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DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Shakil, Kainat. (2023). “Gender Populism: Civilizational Populist Construction of Gender Identities as Existential Cultural Threats.” ...

May 29, 2023

Commentaries

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 ...

May 10, 2023

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ali Erbas, the head of the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) is seen during a public rally in Istanbul on the second anniversary of failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.

Populism & Politics (P&P)

The Impact of Civilizational Populism on Foreign and Transnational Policies: The Turkish Case

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Morieson, Nicholas. (2023). “The Impact of Civilizational Populism on Foreign and Transnational Policies: The Turkish ...

May 29, 2023

Supporters of the religious political party TLP chant slogans during a protest following the Supreme Court decision on Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi in Lahore on November 02, 2018. Photo: A.M. Syed.

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Contest between leaders of the Ummah: Comparing civilizational populisms of PTI and TLP in Pakistan

DOWNLOAD PDF Batool, Fizza; Yilmaz, Ihsan & Shakil, Kainat. (2023). “Contest between leaders of the Ummah: Comparing civilizational populisms of ...

February 28, 2023

Alevi community during a religious rituel in Antalya, Turkey on June 2, 2016. Photo: Yusuf Aslan.

Populism & Politics (P&P)

The Others of Islamist Civilizational Populism in AKP’s Turkey

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan; Shukri, Syaza & Shakil, Kainat. (2023). “The Others of Islamist Civilizational Populism in AKP’s Turkey.” Populism ...

February 28, 2023

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed at the exhibition of 'Digital India week 2022', in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on July 04, 2022. Photo: Shuttersttock.

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Hindutva civilizational populist BJP’s enforcement of digital authoritarianism in India

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Saleem, Raja M. Ali. (2022). “Hindutva civilizational populist BJP’s enforcement of digital authoritarianism in India.” ...

February 28, 2023

Digital Populism

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Reports

ECPS’ Never Again initiative and COMTOG project

Our collective history offers stories of war, resistance, intolerance, and perseverance. ECPS’ Never Again initiative prompts us to look back ...

June 3, 2023

Reports

COMTOG Report on “The Light in the Darkness”

Tusor, Anita.(2023). “COMTOG Report on ‘The Light in the Darkness’.” Never Again Initiative. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). April ...

April 18, 2023

Interviews

COMTOG Interview with Lukasz Janczuk on ‘My Memory of Us’

Interviewed by Iván Escobar Fernández Lukasz Janczuk is the co-founder and lead designer at Juggler Games and a former Design Manager ...

April 3, 2023

Interviews

COMTOG Interview with Dr Angus Mol on ‘Bury Me My Love’

Interviewed by Martin Galland Dr Angus Mol is a Games Studies scholar from Leiden University. 'Bury Me My Love' is ...

April 3, 2023

Interviews

COMTOG Interview with Tigs Louis Puttick on ‘Bury Me My Love’

Tigs Louis-Puttick, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator for Samos Volunteers, a non-profit organisation supporting refugees and asylum-seekers on Samos. 'Bury Me ...

April 3, 2023

Interviews

COMTOG Interview with Jakub Jablonski on ‘My Memory of Us’

Interviewed by Iván Escobar Fernández Jakub Jablonski is the co-owner and co-founder, art director, and creative director of Juggler Games. 'My Memory ...

April 3, 2023

Reports

COMTOG Report: ‘My Memory of Us’ — Boosting Historical Memory Through Implicit Visual Metaphors

Fernández, Iván Escobar. (2023). “COMTOG Report: ‘My Memory of Us’ — Boosting Historical Memory Through Implicit Visual Metaphors.” Never Again ...

April 18, 2023

Reports

COMTOG Report on ‘Bury Me My Love’

Galland, Martin. (2023). “COMTOG Report on ‘Bury Me My Love’.” Never Again Initiative. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). April ...

April 13, 2023

Economics

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The banner 'Potato, onion, goodbye Erdogan' was carried in the 1 May rally än Istanbul, which coincided with the critical 14 May elections in Turkey. Photo: Shutterstock.

Commentaries

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 ...

June 4, 2023

Videos

Presentations at The 2nd Annual Int’l Symposium on ‘Impacts of Global Power Transition on Authoritarian Populism and Multilateralism’

Date: March 30-31, 2023. Welcome Remarks By Cengiz AKTAR (Professor, Senior Researcher at Foreign Policy Program of the ECPS). Opening Speech ...

May 1, 2023

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The Second Annual International Symposium on ‘Impacts of Global Power Transition on Authoritarian Populism and Multilateralism’

Virtual Symposium by The European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), Brussels/Belgium March 30-31, 2023 Click here to register! ...

April 3, 2023

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is seen at a rally in Grajau, São Paulo, Brazil on September 24, 2022. Photo: Wagner Vilas.

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Before the last exit: Chance for Lula to save democracy and market in Brazil

DOWNLOAD PDF Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2023). “Before the last exit: Chance for Lula to save democracy and market in Brazil.” Populism ...

March 1, 2023

A man takes a picture of a foreign currency exchange board in Kadikoy district in Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkish Lira set a new record low rate trading at 16 against the US Dollar on December 18, 2021. Photo: Nelson Antoine.

Populism & Politics (P&P)

On the Political Economy of Populism: The Decline of the Turkish Economy under Erdoğan’s Populist-Authoritarian Regime

DOWNLOAD PDF Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2022). “On the Political Economy of Populism: The Decline of the Turkish Economy under Erdoğan’s Populist-Authoritarian ...

February 14, 2022

Brexit Betrayed Rally organised by UKIP in London on September 12, 2019. Photo: Rupert Rivett.

Voice of Youth

Are deindustrialization and European integration fostering populism?

Deindustrialization and deeper European integration seem to be two of the several hazardous factors leading to the development of populism ...

September 29, 2021

Articles

Populist attacks on institutions as a reaction to the hyper-globalization

DOWNLOAD PDF Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2021). “Populist attacks on institutions as a reaction to the hyper-globalization.” Populism & Politics. May 21, ...

February 8, 2022

Articles

Populism and the rise of hybrid governance models: Saving the multilateral cooperation

DOWNLOAD PDF Ozturk, Ibrahim. (2021). “Populism and the rise of hybrid governance models: Saving the multilateral cooperation.” Populism & Politics. ...

February 8, 2022

Environment & Climate

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The refugees migrate to Europe. Photo: Shutterstock.

Voice of Youth

Climate, conflict, and migration: Europe’s next frontier of populism

The far-right populists are able to predicate on the securitisation of refugees in high welfare economies. Should welfare economies become overwhelmed ...

December 7, 2022

A group of people carry a boat by hand for the disappearance of the port due to rising sea levels due to climate change in Kutubdia, Bangladesh in July 2009. Photo: Salva Campillo.

Voice of Youth

Will the climate crisis lead to Europe’s next refugee crisis?

The discussion of climate refugees has long been a feature of environmental security studies and predictions about the effects of ...

November 16, 2022

Illegal deforestation to make land for agriculture and cattle pasture in Para, Brazil.

Commentaries

A pivotal election: Reversing Bolsonaro’s anti-environmental legacy?

The policies of far-right populist leader Jair Bolsonaro, who claimed that environmental protection “suffocates” the economy, have decimated large swaths ...

October 31, 2022

Remains of one of world's largest Joshua Tree forests after the Dome Fire in California's Mojave National Preserve. Blackened stumps and dead trees.

Commentaries

Unlearning the Anthropocene: Readings for Human Humility

Seeking the ways of keeping the world less cruel, if no less dangerous, in the critical decades ahead, Dr. Heidi ...

August 6, 2022

Demonstrators protest against corona regulations in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on August 1, 2020. Photo: Berit Kessler.

Commentaries

Hearts, Trees, Hymns, and Hate: Populist Mixed Messages

The coincidence of far-right and anti-vaccine/mask protest cultures has been common in Germany, often erupting in racist rhetoric, too. In ...

February 7, 2022

Commentaries

Climate Satire and Anti-science Populism in Don’t Look Up

This commentary reviews the 2021 film Don’t Look Up, an allegory about climate-crisis apathy in an imagined populist future in ...

December 31, 2021

Commentaries

Eating and Environmental Consciousness

The effects of global warming are no longer part of an abstract, future dystopia or a hard-to-comprehend “hyperobject.” Summer 2021, ...

November 17, 2021

Commentaries

Grief, Rage, and Courage at COP26

At the end of the conference, the 1.5-degree goal still appears far out of reach. “Beyond that threshold,” scientific consensus ...

November 14, 2021

Extremism & Radicalisation

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Reports

COMTOG Report on “The Light in the Darkness”

Tusor, Anita.(2023). “COMTOG Report on ‘The Light in the Darkness’.” Never Again Initiative. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). April ...

April 18, 2023

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, ...

January 11, 2023

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Hindutva civilizational populist BJP’s enforcement of digital authoritarianism in India

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Saleem, Raja M. Ali. (2022). “Hindutva civilizational populist BJP’s enforcement of digital authoritarianism in India.” ...

February 28, 2023

Then-presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks among supporters on Augusta Street at São Paulo on the eve of the Brazillian election on October 1, 2022. Photo: Yuri Murakami.

Commentaries

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 ...

November 4, 2022

Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Likud party. Photo: Alexandros Michailidis.

Commentaries

Civilizational populist Netanyahu’s election victory and rise of Religious Zionist Party in Israel

Netanyahu and Likud return to power as Israeli voters usher in perhaps the most right-wing government in the nation’s history. ...

November 3, 2022

A man chanting songs with a dummy cow in the background during the Golden Jubilee
celebration of VHP - a Hindu nationalist organization on December 20, 2014 in Kolkata, India. Photo: Arindam Banerjee.

Voice of Youth

How has Hindutva populism blurred the line between caste and religion in Indian democracy?

Traditionally, caste and religion have been the two most prominent cleavages in India. Before 2014, upper-caste people used to identify ...

October 18, 2022

"Father traces from haven" - election poster for Shas, featuring Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Rishon Le Zion, Israel on March 7, 2015.

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Religious populism in Israel: The case of Shas

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Morieson, Nicholas. (2022). “Religious populism in Israel: The case of Shas.” Populism & Politics. European Center ...

April 4, 2022

Commentaries

Hearts, Trees, Hymns, and Hate: Populist Mixed Messages

The coincidence of far-right and anti-vaccine/mask protest cultures has been common in Germany, often erupting in racist rhetoric, too. In ...

February 7, 2022

Gender

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Populism & Politics (P&P)

Gender Populism: Civilizational Populist Construction of Gender Identities as Existential Cultural Threats

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Shakil, Kainat. (2023). “Gender Populism: Civilizational Populist Construction of Gender Identities as Existential Cultural Threats.” ...

May 29, 2023

African american gamer girl surprised after winning online competition on gaming pc. Photo: Shutterstock.

Interviews

ECPS COMTOG Project – Interview with Moyra Turkington on gaming and women fighting on the front lines of history

Historical game studies is a young, slowly expanding interdisciplinary field which must address the challenges of designing games about the ...

March 23, 2023

Iranian woman standing in middle of Iranian protests for equal rights for women. Burning headscarves in protest against the government. Illustration: Digital Asset Art.

Commentaries

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, ...

November 23, 2022

English Defence League (EDF) stages a rally to protest the "Islamisation" of the UK in Birmingham on April 8, 2017. Photo: Alexandre Rotenberg.

Book Reviews

Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism – The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century

Girdap, Hafza. (2022). “Liberal Roots of Far Right Activism – The Anti-Islamic Movement in the 21st Century.” ECPS Book Reviews. ...

February 8, 2022

Women protest the decision taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to withdraw the country from the Istanbul Convention in Kadıkoy/Istanbul, Turkey on March 20, 2021. Photo: Gokce Atik.

Commentaries

Right-wing populism, political Islam, and the Istanbul Convention

In the environment of rising right-wing populism, women in Turkey and across Europe are worried about losing their hard-earned legal ...

July 17, 2021

Human Rights

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Political leader Geert Wilders of the Dutch center right party PVV defending his plans during a radio interview in Enschede, The Netherlands on September 5, 2012. Photo: Robert Hoetink.

Voice of Youth

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 ...

April 13, 2023

Populism & Politics (P&P)

Hindutva civilizational populist BJP’s enforcement of digital authoritarianism in India

DOWNLOAD PDF Yilmaz, Ihsan & Saleem, Raja M. Ali. (2022). “Hindutva civilizational populist BJP’s enforcement of digital authoritarianism in India.” ...

February 28, 2023

Commentaries

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, ...

November 23, 2022

Global Peace & Order

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President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, on May 25, 2017. Photo: Alexandros Michailidis.

Commentaries

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 ...

May 30, 2023

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

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

May 6, 2021

Leadership & Persona

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Migration

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Reports

COMTOG Report on ‘Bury Me My Love’

Galland, Martin. (2023). “COMTOG Report on ‘Bury Me My Love’.” Never Again Initiative. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). April ...

April 13, 2023

Interviews

COMTOG Interview with Florent Maurin on ‘Bury Me My Love’

Interviewed by Martin Galland Developed by The Pixel Hunt in 2015, Bury Me My Love is a branching text-based narrative based around the ...

April 3, 2023

Refugees, asylum seekers protest immigrants' deportation at Rautatientori Railway Square in Helsinki, Finland on March 11, 2017. Photo: Shutterstock.

Commentaries

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 ...

February 28, 2023

Voice of Youth

Climate, conflict, and migration: Europe’s next frontier of populism

The far-right populists are able to predicate on the securitisation of refugees in high welfare economies. Should welfare economies become overwhelmed ...

December 7, 2022

Voice of Youth

Will the climate crisis lead to Europe’s next refugee crisis?

The discussion of climate refugees has long been a feature of environmental security studies and predictions about the effects of ...

November 16, 2022

Commentaries

Youth Populism and the Aesthetics of Dread in Je suis Karl

Right-wing populism does not need staged violence to attract new recruits. Online rabbit-holes and the “smart branding” of a new ...

December 12, 2021

Hundreds of immigrants had to wait at the border between Greece and FYROM waiting for the right time to continue their journey from unguarded passages on September 24, 2015 in Idomeni, Greece. Photo: Ververidis Vasilis.

Commentaries

Ethnographic Reflexivity: Why listening to individuals matters in an age of populistic cacophony

Populism and migration studies should be a vital voice to people and should include individual narratives and multi-perspectival methodologies into ...

November 3, 2021

Demonstrators hold placards in support of Syrian refugees during a protest in Istanbul on July 27, 2019 against Turkish government's refugee policies. Photo: Huseyin Aldemir.

Commentaries

The populist zeitgeist in Turkey: A Cornelian dilemma ahead

Increasingly, Turkey is experiencing a deep wave of xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment because of a rapid increase in refugee numbers ...

September 21, 2021

ECPS Youth

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Upcoming Events

ECPS Academy Summer School — Populism, War and Crises: How populism interacts with crises during wartime? (July 3-7, 2023)

Are you passionate about global politics and understanding the dynamics that shape it? Are you looking for a way to ...

June 7, 2023

Voice of Youth

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 ...

April 13, 2023

Videos

ECPS Academy – Summer School 2022: “Populism in Europe: Surveying the Populist Moment” by Dr Paul Taggart

The lecture covers the nature of populism in contemporary Europe and put this into context with an overview of the ...

April 12, 2023

Videos

ECPS Academy – Summer School 2022: “Populism and Gender: Gender Identity in Populist Discourse” by Dr Haley McEwen

This session examines the emergence of ‘anti-gender’, or ‘pro-family’ ideology and transnational countermovement building against sexuality and gender related rights. ...

April 12, 2023