1 year, 108 new items: the Spring 2023 update of the radical right bibliography
The Spring 2023 update of the Far-Right Bibliography features 108 fresh titles. Dive in to discover the topics explored by the authors.
Tag: extreme right
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
Who’s Afraid of Mussolini’s Ghost?
Not too many, it would seem. Good, short article on the far right in Italy today and its relationship with historical Fascism.
The Radical Right Research Robot is on Mastodon
The Radical Right Research Bot is now also on Mastodon. Click here to find it.
Chatbot politicians: artificial intelligence and “next level” populism
It was probably only a matter of time. To use the technical term: FFS
I talked to the CBC about the failed Reichsbürger plot
Thanks to the slightly bizarre plot to overthrow the government of Germany, I got an outing on The National, Canada’s main nightly news show. Of course, most of the 20 minutes or so that we talked got edited out, but hey, here (buried in the middle of the clip) are my 15 seconds of Canadian…
A reading list: populism, euroscepticism & foreign policy attitudes
Here is the new reading list on populist, eurosceptic and foreign policy attitudes for my MA seminar
Germany: the Identitarian Movement remains under surveillance
In 2016, Germany’s “Office for the Protection of the Constitution”, a.k.a. the spooks, put the German branch of the Identitarian Movement under surveillance. They are also listed in the Office’s yearly reports under the heading “right-wing extremist actors”. Germany being Germany, the IB in this country is organised as a registered association, which has taken…
2022 Lower Saxony election: the AfD double their 2017 result
Lower Saxony just held the last of 2022’s four state elections. The result is mostly in line with the pre-election surveys: both the SPD and the CDU (which in this state formed the last remaining Grand coalition) lost a few points, but the SPD remained stronger overall and is perceived as the winner. The Left…
Gespräch mit der NZZ über Frauen an der Spitze rechtsradikaler Parteien
Mit Julius Baumeister von der NZZ habe ich länglich über prominente Frauen in den Parteien der radikalen Rechten in Europa gesprochen. Ein paar Ergebnisse aus dieser Unterhaltung sind in den Artikel zu diesem Thema eingeflossen. https://www.nzz.ch/international/meloni-der-rechte-rand-wird-weiblicher-und-das-ist-kein-zufall-ld.1704877