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Prof. Shifter: Anti-Establishment Politics, Not Ideology, Drove Colombia’s Election

July 9, 2026
Interviews

MEP López Aguilar: The Return Regulation Is a Violation of EU Fundamental Values

July 2, 2026
Interviews

Prof. Huq: The US Supreme Court Has Created the Conditions for Democratic Backsliding

July 5, 2026
Interviews

Asst. Prof. Pauselli: LGBTQ+ Rights Have Become a Symbolic Boundary in Global Politics

July 2, 2026
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Prof. Tanaka: Populism Remains a Risk in Peru, but It Is Far More Contained Today

July 2, 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
Members of the Reich Citizens' Movement organize a lift at the Lustgarten in the city of Berlin, Germany on November 9, 2019. They deny the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany. Photo: Juergen Nowak.
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
Flowers and Candles at the Hanau shooting site as a remembrance to the victims of right extremist terror attack in Germany on February 20, 2020.
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
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

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Morocco football fans.
European Observatory

The Game They Cannot Win: Nativist Populism, Agenda-Setting, and the Weaponization of Football

As Morocco and the Netherlands prepare to meet in the FIFA World Cup Round of 32 on June 30, 2026, ...

June 29, 2026
UK PM Keir Starmer
European Observatory

Why Starmer Could Not Outflank Reform UK: Immigration, Culture Wars and the Collapse of Labour’s Anti-Populist Strategy

Why did Keir Starmer fail to neutralize Reform UK despite commanding a large parliamentary majority? In this incisive commentary, Dr. ...

June 22, 2026
Maasai people.
Commentaries

Decolonizing Climate Governance: Why Indigenous Knowledge Remains on the Margins of Global Climate Action

As climate change intensifies, global climate governance increasingly acknowledges the value of Indigenous knowledge while continuing to marginalize Indigenous peoples ...

June 22, 2026
Data center campus.
Commentaries

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 ...

June 17, 2026
Social Media
Commentaries

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 ...

June 17, 2026
Street scene in Douala, Cameroon’s largest city.
Commentaries

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 ...

June 12, 2026
Residents flee burning homes in Belfast.
European Observatory

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 ...

June 12, 2026
South Africa.
Commentaries

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 ...

June 1, 2026

Interviews

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Professor Michael Shifter.
Interviews

Prof. Shifter: Anti-Establishment Politics, Not Ideology, Drove Colombia’s Election

Colombia's 2026 presidential election has reignited fundamental debates about populism, democratic resilience, institutional legitimacy, and the future of representative democracy ...

July 9, 2026
MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar.
Interviews

MEP López Aguilar: The Return Regulation Is a Violation of EU Fundamental Values

As the European Union implements its new Migration and Asylum Pact amid growing populist pressures, fundamental questions are emerging about ...

July 2, 2026
Professor Aziz Huq.
Interviews

Prof. Huq: The US Supreme Court Has Created the Conditions for Democratic Backsliding

As democratic backsliding increasingly unfolds through legal institutions rather than overt constitutional rupture, what distinguishes constitutional resilience from constitutional decline? ...

July 5, 2026
Dr. Gino Pauselli.
Interviews

Asst. Prof. Pauselli: LGBTQ+ Rights Have Become a Symbolic Boundary in Global Politics

Authoritarian governments, populist movements, and rising powers are increasingly challenging the liberal international order not only by contesting specific human ...

July 2, 2026
Professor Martín Tanaka.
Interviews

Prof. Tanaka: Populism Remains a Risk in Peru, but It Is Far More Contained Today

Peru's 2026 presidential election has reopened fundamental debates about populism, democratic resilience, institutional decay, and constitutional governance in one of ...

July 2, 2026
Cynthia McClintock is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and Director of GWU's Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program.
Interviews

Prof. McClintock: The Desire for an ‘Iron Fist’ Helped Shift Peru to the Right

Peru's razor-thin 2026 presidential election has reopened fundamental debates about democratic legitimacy, populism, institutional resilience, and political representation in Latin ...

June 30, 2026
Professor Julio Carrión is Professor of Comparative and Latin American Politics and Populism at the University of Delaware.
Interviews

Prof. Carrión: I Am Very Pessimistic About the Prospects for Peruvian Democracy

Peru’s 2026 presidential election revealed far more than another episode of political volatility. It exposed deep and persistent weaknesses in ...

June 25, 2026
Eric Hacopian
Interviews

Eric Hacopian: Armenia Won’t Become Turkey, but the Warning Signs Are There

Armenia stands at a critical crossroads. In the aftermath of the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh, amid efforts to normalize relations with ...

June 25, 2026
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