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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Europe
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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China and the EU in Africa: Clash or Convergence?
“The role of mediator between the EU and China, while representing the interests of Africa’s states, can only be occupied by those states themselves.”
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Vlaams Belang’s Populists Seek Lead of Belgium’s “Flemish Front”
How Belgium’s Vlaams Belang right-wing populist party, ostensibly opposing government, is mobilizing supporters to make itself voice of Flemish nationalism
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The Battle for LGBTQ+ Rights in Post-Communist States
“This is a war on identity that is set to continue”: LGBTQ+ community faces restrictions, spurred by Putin, in post-Communist states in Eastern Europe.
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Right-Wing Populism Across Europe: The PiAP VideoCasts
Populism in Action Project’ s season of 5 VideoCasts: Research Fellows assess effect of Coronavirus on right-wing populist parties in 4 European countries
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How Can We Properly Remember in the Time of TikTok Holocaust?
Amid the TikTok Holocaust trend, how do we ensure that young people are fully supported in their wish to remember while avoiding “simplistic role playing”?
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VideoCast: Understanding Right-Wing Populism in Finland
In fifth & final videocast in Populism in Action’s 1st season, Niko Hatakka explains position and aspirations of Finland’s right-wing populist Finns Party.
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VideoCast: Understanding Right-Wing Populism in Italy
Populism in Action’s Matteo Zulianello & Daniele Albertazzi discuss central themes around right-wing populism and rapid development of Italy’s League Party.
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UPDATED: EA on BBC — The Kremlin and the Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
Analysis of poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with the nerve agent Novichok, the Kremlin as the #1 suspect, and international response
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Why The Kremlin Celebrated the UK’s “Russia Report”
To counter Russia’s operations, UK institutions need to create clarity and transparency. Due to a lack of will and coordination, they are unlikely to do so”
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EA on TRT World, talkRADIO and BBC: Biden, Bannon, and Russia
Analyzing developments from Joe Biden’s acceptance speech to arrest of Trump’s ex-top advisor Steve Bannon to attempted assassination of Russia’s Navalny
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EA on talkRADIO: “Rigged” Elections from Belarus to the US
From Sunday’s vote in Belarus, apparently engineered for a 6th term for Alexander Lukashenko, to Donald Trump’s effort to undermine November’s US elections
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VideoCast: Understanding Right-Wing Populism in Belgium
Judith Sijstermans on Belgium’s right-wing populism: How is Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) party seeking to expand support in Flanders and across country?
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One Year After That Trump Call, Ukraine’s Zelensky Struggles in Anti-Corruption Fight
“One year after Trump quid pro quo scandal, Ukraine President Zelensky is a long way from success against a disease that may not have a cure.”
Read More Coming Soon: A Special Issue on Populism Edited by PiAP’s Albertazzi and Van Kessel
Populism in Action Project’s Daniele Albertazzi and Stijn van Kessel are editing a special issue of journal Politics and Governance for publication in 2021.
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America Unfiltered Podcast: No Longer A Shining City on A Hill?
America Unfiltered with writer, activist, storyteller Tori Egherman about “America” in the world, amid her journey from Illinois to the Netherlands to Iran
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“This is Not America”: Race and Protest in Europe
US protests are a catalyst for Europe’s long-overdue engagement with race, immigration, and legacies of empire and coloniality, including “premature death”.
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A “Great Identity Crisis” Complicates Belgium’s Colonial and Racial Reckoning
“Debates around Belgium’s colonial past remind us that ideologies of populist radical right parties in Europe shouldn’t be reduced to nativism.”
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VideoCast: Populism and Media — From Poland to Switzerland
How are Europe’s populist parties using media in their pursuit of power? Adrian Favero and Daniele Albertazzi draw lessons from Switzerland and Poland.
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