EA on BBC: Assessing Biden’s Approach to Russia
Andrei Ostalski and Scott Lucas consider Biden Administration’s approach to Moscow, following the latest US sanctions on Russian officials and companies.
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Europe
World Unfiltered: Is Polarization the Next “Political Pandemic” After Populism?
World Unfiltered with Emre Erdoğan: Is there path to populism that does not damage with polarization of politics and culture? If not, what are alternatives?
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EA on Radio Adelaide: The Populist Radical Right in Europe Amid Coronavirus
Discussing the rise of the populist radical right in Europe, and its status amid the crisis of the Coronavirus pandemic from Italy to Belgium
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World Unfiltered: A Stable Ukraine At Home and Abroad?
Can Ukraine, facing Russian pressure and long-term issues of corruption, find stability at home and abroad? World Unfiltered asks Victor Andrusiv.
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How Switzerland’s Far Right Fell Victim to Coronavirus
Coronavirus’s challenge for Swiss People’s Party: “Once you’ve found success as an outside agitator, what do you do when you are part of the establishment?
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EA on TRT World: Ukraine — US and Europe Draw Line with Russia
Ukraine and Beyond: “The Biden Administration has signalled to Vladimir Putin that Joe Biden, unlike Donald Trump, does not want to be your best friend.”
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How Belgium’s Vlaams Belang Leads the Way in Digital Politics
Way forward for Belgium’s right-wing populist Vlaams Belang: continue pairing local and personal with virtual in its development of 21st-century mass party.
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Leaders vs. Members: Can the Swiss People’s Party Deal with the Tension?
Swiss People’s Party is one of the most successful radical right populist parties in Western Europe since 1990s. But will internal issues limit its rise?
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World Unfiltered: Italy and Populism in Europe
The leaders of Italy’s two largest right-wing populist parties, Matteo Salvini (L) and...
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What Happens When Right-Wing Populism Meets Gender Politics?
Women are underrepresented in right-wing populist parties but “gendered activism, policies, and images require more nuanced view & more considered response”
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Le Pen at 10: Has France’s Far Right Gone as Far as It Can Go?
The end of the National Rally? “Ten years on, Marine Le Pen has achieved much. But her best may not be enough for a far right ascendancy in France.”
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World Unfiltered: Can Belarus Triumph Over Lukashenko?
Kaciaryna Šmacina: Belarus marches for rights and reforms are in their 8th month despite crackdown by security forces, but will they bring political change?
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Why Italy’s New Government Will Be A Bumpy Ride
“Italy’s crisis has given way to political continuity — but in-fighting between ruling parties looks likely to be permanent feature of Draghi Government.”
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World Unfiltered: The Influence of Turkey — and Erdoğan — in the Balkans
World Unfiltered with Dr. Ahmet Erdi Öztürk: How is President Erdoğan using religion and identity to pursue Turkey’s efforts for influence in north Balkans?
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World Unfiltered: The Final Curtain for Putin’s Russia?
World Unfiltered speaks with Mark Galeotti about challenges — amid Alexei Navalny, protests, economic issues, and gambles abroad — for Putin’s Russia.
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World Unfiltered: A Turkey-EU Divorce?
More than 21 years since Turkey applied for EU membership, are issues from economy to “democracy” to immigration pointing towards division or rapprochement?
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Portugal’s Right-Wing Populism is A One-Man Show
Europe’s growing family of radical right parties has a new member in Portugal. But is Chega just the one-man André Ventura Show?
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Profiteers of Fear? Finland’s Right-Wing Populists and the Coronavirus Crisis
How has Finland’s only right-wing populist parliamentary party reacted to the government’s actions during the first wave of the Coronavirus outbreak?
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Has the Far Right Imploded in the Netherlands?
Has far right imploded in The Netherlands after rise and fall of Thierry Baudet’s Forum for Democracy? The answer will be significant for March’s election.
Read More Europe’s Right-Wing Populists Have Survived Coronavirus
Coronavirus’s lesson is of a substantial resilience of the populist radical right, even in an unprecedented global crisis: “These parties are here to stay.”
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EA on talkRADIO: The Reality of the UK’s Brexit Departure
“There will be a sigh of relief that the divorce wasn’t messier between the UK and Europe” — but there will still be a Brexit shock for Britain in 2021.
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France: Overcoming The Damage and Diversion of Macron’s “Islamist Separatism”
“While French Muslims plead to President Macron to ‘stop stigmatizing us’, recognition of both achievement and challenge offers a way forward for France.”
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Coffee Talk Politics Podcast: 68 Minutes Around the World
Scott Lucas joins Coffee Talk Politics for a 68-minute tour of vital issues in international politics, from the Middle East and Iran to US to Brexit Britain.
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Fascism Past and Present: What Can We Learn from Italy?
What can we learn from Italy’s past and present? Journalist Barbara Serra discusses her film “Fascism in the Family” with Daniele Albertazzi and Scott Lucas.
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Populism and Sub-State Nationalism Intersect in Belgium’s Flanders
What European politics can learn from Vlaams Belang, the right-wing party in Belgium’s Flanders: “a nationalist approach incorporated populist narratives”
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Parliament as a Stage – How Germany’s Populists Challenge Democracy from Within
“Dealing with populists’ parties will remain difficult balancing act into future for other parties, media actors, & civil society. Have a look at Germany.”
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Has Coronavirus Taken The Shine Off Italy’s Prime Minister Conte?
Italy’s PM Conte has won credit for handling pandemic but “the economy is going to be hit very badly, and people are getting very tired of restrictions”.
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PiAP-Clinton Institute Webinar: Populism in Europe and the USA
“Is Trump a populist? What are similarities and differences between Trump’s rhetoric and ideology and that of populists in Europe?” Five analysts discuss.
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EA on talkRADIO: Trump v. Biden (and Fauci) Over Coronavirus; No US-UK Trade Deal; Russia’s Cyber-Attacks; China’s Economy
Trump lashes out at Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci; UK Government’s Brexit self-harm; Russia cyber-attacks from Olympics to elections; China’s economic rebound
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PiAP-Clinton Institute Webinar: Comparing Populisms
What can we learn from examining populism across as well as within countries? Drs. Daniele Albertazzi, Stijn van Kessel, & Julien Mercille take on question.
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