POP — Political Observer on Populism

140 Trump's Carnival: Grabbing the world by the norms EssayJan 13, 2025 Archived 141 Interview #68 - Alternative for Germany and the “Weaponization” of History InterviewJan 28, 2025 Archived 142 Do we need yet another handbook on populism? EssayMar 12, 2025 Archived 143 An Introduction to Populism (Again...) EssaySep 10, 2025 Archived 130 Interview #61 - Mainstreaming Authoritarianism InterviewJan 16, 2024 Archived 131 Populism in Central and South-Eastern Europe EssayJan 31, 2024 Archived 132 A semiotic analysis of political billboards in Lisbon: 2024 elections edition. EssayFeb 29, 2024 Archived 133 Interview #62 - 20 Years of Populist Zeitgeist with Cas Mudde InterviewApr 02, 2024 Archived 134 Interview #63 - Smashing the Establishment InterviewApr 30, 2024 Archived 135 Interview #64 - Populism and Constitutional Resilience InterviewJun 17, 2024 Archived 136 Interview #65 - AfD and the end of German Exceptionalism InterviewOct 01, 2024 Archived 137 Portuguese Populism - A Special Issue EssayOct 21, 2024 Archived 138 Interview #66 - Depopulation and Its Impact on Voting in Spain InterviewNov 04, 2024 Archived 139 Interview #67 - Exploring Left-Wing Nationalism InterviewNov 18, 2024 Archived 122 The Rise of the Capital-State and Neo-Nationalism: A New Polanyian Moment EssayJan 10, 2023 Archived 123 Seven Billboards Outside Lisbon, Portugal EssayMar 06, 2023 Archived 124 Chinese Populisms and Social Control EssayMar 29, 2023 Archived 125 Bolsonaro: Beyond the Concept of Populism EssayMay 31, 2023 Archived 126 Interview #58 — The Will of the People InterviewJun 28, 2023 Archived 127 Brothers and Sisters of Italy: From Fascist Roots to Normalization — A Double Interview InterviewJul 11, 2023 Archived 128 Interview #59 - Nostalgia and the radical right InterviewSep 18, 2023 Archived 129 Interview #60 — The Far Right and the Politics of Memory InterviewNov 29, 2023 Archived 108 Populist Rhetoric, Slanted Causal Stories, and Polarization in Mexico EssayMar 14, 2022 Archived 109 Volodymyr Zelensky: Populism on the Fringes of the Virtual and the Real EssayMar 22, 2022 Archived 110 Populism and Regime Change: The Andes in Comparative Perspective EssayApr 06, 2022 Archived 111 Measuring Populism: New Frontiers EssayApr 20, 2022 Archived 112 Interview #53 – Euroscepticism and the radical right InterviewMay 11, 2022 Archived 113 The worldwide expansion of populism in power EssayMay 31, 2022 Archived 114 Interview #54 — Radical Right Between Stigma and Normalization InterviewJun 13, 2022 Archived 115 Who is a populist? EssayJun 27, 2022 Archived 116 Populism, illiberalism and the anti-gender fight EssayAug 09, 2022 Archived 117 Interview #55 — The Empire Strikes Back: Brexit and Nostalgia InterviewAug 31, 2022 Archived 118 Interview #56 — Populism and Collective Nostalgia in Turkey InterviewSep 20, 2022 Archived 119 Interview #57 — The strategic use of Populism InterviewOct 10, 2022 Archived 120 The stigmatization effect of radical right parties EssayNov 29, 2022 Archived 121 Chatbot politicians: artificial intelligence and “next level” populism EssayDec 06, 2022 Archived 097 Interview #49 — Dealing with the past and the politics of memory InterviewJan 11, 2021 Archived 098 Interview #50 — Team Populism’s Video Project InterviewJan 18, 2021 Archived 099 Interview #51 — Turkish populism and Meral Akşener's Good Party InterviewFeb 01, 2021 Archived 100 You Won’t Like This: A Populist Addresses Donald Trump EssayMar 11, 2021 Archived 101 AUR – The Golden Dawn of Romania? EssayMar 24, 2021 Archived 102 Democracy and Populism: the (Black) Mirror of Society EssayApr 08, 2021 Archived 103 The Spanish party system is mutating: a journey through multiple crises EssayApr 19, 2021 Archived 104 INTERVIEW #52 — Protests and memory politics in Romania InterviewMay 10, 2021 Archived 105 A Specter is Haunting Brazil: What to Expect from Him who claims to represent “the people?” EssaySep 27, 2021 Archived 106 Migration, walls and populism in Bulgaria EssayNov 02, 2021 Archived 107 What is celebrity populism and why should we take it seriously? EssayDec 06, 2021 Archived 084 Where do we go now? – Five years of #populism (2015-2020) EssayJan 13, 2020 Archived 085 Interview #37 - The end of Portuguese exceptionalism? InterviewMar 10, 2020 Archived 086 Interview #38 — Populism and Climate Change InterviewMar 25, 2020 Archived 087 Interview #39 — Democracy, Constitutions, and Populism InterviewApr 14, 2020 Archived 088 Interview #40 — Lessons from the Great Recession InterviewApr 21, 2020 Archived 089 Interview #41 — Authoritarian Past and the Far right in the Iberian Peninsula InterviewMay 06, 2020 Archived 090 Interview #42 — From authoritarian regimes to democracies, and back? InterviewJun 08, 2020 Archived 091 Interview #43 — Populists without borders InterviewJun 29, 2020 Archived 092 Interview #44 — Mapping Populism in Europe InterviewJul 08, 2020 Archived 093 Interview #45 — The Vox of which populi? InterviewOct 12, 2020 Archived 094 Interview #46 — How to understand the emergence of far right parties InterviewOct 26, 2020 Archived 095 Interview #47 — Trump's Jacksonian Populism and Foreign Policy InterviewNov 11, 2020 Archived 096 Interview #48 — Hindutva, from interwar fascism to Narendra Modi InterviewNov 23, 2020 Archived 076 Interview #31 – The Contagious Effect of the Radical Right InterviewFeb 21, 2019 Archived 077 Interview #32: Media Opportunity Structures for Populism InterviewMay 13, 2019 Archived 078 Trump and Brexit Vs working class - A double Interview InterviewJun 25, 2019 Archived 079 Interview #33 - Nationalism and Populism between culture and economy InterviewJul 16, 2019 Archived 080 Interview #34 — Populist parties as 'the new normal' InterviewSep 23, 2019 Archived 081 Interview #35 — Notes from the third nationalist wave InterviewOct 02, 2019 Archived 082 Interview #36 — The Far Right Today InterviewOct 21, 2019 Archived 083 Populism in the hybrid media system EssayDec 16, 2019 Archived 065 Still alive and Kicking EssayJan 08, 2018 Archived 066 Interview #23: Populism and emotions InterviewMar 26, 2018 Archived 067 Interview #24 Italy: a populist paradise InterviewApr 11, 2018 Archived 068 Populism or neo-nationalism? EssayApr 30, 2018 Archived 069 Interview #25 – Hungary & Poland: Post-Communist Autocracies and Illiberal Democracy InterviewJun 18, 2018 Archived 070 Interview # 26 – Populism and the future of democracy InterviewJun 25, 2018 Archived 071 Interview #27 – Populism and Liberal Democracy with Takis Pappas InterviewJul 09, 2018 Archived 072 Interview #28 – Responsiveness and Populism in Latin America InterviewAug 06, 2018 Archived 073 Interview #29 – Populist Citizens & The Media InterviewOct 04, 2018 Archived 074 Interview #30 – All you need to know about radical right parties InterviewOct 09, 2018 Archived 075 Gender as a Rhetorical Tool for Strengthening Illiberal Democracy in Hungary EssayNov 27, 2018 Archived 045 Transnational Left-Wing Populism: A Response to Trump's Victory (?) EssayJan 06, 2017 Archived 046 Interview #13 with Benjamin Moffitt - Populism "Asian" Style InterviewJan 18, 2017 Archived 047 Donald "the symptom" Trump: kakistocracy & coprolalia EssayJan 24, 2017 Archived 048 Barnum Circus or European Parliament?Between Freedom of Speech and Stigma EssayMar 03, 2017 Archived 049 #IstandwithCEU EssayApr 03, 2017 Archived 050 Interview #14 - The Strange Case of Dr. Populist and Mr. Corruption InterviewApr 22, 2017 Archived 051 Interview #15 - Going Negative: Causes and Consequences of Attack Politics InterviewMay 17, 2017 Archived 052 Interview #16 with Levi Littvay: Conspiracies, Fake News and Populism InterviewJun 02, 2017 Archived 053 Populism in Latin America: a double interview InterviewJun 15, 2017 Archived 054 Populism the Dutch way: a double interview InterviewJul 06, 2017 Archived 055 Interview #17: Luke March on Left Populism InterviewJul 24, 2017 Archived 056 The 5 Star Movement is neither left-wing nor antifascist EssayAug 04, 2017 Archived 057 Interview #18: Caterina Froio on (neo)fascism, the far right, and the media InterviewAug 14, 2017 Archived 058 Interview #19 Nadia Urbinati - The roots of #Charlottesville, techno-populism, and the end of World War II InterviewAug 22, 2017 Archived 059 Interview #20 - 150 years of populism and nativism with Hans-Georg Betz InterviewSep 04, 2017 Archived 060 Interview #21 - Rodrigo Duterte the "Trump of the East" InterviewSep 11, 2017 Archived 061 Double interview - Speaking in layman's terms: populism and simple language InterviewOct 04, 2017 Archived 062 Interview #22: Populism in Western Europe ain't no domino effect InterviewOct 24, 2017 Archived 063 Anti-Populist Protests in Serbia: Why Some Social Movements Fail EssayNov 23, 2017 Archived 064 Populism in Power: Law & Justice vs liberal democracy EssayDec 14, 2017 Archived 028 Re-Branding Right-Wing Politics #2 - FPÖ between 'good' and 'bad' Serbian migrants EssayJan 22, 2016 Archived 029 Why Scandals are vital in Populist Communication EssayJan 28, 2016 Archived 030 Donald Trump: the Perfect President for the Divided States of Europe? EssayMar 14, 2016 Archived 031 Unmet expectations and Panama Papers – Yet Another ‘Perfect Storm’ on European Democracy EssayApr 17, 2016 Archived 032 To break, or not to break? That is the question #1 EssayMay 12, 2016 Archived 033 To break, or not to break? Brexit and the future of the UK’s relationship with Europe #2 EssayMay 17, 2016 Archived 034 Interview #7 - A talk with Cas Mudde on American and European Populism InterviewMay 30, 2016 Archived 035 Latvia Pop: Three Cases of post-Soviet Populism EssayJun 27, 2016 Archived 036 Interview #8 with Kirk Hawkins. Caracas Burns: Post-Chavismo and Populism InterviewJul 07, 2016 Archived 037 Three Lessons From Contemporary Populism EssayOct 06, 2016 Archived 038 Interview #9 with Samuele Mazzolini: Trans-Atlantic Left-Wing Populism InterviewOct 10, 2016 Archived 039 The Fall and Rise of AfD: Windows of Opportunity and Political Culture EssayOct 20, 2016 Archived 040 Interview #10 with Paul Taggart – Populism in the UK: a Story of Walls  and Islands InterviewNov 01, 2016 Archived 041 Pirates, Pots and Pans: Interview #11 with Prof. Bergmann InterviewNov 07, 2016 Archived 042 If necessary (a look from a distant future) EssayNov 09, 2016 Archived 043 35 Years of @LegaNordPadania EssayDec 02, 2016 Archived 044 Interview #12 - Historia Magistra Vitae and the Absence of Populism in Chile InterviewDec 15, 2016 Archived 001 Je Suis Pop EssayFeb 04, 2015 Archived 002 Sheep in New Zealand, Pinocchio and Robin Hood EssayFeb 09, 2015 Archived 003 It’s a matter of sense of humour EssayFeb 16, 2015 Archived 004 The Future is Now - Freedom and Democracy EssayMar 04, 2015 Archived 005 #Blockupy ECB - When The Wind Blows EssayMar 18, 2015 Archived 006 Interview #1 - Samuele Mazzolini about Populism in Europe and the Americas InterviewApr 10, 2015 Archived 007 Hungarians do it better – Jobbik and the far-right shadow EssayApr 14, 2015 Archived 008 Once upon a time in Scandinavia EssayApr 22, 2015 Archived 009 Interview #2 – Laura MacKenzie on Susanna Steptoe, one of UKIP’s newest recruits InterviewMay 04, 2015 Archived 010 Ghosts from the past EssayMay 27, 2015 Archived 011 Poaching populists: is UKIP rising as a phoenix from the ashes of BNP support? EssayJun 01, 2015 Archived 012 #Regional Italian Elections '15: numbers and considerations EssayJun 03, 2015 Archived 013 How German right-wing parties always sabotage themselves: the example of AfD EssayJun 16, 2015 Archived 014 Oxi, ley mordaza, walls and summer populism EssayJul 07, 2015 Archived 015 Interview #3 - Anders Hellström about Nordic Populism InterviewJul 17, 2015 Archived 016 Crisis of a midsummer night EssayJul 22, 2015 Archived 017 Interview #4 - Aurelien Mondon on French Populism: between resistance and revolutions InterviewSep 17, 2015 Archived 018 Zombies in Fortress Europe: the migrants as a metaphor EssaySep 30, 2015 Archived 019 Interview #5 - Ruth Wodak: The Politics of Fear. What Right-Wing Populist Discourses Mean InterviewOct 08, 2015 Archived 020 To the left, to the left: Jeremy Corbyn and the British return to left-wing populism EssayOct 14, 2015 Archived 021 #HenrietteReker - Something is rotting in Germany (and we are not talking about Volkswagen) EssayOct 26, 2015 Archived 022 2015: the golden year of populist leaders? EssayNov 09, 2015 Archived 023 The new German “Wutbürger” – A short history of PEGIDA EssayNov 16, 2015 Archived 024 Interview #6 - Swiss populism and direct democracy. A talk with Laurent Bernhard InterviewNov 23, 2015 Archived 025 Non-Interview #1 -US elections '16 EssayDec 01, 2015 Archived 026 “The worst intellectual instigator since Goebbels!” EssayDec 07, 2015 Archived 027 Re-Branding Right-Wing Politics: The Freedom Party of Austria and their Serbian Migrant Supporters EssayDec 15, 2015 Archived