Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Keynote by Prof. Richard Youngs: Democratic Resilience in Europe — Can It Be Effective? April 28, 2026 European Observatory Péter Magyar’s Two Early Signals: Migration, Mitteleuropa, and the Rearticulation of Hungarian Nationalism April 27, 2026 Interviews Assoc. Prof. Stankov: Too Early to Say Bulgaria’s Radev Will Act as an Orbán 2.0, He Looks More Like Fico April 27, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 3: Normalizing Authoritarian Populism — Institutions, Algorithms, and Fascist Drift April 28, 2026 Interviews Assoc. Prof. Otova: Under Radev, the Path to Autocracy in Bulgaria Becomes All Too Easy April 27, 2026 European Observatory ‘Ugly, Badly Groomed, and Bitter’: Gendered Delegitimation and Aesthetic Politics April 27, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 2: Institutions Under Pressure — Rule of Law, Executive Power, and Democratic Defense April 27, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 1: From Grievance to Radicalization — Rhetoric, Ideology, and the International Politics of Populism April 27, 2026 Interviews Interviews Assoc. Prof. Stankov: Too Early to Say Bulgaria’s Radev Will Act as an Orbán 2.0, He Looks More Like Fico April 27, 2026 Interviews Assoc. Prof. Otova: Under Radev, the Path to Autocracy in Bulgaria Becomes All Too Easy April 27, 2026 Interviews Ten Years on with Brexit / Prof. Corner: With Brexit, the UK Has Lost More Than It Has Gained April 19, 2026 Interviews Eszter Kováts: Orbán’s Defeat Doesn’t Mean the End of Illiberal Politics in Europe April 19, 2026 Interviews Ten Years on with Brexit / Prof. Portes: Brexit Has Not Solved Britain’s Problems; It Made Them Worse April 19, 2026 Interviews Prof. Culpepper: Populism Is Democracy’s Way of the People Telling Elites to ‘Listen Harder’ April 18, 2026 Interviews Assoc. Prof. Anastasopoulos: AI May Transform Populism by Mobilizing Highly Skilled Workers April 12, 2026 Interviews Dr. Azizi: The Islamic Republic Will Survive, but in a Less Ideological, More Pragmatic Form April 11, 2026 Interviews Prof. Berman: Democratic Backsliding Is Neither Sudden nor Surprising April 11, 2026 Interviews Assoc. Prof. Antal: Orbán’s Election Project Seeks Public Backing for Dictatorial Turn, Not Democratic Legitimacy April 15, 2026 Commentaries European Observatory Péter Magyar’s Two Early Signals: Migration, Mitteleuropa, and the Rearticulation of Hungarian Nationalism April 27, 2026 European Observatory ‘Ugly, Badly Groomed, and Bitter’: Gendered Delegitimation and Aesthetic Politics April 27, 2026 Commentaries The Ongoing War Between Iran, the US, and Israel: A Brief Analytical Assessment April 23, 2026 Commentaries Security at What Cost? Punitive Populism and Democratic Trade-offs in Ecuador April 16, 2026 Commentaries Dismantling an Embedded Autocracy April 15, 2026 European Observatory What Orbán’s Defeat Changes—and Does Not Change—for France’s Far Right April 15, 2026 European Observatory The Ripple Effect: How a Finnish Hate Speech Case Fuels Transatlantic Culture Wars April 10, 2026 European Observatory When Change Becomes Conflict: Immigration and the Politics of Cultural Backlash April 8, 2026 Commentaries Survival Populism: How Environmental Crisis Fuels Democratic Distrust in the Global South April 5, 2026 Commentaries When Fuel Prices Turn Political: Trust, Climate Reform, and Everyday Populism in Nigeria March 29, 2026 Articles Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Keynote by Prof. Richard Youngs: Democratic Resilience in Europe — Can It Be Effective? April 28, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 3: Normalizing Authoritarian Populism — Institutions, Algorithms, and Fascist Drift April 28, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 2: Institutions Under Pressure — Rule of Law, Executive Power, and Democratic Defense April 27, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 1: From Grievance to Radicalization — Rhetoric, Ideology, and the International Politics of Populism April 27, 2026 Reports Symposium 2026 / Opening Session — Reforming and Safeguarding Liberal Democracy: Systemic Crises, Populism, and Democratic Resilience April 27, 2026 Reports Collection of the 28-Session ECPS Workshop Series: ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches April 21, 2026 Reports ECPS Virtual Workshop Series / Session 16 — Voices of Democracy: Art, Law, and Leadership in the Era of Polarization April 22, 2026 Reports ECPS Virtual Workshop Series / Session 15 — From Populism to Global Power Plays: Leadership, Crisis, and Democracy April 11, 2026 Populism & Politics (P&P) French Court Ruling Convicting Marine Le Pen: Implications for the Future of the Far Right in France March 27, 2026 Reports ECPS Virtual Workshop Series / Session 14 — From Bots to Ballots: AI, Populism, and the Future of Democratic Participation March 25, 2026 Profiles Profiles Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI): Conservative, Populist, or Extreme Right? July 27, 2025 Leaders From Political Pariah to President: Prabowo Subianto and the Perils of Populism in Indonesia March 4, 2025 Profiles Richard B. Spencer: The founder of alt-right presents racism in a chic new outfit March 16, 2025 Profiles CasaPound Italy: The Sui Generis Fascists of the New Millennium March 16, 2025 Profiles Institutionalized Populism: The “Strange Case” of the Italian Five Star Movement March 16, 2025 Profiles Populism, Violence, and Vigilantism in Indonesia: Rizieq Shihab and His Far-Right Islamist Populism March 16, 2025 Profiles NMR: A Nordic neo-Nazi organization with aims of establishing totalitarian rule across Scandinavia March 16, 2025 Profiles QAnon: A Conspiracy Cult or Quasi-Religion of Modern Times? March 16, 2025 Profiles Boogaloo Bois: Violent Anti-Establishment Extremists in Festive Hawaiian Shirts March 16, 2025 Leaders Jair Bolsonaro: Far-Right Firebrand and Cheerleader for Dictatorship March 16, 2025 Editor's Choice Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Keynote by Prof. Richard Youngs: Democratic Resilience in Europe — Can It Be Effective? April 28, 2026 European Observatory Péter Magyar’s Two Early Signals: Migration, Mitteleuropa, and the Rearticulation of Hungarian Nationalism April 27, 2026 Interviews Assoc. Prof. Stankov: Too Early to Say Bulgaria’s Radev Will Act as an Orbán 2.0, He Looks More Like Fico April 27, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 3: Normalizing Authoritarian Populism — Institutions, Algorithms, and Fascist Drift April 28, 2026 Interviews Assoc. Prof. Otova: Under Radev, the Path to Autocracy in Bulgaria Becomes All Too Easy April 27, 2026 European Observatory ‘Ugly, Badly Groomed, and Bitter’: Gendered Delegitimation and Aesthetic Politics April 27, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 2: Institutions Under Pressure — Rule of Law, Executive Power, and Democratic Defense April 27, 2026 Reports ECPS Symposium 2026 / Panel 1: From Grievance to Radicalization — Rhetoric, Ideology, and the International Politics of Populism April 27, 2026 Reports Symposium 2026 / Opening Session — Reforming and Safeguarding Liberal Democracy: Systemic Crises, Populism, and Democratic Resilience April 27, 2026 Policy Papers From Waste to Political Weapon: Informal Recycling and Survivalist Populism in Urban Nigeria April 24, 2026 Populism Map View Larger Map Multimedia Highlights Collection of the 28-Session ECPS Workshop Series: ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches Populism and the Future of Transatlantic Relations: Challenges and Policy Options ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 — Populism and Climate Change: Understanding What Is at Stake and Crafting Policy Suggestions for Stakeholders ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches Fourth Annual International Symposium on ‘Civilizational Populism: National and International Challenges’ Events Upcoming Events ECPS Academy Summer School — Europe Between Oceans: The Future of the EU Trade Between the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific (July 6-10, 2026)
Collection of the 28-Session ECPS Workshop Series: ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches
ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 — Populism and Climate Change: Understanding What Is at Stake and Crafting Policy Suggestions for Stakeholders
Fourth Annual International Symposium on ‘Civilizational Populism: National and International Challenges’
Upcoming Events ECPS Academy Summer School — Europe Between Oceans: The Future of the EU Trade Between the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific (July 6-10, 2026)
Péter Magyar’s Two Early Signals: Migration, Mitteleuropa, and the Rearticulation of Hungarian Nationalism