Interviews
Professor Kaltwasser: Turkey cannot be considered a democratic system anymore
Professor Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser: “The crucial question is what will happen in Turkey after Erdogan? To what extent does the...
Prof. Bertjan Verbeek: Populist foreign policy weakens soft power
Discussing the impact of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) on the country’s foreign policy, Professor Verbeek highlighted his observation...
Prof. Michael M. Bell: We have to understand knowledge as a social relation to understand authoritarian environmental populism
Talking about environmental populism and authoritarianism Professor Michael Mayerfeld Bell, who is also an author and a composer, explains the...
Prof. Paul Taggart: I do not agree populists will inevitably fail
British political scientist Paul Taggart does not regard populism as a “pathology” nor as “evil” and contends that it could...
Paul Lendvai: Orbán’s Hungary is a “Führer Democracy”
Viktor Orbán has built an extraordinarily centralized strongman regime, which can be described as “Führer Democracy.” Nowadays, Paul Lendvai argues,...
Prof. Pratt: Populist Leaders in the West Tend to Have Short Political Lives
Professor John Pratt: “I think, democracy has largely held firm. The Netherlands, for example, I think there was an election...
Dr. Mette Wiggen: Racism Is Key to Understanding the Far-right Everywhere
Dr. Wiggen: "Without understanding or trying to understand the role of racism, I can’t see how you can understand the...
Shoshone Nation leader Darren Parry: All decisions should be based on the ‘seventh generation’ principle
Darren Parry, the Vice-Chairman of the Northwestern Shoshone Nation, a Utah tribe with headquarters in Brigham City, calls for US...
Prof. Singer: Populism’s thin ideology renders performative truth
"Populism tends to exploit democracy’s symbolic resources to the point of their possible implosion, potentially resulting in a transition towards...
Prof. Heinisch: The end of liberal democracies is possible
Prof. Reinhard Heinisch has predicted we will likely see more illiberal democracies, which build from the top down, as in...
Political sociologist Ergil: Populism has a deadline
“Populists share the populace’s negative feelings towards the establishment, but they lack the depth of solid criticism and a sound...