2026

Interviews

Prof. Berman: Democratic Backsliding Is Neither Sudden nor Surprising

In an interview with the ECPS, Sheri Berman challenges dominant crisis narratives by arguing that democratic backsliding is “neither unexpected ...

April 11, 2026

Interviews

Assoc. Prof. Antal: Orbán’s Election Project Seeks Public Backing for Dictatorial Turn, Not Democratic Legitimacy

As Hungary approaches the April 12 elections, Viktor Orbán’s long-standing rule faces a critical test shaped by both domestic discontent ...

April 15, 2026

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• Term: Populism