Inspired by the 2023 Davos Forum

Populism & Radicalism

Over the last few decades, we have seen the decline and then collapse of the narratives around which European political structures were constructed. As a consequence, populism and radicalism are on the rise across the globe.

Top news of the week: 21.02.2023.

Government
United States
Law
Euroscepticism
The Guardian
Argument

@LindaBos80 shared
On Feb 17, 2023
RT @SimonOtjes: Upcoming event at the Centre for the Study of Political Parties and Representation of @PolSciLeiden, professor @PaulAdamTaggart will talk about the Power of Unpolitics on March 9. Welcome one and all! https://t.co/XPBruKqHim https://t.co/N1Jf1gdB9r
Open
CSPPR Lecture: The Power of ‘Unpolitics’

CSPPR Lecture: The Power of ‘Unpolitics’

Recent years have seen real turmoil in politics. The rise of populist and anti-establishment politics and politicians has unsettled observers of, and participants in politics. From Europe, ...

@drjennings shared
On Feb 19, 2023
RT @M_B_Petersen: 🚨OUT NOW🚨 "Some men just want to watch the world burn", said Alfred about the Joker. Do you feel this is true in politics too? In @apsrjournal, we provide evidence of a "Need for Chaos" in the US electorate & dissect its causes & consequences: https://t.co/V927DURBfw 🧵 1/17 https://t.co/fd4k4ar2XB
Open
The “Need for Chaos” and Motivations to Share Hostile Political Rumors

The “Need for Chaos” and Motivations to Share Hostile Political Rumors

The “Need for Chaos” and Motivations to Share Hostile Political Rumors

@K8brannen shared
On Feb 16, 2023
“After years of democratic backsliding, the world’s autocrats are finally on the defensive." What should democracies do to "seize this moment and swing the pendulum of history back toward democratic rule"? @PowerUSAID for @ForeignAffairs: https://t.co/82gcChlyvX
Open
How Democracy Can Win

How Democracy Can Win

The right way to counter autocracy.

@Carnegie_Europe shared
On Feb 17, 2023
Many of the houses that collapsed in last week's earthquake did not conform to 🇹🇷 building regulations. This tragedy should change attitudes and shift the Turkish national debate to the issue of disaster management. @sinanulgen1 on @TheNationalNews 👇 https://t.co/zwhlxXGCE1
Open
It isn't too early to talk about how Turkey's tragedy could have been avoided

It isn't too early to talk about how Turkey's tragedy could have been avoided

Better disaster preparedness and more stringent building standards are necessary

@ProfTimBale shared
On Feb 20, 2023
Shush, @drjennings, don't tell the Mail, the Telegraph, the Express, etc. https://t.co/8KLBsq0mRu
Open
Despite what you may have heard, the British public are increasingly liberal and left-wing

Despite what you may have heard, the British public are increasingly liberal and left-wing

Britain’s electorate today is more liberal on cultural issues and more left on economic issues than it was when we last went to the polls in December 2019.

@mrooduijn shared
On Feb 15, 2023
RT @NoamGidron: There is shockingly little debate about the assaults on democracy happening in Israel right now: Jan-Werner Mueller (@Princeton) in the @guardian: https://t.co/Z34nLoncwr
Open
Is the US going to stand by while Israel becomes an autocracy?

Is the US going to stand by while Israel becomes an autocracy?

There is shockingly little debate about the assaults on democracy happening in Israel right now

@ProSyn shared
On Feb 20, 2023
Promising a return to normalcy, @POTUS @JoeBiden beat @BernieSanders in the 2020 primary and defeated Donald Trump in the general election. Yet now he has begun to sound like a populist nationalist himself, worries @AEI's @MichaelRStrain. https://t.co/ygVEQdBr5O
Open
Populist Joe

Populist Joe

Michael R. Strain hears too much Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in the president’s recent rhetoric.

@TheEconomist shared
On Feb 15, 2023
A more rational form of politics is taking hold in Britain—but if populism has peaked, it is far from dead https://t.co/9stvZnUlNN
Open