The AfD, Russia, and the attack on Ukraine
How much influence does Russia have on Germany’s AfD? And how important is the AfD for Russia? Here are some of my findings from a longer report on Russia and the populist right in Europe
Category: Political Science
They never said goodbye to Lenin
Unlike most European countries, Greece features both old and new left-wing radicalism
I’m a cardiologist now
My career as a urologist was fun, though it ended all too quickly. But now I have gone up in the world (and the human body): I’m happy to report that I am a cardiologist now, who has already acquired research expertise. Onwards and upwards! “There are sometimes mistakes in receiving emails”
An epic battle: Karl Marx vs Max Weber
ChatGPT. It’s a brand-new technology, so let’s do something silly: the Marx-Weber Rap
The Radical Right Research Robot is on Mastodon
The Radical Right Research Bot is now also on Mastodon. Click here to find it.
The seven least unread blogs in 2022
This year’s 7 most read blog-posts, ranked.
Definitive version of article on measuring political secularism published (yay!)
Santa came early and brought me a volume, an issue & even some page numbers. In other word, my Politics & Religion article on the ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ is out in print (how very old school!). [bibtex file=ka.bib key=arzheimer-2022] But hey, it is still ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ and digitally yours at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755048322000104.
I asked the AI chatbot to channel Ronald Inglehart, and the result is good enough to fool Google
In 2022,AI is good enough to write a paragraph in the style of Ronald Inglehart. This is disruptive, to say the least.
Reviewer #3 is reviewer #2
Sometimes, reviewer 3 turns out to be reviewer 2. But at least it’s unintentionally funny.
Working paper: the east-west divide in support for Alternative for Germany & the Left in 2021
Here is a new working paper about the disproportionate success of the AfD and the Left in Germany’s eastern states