A concerningly large portion of the left have taken on the habit of telling themselves a fairytale about Russia. It goes something like this: somewhere
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It’s hard to ignore the selective fixation on the Ukrainian far right and “Ukrainian nazis.” To be clear, I’m not interested in making excuses for
This article first appeared in International Political Sociology, Volume 20, Issue 2, June 2026.
Hungarians have defeated a national autocrat and challenged a broader illiberal international alliance Hungarian voters have swept their far-right strongman Viktor Orbán out of office,
In this episode of Democracy for Sale, Peter Geoghegan is joined by Professor Kim Lane Scheppele to unpick the high-stakes election in Hungary. With Orbán
I. What has happened since the United States and Israel launched the latest war on Iran? The United States and Israel started a new round
In recent years, we have seen a spectacular rise in reactionary, authoritarian and/or fascist far-right movements across the globe. They already govern half of the
From Global Project Against Hate and Extremism As Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Sarah B. Rogers is leading a Trump administration grantmaking strategy
From Global Project Against Hate and Extremism White supremacist leaders from France, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States gathered on
From New Lines Magazine A culture war playbook honed by American conservatives is finding new life in East Asia On Feb. 8, Japan will head
Anti-gender politics has become integral to the far-right organising globally, because it offers emotionally charged justifications for centralising power and suppressing civil society. Behind it
The far-right label is not easily applied in China, but nevertheless there is a rising tide of xenophobia, militaristic nationalism, racism, anti-feminism, and social conservatism
In this special episode of Saffron Siege: The RSS at 100, Harsh Mander speaks to Felix Pal, a lecturer on political science and international relations
From The Caravan Exposing the largest far-right network in history “The Sangh does not control, neither directly nor remotely,” Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the
From The Caravan The RSS Project Mapping the Largest Far-Right Network in the World Seeing the Sangh is the world’s first comprehensive map of the
Chenchen Zhang is associate professor in international relations at Durham University, where she is also director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. This article
Yesterday morning during a memorial event entitled “Love, Faith, Courage: A Memorial for Charlie Kirk in Taiwan” organized by the Formosa Republican Association (FRA, 福和會)
Of all the criticisms of capitalism, one of the most enduring is the idea that the economy should be moral. French utopian socialists envisaged a
The first woman to reach the top of Japanese politics is also the most nationalistic. Amid echoes of Hitler, threats to the media and tensions
Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic
The radical degree and rapid pace of institutional changes initiated by Donald Trump’s second administration has taken many observers by surprise. In Europe, by contrast,
The academic author and political analyst Spencer Sunshine has uncovered disturbing evidence that links musicians Boyd Rice and Nikolas Schreck, writer Michael Moynihan and publisher
From Al-Jazeera Trump’s return to power exposed an underbelly of anti-Indian racism in the MAGA-verse. Hindi nationalists who support him are working hard to conceal
Donald Trump’s election victory has elicited a range of responses from progressive, Left-leaning people. Among the most widespread in India is a certain schadenfreude: Trump,
While everyone offers answers to the causes of the far-right’s victories, they will win and continue to win. To avoid the future that this trend
This article seeks to deepen understanding of the global politics of reactionary discursive formations, which at the current conjuncture increasingly coalesce around self-victimising articulations of
Chenchen Zhang is associate professor in international relations at Durham University, where she is also director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. This article
In the midst of the current global turn to the right, striking resonances across oceans emerge: strongmen and their allies point to specific and vivid
This article was first published in boundary 2 – an international journal of literature and culture Volume 40, Issue 1, Spring 2013 Melinda Cooper is