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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Key to democratic resilience? Unmask authoritarian challengers, without fuelling polarizationModerate illiberals have to be targeted with a smart mix of strategies that delegitimizes illiberal behaviour and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The post-89 debacle in eastern and central EuropeThe neoliberal fantasy of the world as a de-politicised marketplace has been decisive in the rise of the regressive...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightRomania’s history wars: on the sufferings of fascist saintsHow do memories about fascism and communism shape Romanian identity and party politics?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDevelopment: a failed projectIt’s time to abandon development and think about postdevelopment instead.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJair Bolsonaro accused of inciting genocide before the International Criminal CourtA complaint against President Jair Messias Bolsonaro has been presented in the International Criminal Court for...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The spectre of President Le Pen haunts FranceWhen he won in 2017 Macron was hailed as the new European leader who would stop the rise of the populist right. To...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The rise of the far right in SpainA revival of far-right sentiment is currently gripping Spain.
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Published in: Global ExtremesThe EU’s “Islamism” bias and its “added damage” in Central and Eastern EuropeOn the absurdity of a Western European extremism prevention program which indirectly strengthens right-wing...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSeven Ethiopians die in Lebanon while their consulate abandons themThe steady stream of coffins being shipped from Lebanon to Ethiopia, won’t be slowing any time soon.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat does the Prince Andrew scandal mean for the British monarchy?From princes of reality TV to the #metoo era, does the Prince Andrew scandal point to a deeper crisis for the House...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Post-democracy: there's plenty familiar about what is happening in BulgariaPost-democracy is the latest wave of post-communist transformation – the result of state capture and the alienation...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe bible makes a comeback in Bolivia with Jeanine AñezJeanine Añez, the new interim president of Bolivia, replaces Evo Morales in a context of division and polarisation. Español
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Published in: openIndiaIndia’s Supreme Court rules that Hindu temple may rise from mosque’s rubbleThe court says that a Hindu mob broke the law when it demolished a 500-year-old mosque – but Hindus can now build a...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIn defense of secularismPolarization based on a politics of religious identity seems to be the most dangerous for democracies.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightVOX and the rhetoric of gender violenceThe far-right party’s behaviour has been very controversial, to say the least, in many aspects concerning women’s issues.
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionThe BBC has failed on diversity: why were the Lords too timid to say so?A House of Lords committee ignores great proposals from Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder while refusing to judge whether...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHow has Jeremy Corbyn allowed so many to be so hurt by anti-Semitism?When it comes to Hamas, Hezbollah – and LGBT+ rights – Corbyn needs to think more about human rights and less about...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The fragile lightness of freedom: the Berlin Wall, thirty years onWhat the fall of the Wall and the last thirty years should have taught us is that without freedom there is no...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionEurope failed immigrants after the Berlin Wall fell, now it risks doing the sameThirty years on, European countries cannot once again respond to immigration with denial and barbed wire.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightFunding the far rightHow is public money disproportionately helping far right parties?
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