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Caricature of Italian politicians Beppe Grillo, Matteo Renzi and Matteo Salvini in carnival parade of floats and masks, on January 2018 in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy. Photo: Kokophotos.
Interviews

Prof. Pappas: We need creative leaders with realistic agendas against populism

September 13, 2021

Professor Takis Pappas: “I think that exactly as populism begins with some extraordinary leaders with radical ideas about how to...

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Professor Carlos de la Torre: Populism is here to stay

July 1, 2021

“When populists included it was under the condition of surrendering to the leader conceived as the embodiment of the will...

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University and an Advisor to Protect Democracy.
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Professor Ben-Ghiat: Any society can be susceptible to strongman figures if it’s the right time

June 29, 2021

Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: “The most successful of authoritarian rulers are the ones who know how to play on that ‘we.’ And they make...

Utoya Island, Norway, April, 2012. Photo: Alya Sneep.
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Prof. Anne Gjelsvik: One topic that’s really important to someone can lead to extremism

June 24, 2021

“I think the words that we use are very important. Quite a lot of studies on the Capitol , on...

Opposition party deputies, members and the members of civil society organisations had to guard the ballots for days to prevent stealing by the people organized by Erdogan regime in Turkey. The photo was shared by opposition deputy Mahmut Tanal's Twitter account @MTanal during the Turkish local elections on March 31, 2019.
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Prof. Kurt Weyland: Elections in Turkey are held but manipulated

July 10, 2021

The Turkish regime is competitive-authoritarian a la Levitsky and Way (2010, Cambridge UP). Elections are held but manipulated, with massive...

EU flags in EU Council building during an EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium on June 28, 2018. Photo: Alexandros Michailidis
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Prof. Ruth Wodak: I am very worried about the future of Europe

June 4, 2021

“Currently, lying doesn’t matter. That is what I call ‘post shame’. You don’t have to be ashamed, you don’t have...

Professor Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser.
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Professor Kaltwasser: Turkey cannot be considered a democratic system anymore

May 7, 2021

Professor Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser: “The crucial question is what will happen in Turkey after Erdogan? To what extent does the...

Secretary of Northern League, Matteo Salvini, and PVV leader, Geert Wilders, after the closing press conference of the first ENF congress at the MiCo center in Milano on January 29, 2016. Photo: Marco Aprile
Interviews

Prof. Bertjan Verbeek: Populist foreign policy weakens soft power

May 6, 2021

Discussing the impact of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) on the country’s foreign policy, Professor Verbeek highlighted his observation...

People hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against Donald Trump's environmental policy at conference attended by Trump climate advisor Myron Ebell in Brussels, Belgium on Feb. 2017. Photo: Alexandros Michailidis
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Prof. Michael M. Bell: We have to understand knowledge as a social relation to understand authoritarian environmental populism

April 30, 2021

Talking about environmental populism and authoritarianism Professor Michael Mayerfeld Bell, who is also an author and a composer, explains the...

Caricature of The Five Star Movement in carnival parade of floats and masks, made of paper-pulp in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy in January 2018.
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Prof. Paul Taggart: I do not agree populists will inevitably fail

April 12, 2021

British political scientist Paul Taggart does not regard populism as a “pathology” nor as “evil” and contends that it could...

Paul Lendvai.
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Paul Lendvai: Orbán’s Hungary is a “Führer Democracy”

April 9, 2021

Viktor Orbán has built an extraordinarily centralized strongman regime, which can be described as “Führer Democracy.” Nowadays, Paul Lendvai argues,...

Former US President Donald Trump with a serious look as he delivers a speech at a campaign rally held at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA - August 2, 2018. Photo: Evan El-Amin
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Prof. Pratt: Populist Leaders in the West Tend to Have Short Political Lives

April 27, 2022

Professor John Pratt: “I think, democracy has largely held firm. The Netherlands, for example, I think there was an election...

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