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...
Corruption scandals: A rather narrow window of opportunity for populists?
In populist rhetoric, corruption is an obvious indication of institutional decay generated by the ‘corrupt elites’ and affecting the interests...
A hot January in Brasilia
The “two Brazil” theory is now stressed, as never before. From now on, culture wars will have a civil confrontation dimension. It...
Mahsa Amini: Women’s bodily autonomy in the context of Islamism and far-right populism
Both Islamism and far-right populism claim power and control over women’s bodies by imposing rules around the hijab. In Iran,...
Culture wars in a fragmented Brazil, a guide to understanding what happened in Brazilian election
First of November brought Lula’s reelection as President. He won but did not win. The results leave the country in...