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Interviews

Prof. Klein: It Is Difficult to Label Japanese PM Takaichi a Populist, Despite Her Nationalism and Anti-Feminism

November 20, 2025
Populism & Politics (P&P)

Discursive Violence and Moral Repair: The Promise and Limits of Non-Violent Communication Against Populism

November 19, 2025
Voice of Youth

November 17th: The Rise of the Far-Right as a ‘Youth Trend’

November 18, 2025
Commentaries

Can Mamdani’s Municipal Socialism Counter Democratic Backsliding?

November 11, 2025
Interviews

Dr. de Silva: Anti-Gender Narratives Are Highly Interlinked and Interconnected Across Borders

November 11, 2025

Authoritarianism

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Brick Lane—London’s most iconic hub for street art and graffiti—runs from Whitechapel to Shoreditch through the heart of the East End, with nearby streets toward Spitalfields and Bethnal Green offering rich artistic stories of their own. Photo: Nicoleta Raluca Tudor.
Commentaries

Schrödinger’s Elite: How Populism Turns Power into Moral Performance

Populists rise to power by claiming outsider status against a corrupt elite. Yet many—from Erdogan and Modi to Trump—retain legitimacy ...

November 9, 2025
Professor Ivan Llamazares is a leading scholar of political science at the University of Salamanca.
Interviews

Prof. Llamazares: Authoritarianism Is Very Weak in Argentina, Whose Popular Culture Is Deeply Democratic

In this exclusive interview with the ECPS, Professor Ivan Llamazares of the University of Salamanca analyzes Argentina’s shifting political landscape ...

October 31, 2025
Sri Lankan protesters storm the prime minister's office in Colombo on July 13, 2022, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: Ruwan Walpola.
Interviews

Professor Goldstone: The World’s Descent into Authoritarianism May Trigger a Revolutionary Movement

In this insightful interview, world-renowned revolution scholar Professor Jack A. Goldstone warns that we are witnessing both “a descent into ...

October 21, 2025
Dr. Maria Papageorgiou is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Newcastle University.
Interviews

Dr. Papageorgiou: Russia & China ‘Play Both Sides’ on Social Media to Deepen Political Polarization

In an interview with the ECPS, Dr. Maria Papageorgiou, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Newcastle University, examines how digital platforms ...

October 21, 2025
Engineers conducting research at a solar energy R&D center. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Creative Destruction or Destructive Consolidation? Nobel Reflections on Growth Under Populism

This commentary examines the tension between authoritarian populism and innovation-driven growth, drawing on the insights of Nobel laureates Joel Mokyr, ...

October 20, 2025
Silhouette of US President Donald Trump attending a conference. Photo: Dreamstime.
Interviews

Professor Cain: Trump Is Playing the Classical Authoritarian Game

In an in-depth interview with the ECPS, Bruce E. Cain—Professor of Political Science at Stanford University—analyzes how Donald Trump has ...

October 16, 2025
Dr. Tatiana Paula da Cruz is a legal scholar with a J.D. from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, a PhD in Law from the University of Brasília, and currently a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Interviews

Dr. da Cruz: Brazilian Society Will No Longer Tolerate Attacks on Democracy

The conviction of Jair Bolsonaro and senior military officers for plotting a coup marks an unprecedented moment in Brazil’s democratic ...

October 3, 2025
Memorial for Charlie Kirk outside Turning Point USA Headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 13, 2025, following his fatal shooting while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

From the Tea Party to MAGA – How White Christian Nationalism Is Taking Control of the US

In this commentary, Dr. João Ferreira Dias traces the rise of white Christian nationalism from Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” and Reagan’s ...

September 30, 2025

Digital Populism

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A man sits in the dark, staring angrily at his mobile phone. Photo: Raman Mistsechka.
Populism & Politics (P&P)

Discursive Violence and Moral Repair: The Promise and Limits of Non-Violent Communication Against Populism

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE Please cite as: Ozturk, Ibrahim & Fritsch, Claudia. (2025). “Discursive Violence and Moral Repair: The Promise and Limits ...

November 19, 2025
Sri Lankan protesters storm the prime minister's office in Colombo on July 13, 2022, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: Ruwan Walpola.
Interviews

Professor Goldstone: The World’s Descent into Authoritarianism May Trigger a Revolutionary Movement

In this insightful interview, world-renowned revolution scholar Professor Jack A. Goldstone warns that we are witnessing both “a descent into ...

October 21, 2025
Dr. Maria Papageorgiou is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Newcastle University.
Interviews

Dr. Papageorgiou: Russia & China ‘Play Both Sides’ on Social Media to Deepen Political Polarization

In an interview with the ECPS, Dr. Maria Papageorgiou, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Newcastle University, examines how digital platforms ...

October 21, 2025
Dr. Mom Bishwakarma is a researcher in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney and sessional academic at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
Interviews

Dr. Bishwakarma: Nepal’s Uprising Has Shaken Institutions, Not Transformed Them

In an interview with ECPS, Dr. Mom Bishwakarma reflects on Nepal’s September 2025 uprising, widely described as a Gen Z ...

September 30, 2025
The municipality office in Inaruwa, Sunsari, lies heavily damaged after protesters targeted it during the nationwide demonstrations against corruption and the social media shutdown on September 9, 2025. Photo: Nabin Gadtaula
Interviews

Professor Paudel: The Youth Uprising in Nepal Is the Result of Long-Brewing Frustrations

In an interview with the ECPS, Professor Dinesh Paudel argues that the September 2025 youth uprising in Nepal was “the ...

September 24, 2025
The Zhihu logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Photo: Rafael Henrique.
Journal of Populism Studies

Diversity, Rationality, and the Diffusion of Online Populism: A Study of Chinese Social Media Discussions

Please cite as: Su, Yu & Li, Tongtong. (2025). “Diversity, Rationality, and the Diffusion of Online Populism: A Study of ...

September 21, 2025
Professor Ruth Wodak is Emerita Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, affiliated with the University of Vienna, and a member of the ECPS Advisory Board.
Interviews

Professor Wodak: Autocracy Has Become a Global Economic Corporation Backed by Oligarchs and Social Media Power

In this powerful interview with ECPS, Professor Ruth Wodak warns that “autocracy has become a global economic corporation”—a transnational network ...

August 4, 2025
Chloé Ridel, Member of the European Parliament from the Socialist Group and Rapporteur for transnational repression, during her interview with ECPS’s Selcuk Gultasli. Photo: Umit Vurel.
Interviews

EP Rapporteur Ridel: EU Should Expand Sanctions Regime to Effectively Target Transnational Repression

In an exclusive interview with ECPS, MEP Chloé Ridel, rapporteur for the European Parliament’s forthcoming report on transnational repression, underscores ...

July 18, 2025

Economics

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Labor Day protest outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, September 1, 2025, where demonstrators demanded better wages and working conditions. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Can Mamdani’s Municipal Socialism Counter Democratic Backsliding?

In a period of deepening global democratic recession Zohran Mamdani’s ascent as mayor of New York City poses an important ...

November 11, 2025
Engineers conducting research at a solar energy R&D center. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Creative Destruction or Destructive Consolidation? Nobel Reflections on Growth Under Populism

This commentary examines the tension between authoritarian populism and innovation-driven growth, drawing on the insights of Nobel laureates Joel Mokyr, ...

October 20, 2025
Photo: Dreamstime
Articles

Capitalist Disruptions and the Democratic Retreat: A US–EU–China Comparison

Please cite as: Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2025). “Capitalist Disruptions and the Democratic Retreat: A US–EU–China Comparison.” Journal of Populism Studies (JPS). ...

September 11, 2025
Activists stage an anti-corruption demonstration in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

People versus Elites, Populist Logics in Indonesia’s 2025 Unrest

Indonesia is witnessing its largest wave of protests since Reformasi, sparked by the death of Affan Kurniawan during Jakarta’s labor ...

September 4, 2025
Protests in Turkey.
Commentaries

The Erdogan Regime and Its Future Amid Mass Protests: Prospects for Change?

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s political journey reflects a dramatic transformation—from a reform-minded leader once hailed as a model for Muslim democracies ...

April 24, 2025
Trump supporters marched toward Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., USA. Photo: Dreamstime / © Bgrocker
Interviews

Dr. Boucher: Trump Is Not the Cause, but a Symptom

In this incisive ECPS interview, Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, explores how populism is reshaping ...

April 21, 2025
Donald J. Trump, the 47th President of the United States, at his inauguration celebration in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. Photo: Muhammad Abdullah.
Interviews

Professor Jones: Trump’s ‘Tariff Dictatorship’ Is Undermining the Global Trade Order

In an in-depth interview with ECPS, Professor Kent Jones warns that Donald Trump’s second-term trade strategy amounts to a “tariff ...

April 20, 2025
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Commentaries

The Future Course of German and Japanese Capitalism in a Multipolar World under Trump 2.0

In his compelling analysis, Professor Ibrahim Ozturk explores how “Trumpism 2.0” and a multipolar world order are challenging the foundations ...

March 21, 2025

Environment & Climate

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SummerSchool
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 — Populism and Climate Change: Understanding What Is at Stake and Crafting Policy Suggestions for Stakeholders

The ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 brought together leading scholars to examine how populism and climate change intersect—a dynamic that now ...

July 17, 2025
Robert Huber is Professor of Political Science Methods at the University of Salzburg.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Robert Huber: Populist Narratives on Sustainability, Energy Resources and Climate Change

In his lecture at the ECPS Academy Summer School 2025, Professor Robert Huber examined how populist parties across Europe construct ...

July 16, 2025
Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, a globally renowned cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Bristol.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky: Climate Change, Populism, and Disinformation

The eighth lecture of the ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 was delivered online by Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, a globally recognized ...

July 17, 2025
Protest against the IMARC conference in Melbourne, Australia, October 28, 2019. Extinction Rebellion and other groups march in Southbank to oppose the mining and resource industry event. Photo: Adam Calaitzis.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Philippe Le Billon: Climate Change, Natural Resources and Conflicts

Professor Philippe Le Billon’s lecture critically examined how climate-related conflicts emerge from three sources: the impacts of climate change itself, ...

July 16, 2025
Professor Erik Swyngedouw, a globally respected scholar in the fields of political ecology and critical social theory. He is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Eric Swyngedouw: The Climate Deadlock and The Unbearable Lightness of Climate Populism

In his compelling lecture, Professor Erik Swyngedouw offered a radical critique of contemporary climate discourse, describing it as trapped in ...

July 16, 2025
Carnival float showing Greta Thunberg holding the older generation by their ears, symbolizing "Fridays for Future" in Düsseldorf, Germany on March 3, 2019. Photo: Christian Drees.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Dr. Heidi Hart: Art Attacks – Museum Vandalism as a Populist Response to Climate Trauma?

Dr. Heidi Hart’s lecture illuminated the provocative intersection of art, activism, and climate trauma. Through an interdisciplinary lens, she explored why ...

July 15, 2025
Protesters demonstrate on Earth Day against President Trump’s environmental policies in Ventura, California, on April 29, 2017. Photo: Joe Sohm.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 –Prof. Daniel Fiorino: Ideology Meets Interest Group Politics – The Trump Administration and Climate Mitigation

The fourth lecture of the ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 featured Professor Daniel Fiorino, a leading expert on environmental policy ...

July 15, 2025
Farmers and truckers protest against subsidy cuts at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, on January 14, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Sandra Ricart: Climate Change, Food, Farmers, and Populism

Professor Sandra Ricart delivered a timely and insightful lecture on the intersection of climate change, agriculture, and populism in Europe. ...

July 16, 2025

Extremism & Radicalisation

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The Athens Polytechnic Monument covered with flowers during the 2019 commemoration of the 1973 student uprising against the Greek junta in Athens, Greece. Photo: Antonios Karvelas.
Voice of Youth

November 17th: The Rise of the Far-Right as a ‘Youth Trend’

In this powerful reflection for ECPS – Voice of Youth, high school student Emmanouela Papapavlou warns that the rise of ...

November 18, 2025
United States Bill of Rights alongside a Bible and bullets. Photo: Cheryl Casey.
Reports

Virtual Workshop Series — Session 3: Populism, Freedom of Religion and Illiberal Regimes

Please cite as:ECPS Staff. (2025). “Virtual Workshop Series — Session 3: Populism, Freedom of Religion and Illiberal Regimes.” European Center ...

October 5, 2025
Memorial for Charlie Kirk outside Turning Point USA Headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 13, 2025, following his fatal shooting while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

From the Tea Party to MAGA – How White Christian Nationalism Is Taking Control of the US

In this commentary, Dr. João Ferreira Dias traces the rise of white Christian nationalism from Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” and Reagan’s ...

September 30, 2025
Dr. DB Subedi is a leading scholar of peace and conflict studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Interviews

Dr. DB Subedi Warns: Transitional Nepal May Face Real Dangers from Rising Religious Populism

“Transitional Nepal may face real dangers from rising religious populism,” cautions Dr. DB Subedi, lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies ...

September 30, 2025
Students and academics join a protest march in Haifa on September 9, 2023, against Israel’s controversial judicial overhaul. Photo: Dreamstime.
Journal of Populism Studies

Authoritarianism Curbed? Populism, Democracy and War in Israel

Please cite as: Ben-Porat, Guy & Filc, Dani. (2025). “Authoritarianism Curbed? Populism, Democracy and War in Israel.” Journal of Populism ...

September 24, 2025
Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University-
Interviews

Professor Bartov: Making Life Impossible in Gaza Is a Deliberate Strategy of Slow-Moving Genocide

In a powerful interview with ECPS, genocide scholar Omer Bartov argues that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to a ...

August 7, 2025
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia party and candidate for prime minister, during an electoral rally in Turin, Italy, September 2022. Photo: Mike Dot.
Profiles

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI): Conservative, Populist, or Extreme Right? 

Please cite as:Varriale, Amedeo. (2025). “Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI): Conservative, Populist, or Extreme Right?” ECPS Party Profiles. European ...

July 27, 2025
Professor Tariq Modood, the founding Director of the Bristol University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship.
Interviews

Professor Modood: A ‘Multiculturalist International’ Needed to Counter ‘Far-Right International’

In this wide-ranging interview with ECPS, Professor Tariq Modood calls for the creation of a “multiculturalist international” to counter the ...

August 4, 2025

Gender

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Daytime view of Akihabara in Tokyo, known as “Electric Town” for its many electronics shops, duty-free stores, and vibrant youth culture. Photo: Dreamstime.
Interviews

Prof. Klein: It Is Difficult to Label Japanese PM Takaichi a Populist, Despite Her Nationalism and Anti-Feminism

In this incisive interview for the ECPS, Professor Axel Klein offers a nuanced assessment of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ...

November 20, 2025
Dr. Monika de Silva is a political scientist at the University of Gothenburg.
Interviews

Dr. de Silva: Anti-Gender Narratives Are Highly Interlinked and Interconnected Across Borders

“Anti-gender discourses are very interlinked and interconnected; we see these floating narratives repeated across countries like Latvia, Poland, and Russia,” ...

November 11, 2025
Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on April 20, 2016. Photo: Jahanzaib Naiyyer.
Commentaries

Popular, Not Populist? Imran Khan and the Civil–Military Grammar of Populism in Pakistan

In this incisive commentary, feminist scholar Afiya S. Zia dissects the myth that Imran Khan is “popular, not populist.” Drawing ...

October 24, 2025
Banksy protest mural in Palestine. A mural by the artist Banksy on a wall in the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, June 18, 2014. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Queerness, Genocide, and International Law – A Look at Palestine

This commentary examines how queerness intersects with genocide and international law in the context of Palestine. Ass. Professor Izat El ...

September 28, 2025
A distressed Black woman professional faces gender discrimination and workplace bullying, as male colleagues point fingers and place blame. The image highlights the emotional toll of inequality and harassment in professional environments. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

“No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent”: Is Eleanor Roosevelt Right?

Can we truly choose not to feel inferior? In this thought-provoking commentary, Syed Yousha Haider critically examines Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous ...

June 18, 2025
Urban graffiti depicting the face of a woman in a hijab, located in an immigrant-populated neighborhood on September 1, 2015. The urban area of Berlin, Germany—home to 4 million residents—ranks as the 7th most populous in the European Union. Photo: Dreamstime.
Journal of Populism Studies

Evaluations of Female Muslim Politicians in a Populist Era: Measuring Intersectionality Using Interaction Effects and Conjoint Experiments

AbstractHow do voters evaluate female Muslim politicians? The literature mainly approaches voter evaluations of underrepresented groups from a unitary perspective, ...

June 3, 2025
Young Kurdish women dressed in red in Erbil, Iraq, on September 10, 2021. Photo: Serhii Ivashchuk.
Policy Papers

Violence Against Women: Towards a Policy Understanding of the Patriarchy

DOWNLOAD POLICY PAPER Please cite as:  Hussain, Shilan Fuad. (2025). “Violence Against Women: Towards a Policy Understanding of the Patriarchy.” ...

March 4, 2025
Reports

Mapping European Populism – Panel 8: Populism, Gender and Sexuality in Europe

Please cite as: Guidotti, Andrea. (2024). Report on “Mapping European Populism – Panel 8: Populism, Gender and Sexuality in Europe.” ...

March 6, 2025

Human Rights

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Dr. Monika de Silva is a political scientist at the University of Gothenburg.
Interviews

Dr. de Silva: Anti-Gender Narratives Are Highly Interlinked and Interconnected Across Borders

“Anti-gender discourses are very interlinked and interconnected; we see these floating narratives repeated across countries like Latvia, Poland, and Russia,” ...

November 11, 2025
Banksy protest mural in Palestine. A mural by the artist Banksy on a wall in the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, June 18, 2014. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Queerness, Genocide, and International Law – A Look at Palestine

This commentary examines how queerness intersects with genocide and international law in the context of Palestine. Ass. Professor Izat El ...

September 28, 2025
Kenneth Roth is the Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor at the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs. Until August 2022, he served for nearly three decades as the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations, which operates in some 100 countries.
Interviews

Professor Roth: Israel Exploits Antisemitism Allegations to Silence Criticism of Genocide in Gaza

In an exclusive ECPS interview, Professor Kenneth Roth—former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch and now at Princeton—warns that Israel ...

September 26, 2025
Demonstration organized by KOD in Kraków, Poland, on January 9, 2016, in defense of free media and democracy against the PiS government. Photo: Krzysztof Nahlik.
Reports

Virtual Workshop Series — Session 2: The ‘Nation’ or just an ‘Accidental Society’: Identity, Polarization, Rule of Law and Human Rights in 1989–2025 Poland

Please cite as: ECPS Staff. (2025). “Virtual Workshop Series — Session 2: The ‘Nation’ or just an ‘Accidental Society’: Identity, ...

October 5, 2025
Dr. Mark Levene is a genocide scholar, peace activist, and Emeritus Fellow in History at the University of Southampton.
Interviews

Dr. Levene: Dysfunctional International System Enables Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

A new United Nations commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, citing mass killings, forced ...

September 18, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan watching the August 30 Victory Day Parade in Ankara, Turkey on August 30, 2014. Photo by Mustafa Kirazli.
Interviews

Professor Barkey: Turkey Has Become a Full-Blown Authoritarian System

In an interview with the ECPS, Professor Henri Barkey—born in Turkey and one of the leading US experts on Middle ...

September 13, 2025
Aryeh Neier is an iconic human rights defender, former Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), founding Executive Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), and former President of the Open Society Foundations.
Interviews

Human Rights Icon Aryeh Neier: Anti-Israel Speech Is Not Antisemitism

In an exclusive interview with the ECPS, Aryeh Neier — founding Executive Director of Human Rights Watch and former President ...

September 10, 2025
Professor Norman Finkelstein was born in New York City to Jewish Holocaust-survivor parents and, in 2020, named the fifth most influential political scientist in the world.
Interviews

Prof. Finkelstein: Israel Will Mass Gazans at the Border, Bomb Relentlessly, and Force Egypt’s Hand

Professor Norman Finkelstein—NYC-born to Holocaust-survivor parents and, in 2020, ranked the world’s fifth most influential political scientist—tells ECPS that “Israel ...

September 6, 2025

Global Peace & Order

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Dr. Cristian Cantir is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Oakland University.
Interviews

Assoc. Prof. Cantir: Moldova’s Election a Victory for EU, Defeat for Kremlin

In an interview with ECPS, Dr. Cristian Cantir (Oakland University) described Moldova’s 2025 parliamentary elections as “a major win for ...

October 2, 2025
Dr. Mark Levene is a genocide scholar, peace activist, and Emeritus Fellow in History at the University of Southampton.
Interviews

Dr. Levene: Dysfunctional International System Enables Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

A new United Nations commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, citing mass killings, forced ...

September 18, 2025
Photo: Dreamstime
Articles

Capitalist Disruptions and the Democratic Retreat: A US–EU–China Comparison

Please cite as: Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2025). “Capitalist Disruptions and the Democratic Retreat: A US–EU–China Comparison.” Journal of Populism Studies (JPS). ...

September 11, 2025
Professor Thiemo Fetzer, an economist at the University of Warwick and the University of Bonn.
Interviews

Professor Fetzer: Populist Grievances Are More About Perception Than Reality

In an interview with the ECPS, Professor Thiemo Fetzer argues that populist grievances are largely shaped by perception rather than ...

March 4, 2025
SummerSchool-D5L1
Videos

Summer School 2024 — Brexit and ‘National Conservatism’

Lecturer: Dr. Craig Calhoun (Professor at Arizona State University). Moderator: Dr. Franco Zappettini (Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool). Professor Craig Calhoun examined Britain’s ...

March 4, 2025
SummerSchool-D3L3
Videos

Summer School 2024 — Populism, Constructive and Destructive

Lecturer: Dr. Louis Kreisberg (Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University). Moderator: Dr. Alexandra Homolar (Professor at the University of Warwick). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF7SvBoLvYs Dr. Louis Kriesberg is ...

March 4, 2025
SummerSchool-D2L2
Videos

Summer School 2024 — Populism, Hindu Nationalism and Foreign Policy in India

Lecturer: Dr. Thorsten Wojczewski (Lecturer at Coventry University). Moderator: Dr Ajay Gudavarthy (Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEj48mldc0Y Dr. ...

March 4, 2025
SummerSchool-D4L1
Videos

Summer School 2024 — EU’s External Relations: Do Populists Propel It, Or Does It Propel Populists?

Lecturer: Dr. Bertjan Verbeek (Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands). Moderator: Dr. Ana E. Juncos Garcia (Professor at the University of Bristol). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jICdgIwD3I Dr. ...

December 22, 2024

Leadership & Persona

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Labor Day protest outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, September 1, 2025, where demonstrators demanded better wages and working conditions. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Can Mamdani’s Municipal Socialism Counter Democratic Backsliding?

In a period of deepening global democratic recession Zohran Mamdani’s ascent as mayor of New York City poses an important ...

November 11, 2025
Satirical carnival parade with caricatured sculptures and enthusiastic spectators in Torres Vedras, Portugal on March 4, 2025. Photo: Dreamstime.
Interviews

Assoc. Prof. Frantz: The Rise of Personalist Leaders Is Fueling Unpredictable Global Conflict

In an interview with the ECPS, Associate Professor Erica Frantz warns that the growing rise of personalist leaders worldwide is ...

November 11, 2025
Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan addresses a press conference in Islamabad on April 20, 2016. Photo: Jahanzaib Naiyyer.
Commentaries

Popular, Not Populist? Imran Khan and the Civil–Military Grammar of Populism in Pakistan

In this incisive commentary, feminist scholar Afiya S. Zia dissects the myth that Imran Khan is “popular, not populist.” Drawing ...

October 24, 2025
Silhouette of US President Donald Trump attending a conference. Photo: Dreamstime.
Interviews

Professor Cain: Trump Is Playing the Classical Authoritarian Game

In an in-depth interview with the ECPS, Bruce E. Cain—Professor of Political Science at Stanford University—analyzes how Donald Trump has ...

October 16, 2025
Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim delivering a speech on the eve of September 16, 2008 — the day he intended to take over the Malaysian government. Photo: Chee Sheong Chia.
Journal of Populism Studies

Anwar Ibrahim’s Civilisational Populism: The Gaza War and Malaysia

Please cite as:Shukri, Syaza & Hassan, Isyraf. (2025). “Anwar Ibrahim’s Civilisational Populism: The Gaza War and Malaysia.” Journal of Populism ...

October 9, 2025
Andrej Babiš, leader of the ANO party and one of the richest businessmen in the Czech Republic, during a press conference in Prague on March 2, 2013. Photo: Dreamstime.
Interviews

Prof. Bustikova: Babiš’s Victory in Czechia Is a Big Win for Illiberalism in Europe

On October 4, 2025, billionaire populist Andrej Babiš’s ANO party won the Czech parliamentary elections with just under 35% of ...

October 11, 2025
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaking and gesturing in the House of Commons, UK Parliament, at Westminster Palace in London, UK, on February 7, 2024. Photo: Tennessee Witney.
Voice of Youth

How Should Mainstream Parties Respond to Populism? The Internal Debates of Britain’s Labour Party under Starmer

When Keir Starmer denounced populism as a “snake oil charm” in July 2024, he became the first British Prime Minister ...

September 30, 2025
Photo: Dreamstime.
Reports

From Populism to Fascism? Intellectual Responsibilities in Times of Democratic Backsliding

The ECPS convened leading scholars to assess how populist movements are accelerating democratic decay and edging toward fascism. Moderated by ...

September 30, 2025

Migration

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Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

What Is the Ideology That Has Attained Social Hegemony? Let Us Call It Simply “Nativism”

In this thought-provoking commentary, Dr. João Ferreira Dias argues that the dominant ideology underpinning contemporary right-wing movements is not populism ...

October 30, 2025
Dr. Ecaterina Locoman is a Senior Lecturer at the Lauder Institute and in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Interviews

Dr. Locoman: Moldova’s Win Is Real, But Russia Is Not Done Yet

Moldova’s 2025 parliamentary elections mark a pivotal moment in the geopolitical tug-of-war between the European Union and Russia. Despite unprecedented ...

October 5, 2025
Dr. Cristian Cantir is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Oakland University.
Interviews

Assoc. Prof. Cantir: Moldova’s Election a Victory for EU, Defeat for Kremlin

In an interview with ECPS, Dr. Cristian Cantir (Oakland University) described Moldova’s 2025 parliamentary elections as “a major win for ...

October 2, 2025
Dr. DB Subedi is a leading scholar of peace and conflict studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Interviews

Dr. DB Subedi Warns: Transitional Nepal May Face Real Dangers from Rising Religious Populism

“Transitional Nepal may face real dangers from rising religious populism,” cautions Dr. DB Subedi, lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies ...

September 30, 2025
Professor Norman Finkelstein was born in New York City to Jewish Holocaust-survivor parents and, in 2020, named the fifth most influential political scientist in the world.
Interviews

Prof. Finkelstein: Israel Will Mass Gazans at the Border, Bomb Relentlessly, and Force Egypt’s Hand

Professor Norman Finkelstein—NYC-born to Holocaust-survivor parents and, in 2020, ranked the world’s fifth most influential political scientist—tells ECPS that “Israel ...

September 6, 2025
Falun Gong practitioners gather at Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic on July 20, 2019 to raise awareness about organ harvesting in China. Photo: Dreamstime.
Voice of Youth

Harvested in Silence: The Silent Surgery War on Migrant Bodies

While the global community often articulates refugee detention as a banner of humanitarian concern, escalating evidence from Libya and North ...

September 3, 2025
Refugees and migrants disembark at the port of Thessaloniki after being transferred from the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos Island, Greece, September 2, 2019. Photo: Vasilis Ververidis.
Voice of Youth

Locked Out, Building In: Refugees in Greece Persevere Amidst Exclusion

Greece has become a critical gateway for asylum-seekers, yet increasingly restrictive migration policies, harsh detention conditions, and reduced aid leave ...

September 2, 2025
Professor Tariq Modood, the founding Director of the Bristol University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship.
Interviews

Professor Modood: A ‘Multiculturalist International’ Needed to Counter ‘Far-Right International’

In this wide-ranging interview with ECPS, Professor Tariq Modood calls for the creation of a “multiculturalist international” to counter the ...

August 4, 2025

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The Athens Polytechnic Monument covered with flowers during the 2019 commemoration of the 1973 student uprising against the Greek junta in Athens, Greece. Photo: Antonios Karvelas.
Voice of Youth

November 17th: The Rise of the Far-Right as a ‘Youth Trend’

In this powerful reflection for ECPS – Voice of Youth, high school student Emmanouela Papapavlou warns that the rise of ...

November 18, 2025
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaking and gesturing in the House of Commons, UK Parliament, at Westminster Palace in London, UK, on February 7, 2024. Photo: Tennessee Witney.
Voice of Youth

How Should Mainstream Parties Respond to Populism? The Internal Debates of Britain’s Labour Party under Starmer

When Keir Starmer denounced populism as a “snake oil charm” in July 2024, he became the first British Prime Minister ...

September 30, 2025
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and its implications for EU defense policies.”
Photo: Kirill Makarov.
Voice of Youth

Between Security and Suffering: The Human Cost of Europe’s Defense Resurgence 

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reshapes Europe’s security landscape, the EU faces a “watershed moment” demanding unprecedented defense spending and ...

September 8, 2025
Falun Gong practitioners gather at Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic on July 20, 2019 to raise awareness about organ harvesting in China. Photo: Dreamstime.
Voice of Youth

Harvested in Silence: The Silent Surgery War on Migrant Bodies

While the global community often articulates refugee detention as a banner of humanitarian concern, escalating evidence from Libya and North ...

September 3, 2025
Refugees and migrants disembark at the port of Thessaloniki after being transferred from the Moria refugee camp on Lesvos Island, Greece, September 2, 2019. Photo: Vasilis Ververidis.
Voice of Youth

Locked Out, Building In: Refugees in Greece Persevere Amidst Exclusion

Greece has become a critical gateway for asylum-seekers, yet increasingly restrictive migration policies, harsh detention conditions, and reduced aid leave ...

September 2, 2025
The controversial Israeli separation wall dividing Israel from the West Bank, often referred to as the segregation wall in Palestine. Photo: Giovanni De Caro.
Voice of Youth

The Psychological Toll of Graphic Content in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

As massacre and starvation content floods social media in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack, a new generation of ...

July 29, 2025
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ECPS Academy Summer School — Populism and Climate Change: Understanding What Is at Stake and Crafting Policy Suggestions for Stakeholders (July 7-11, 2025)

Case Competition Information Pack Are you interested in global political affairs? Do you wish to learn how to draft policy ...

July 17, 2025
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Summer School 2024 — Populism, Hindu Nationalism and Foreign Policy in India

Lecturer: Dr. Thorsten Wojczewski (Lecturer at Coventry University). Moderator: Dr Ajay Gudavarthy (Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEj48mldc0Y Dr. ...

March 4, 2025
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