
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 ...

A Lesson from Turkey: Economic Crises as Steppingstones, but not Exit Routes for Authoritarian Populists
It is evident that populist politicians, even if they come to power through free elections, deviate from the same path ...

Populism reigns supreme in Turkey, what next for European Union?
While a new term for Erdogan will bring more challenges, Turkey will remain a crucial interlocutor for the EU on ...

The short story of Erdogan’s election victory(!)
Erdogan's primary adversary is no longer the opposition, but rather the anticipated deepening of the economic crisis. A climate of ...

Erdogan’s winning authoritarian populist formula and Turkey’s future
After the election results, Erdogan is likely to feel vindicated, but being a vindictive populist, he will not forgive those ...

AKP’s populist framing of Erdogan as the tough, macho, militaristic savior of ‘the people’ against the Western imperialists
To win another term as President in Turkey, incumbent Islamist populist Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been forced into externalizing and ...

How and why do we need preventive justice?
The saying often goes that history repeats itself. However, this is not entirely accurate. It’s people who repeat history. Not ...

Culture War in the War in Ukraine
Putin’s narrative of the Ukrainian government as Nazis and “junkies” is a rhetoric of legitimation of invasion and a performance ...

Migration diet of populism versus migrant attraction in Finland
Populist movements and parties have been successful in gaining support by tapping into people’s emotions, fears, and grievances, and by ...

COMTOG Interview with Bill Watson on ‘Path Out’
Bill Watson is an associate professor of learning design and technology and director of the Purdue Center for Serious Games ...

COMTOG Interview with Frederik Smets on ‘Path Out’
Frederik Smets is a UNHCR Education Officer. Path Out is a part of the UNHCR’s broader catalogue of teaching materials ...

COMTOG Interview with Georg Hobmeier on ‘Path Out’
Georg Hobmeier is Path Out’s lead designer. Path Out is an example of a successful game that employs its format ...

COMTOG Interview with Wojciech Soczewica on games and ‘My Memory of Us’
Wojciech Soczewica is the Chief Executive Officer of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. "My Memory of Us" integrates real stories from individuals ...

COMTOG Interview with Étienne Quintal and Daniel Collen on ‘The Light in the Darkness’
Étienne Quintal and Daniel Collen are researchers from the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre responsible for the Online ...

COMTOG Interview with Alexis M. Lerner on ‘The Light in the Darkness’
Dr Alexis M. Lerner is an assistant professor of Political Science at the US Naval Academy and a Visiting Scholar ...

COMTOG Interview with Luc Bernard on ‘The Light in the Darkness’
As part of the COMTOG project, we conducted interviews about The Light in the Darkness. Luc Bernard is the Co-Founder ...

COMTOG Report on “The Light in the Darkness”
Tusor, Anita.(2023). “COMTOG Report on ‘The Light in the Darkness’.” Never Again Initiative. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). April ...
A Lesson from Turkey: Economic Crises as Steppingstones, but not Exit Routes for Authoritarian Populists