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📢 ECPS Publication Alert!
📰 Journal of Populism Studies (JPS)
🇲🇾 Anwar Ibrahim’s Civilisational Populism: The Gaza War and Malaysia
✍️By Syaza Shukri & Isyraf Hassan
🪄How does PM Ibrahim use civilisational populism to shape foreign policy?
📖 Read 👉 jps.populismstudies.org/articles/anw...
📢 ECPS Interview
🇨🇿 Prof. Lenka Bustikova: Babiš’s Victory in Czechia Is a Big Win for Illiberalism in Europe
📝 Andrej Babiš’s ANO party won the Czech elections. In this interview, Prof. Bustikova offers a penetrating analysis of the poll’s implications. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/prof-bustiko...
The six copies of the book titled “Hybrid Transnationalism and Repression: Turkey’s Diaspora Under Authoritarian Islamist Siege”, which I co-authored with my dear friend @ihsanylmz.bsky.social , have just arrived from the publisher.
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Foreign interference can be hidden in plain sight. Here’s how countries use ‘sharp power’ in Australia
theconversation.com/foreign-inte...
Can you please circulate?
PhD Scholarship:
The Effectiveness of Authoritarian Sharp Power Online in Influencing Diaspora Groups
www.deakin.edu.au/study/fees-a...
🌍 ECPS Virtual Workshop Series
📢 Session 4: Performing the People: Populism, Nativism & the Politics of Belonging
🗓️ Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 ⏰ 15:00–17:15 (CET)
ℹ️ More info: populismstudies.org/workshop-ser...
🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Populism #Nativism #Authoritarianism
📢 ECPS Interview
📝 Dr. Ecaterina Locoman: Moldova’s Win Is Real, But Russia Is Not Done Yet
✨The pro-EU PAS party secured a decisive victory, but Dr. Locoman cautions that this is “more of a temporary setback” for Moscow than a strategic defeat.
📚 Read now: 👉 populismstudies.org/dr-locoman-m...
📢 ECPS Interview /🎥 VIDEO
⚖️🇧🇷 Dr. Tatiana Paula da Cruz: Brazilian Society Will No Longer Tolerate Attacks on Democracy
🎙️ Dr. da Cruz highlights institutional maturity while warning of ongoing risks posed by Bolsonaro’s rhetoric & military fractures.
▶️ Watch the video: youtube.com/watch?v=W3Q4...
📢 Call for Volunteers‼️
🌍 The European Observatory on Illiberalism & Culture Wars
📍The Observatory is a new research initiative exploring how illiberalism & culture wars are reshaping democracies worldwide.
📧 Get involved: jfd@populismstudies.org
ℹ️ More info: populismstudies.org/european-obs...
📢 ECPS Report
🌍 Session 3 | Populism, Freedom of Religion & Illiberal Regimes
Populist & illiberal actors in 🇭🇺 🇸🇰 🇺🇸 are reshaping national identities by weaponizing religious freedom.
Read how ⬇️
📄 www.populismstudies.org/virtual-work...
#Populism #Religion #Illiberalism #Democracy #ECPS
📢 ECPS Interview / 🎥 VIDEO
🎙️ Assoc. Prof. Cristian Cantir: Moldova’s Election a Victory for EU, Defeat for Kremlin
🖋️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
🇲🇩 Moldova’s experience, Dr. Cantir argues, holds crucial lessons for other democracies.
🎥 Watch the full interview here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=HSKe...
📢 ECPS Interview
⚖️🇧🇷 Dr. da Cruz: Brazilian Society Will No Longer Tolerate Attacks on Democracy
👉Dr. Tatiana Paula da Cruz frames the conviction of Jair Bolsonaro and senior military leaders for plotting a coup as a historic cultural shift.
🔗 Read now 👉 www.populismstudies.org/dr-da-cruz-b...
📢 ECPS Interview
🎙️ Dr. Cristian Cantir: Moldova’s Election a Victory for EU, Defeat for Kremlin
🇲🇩 Moldova’s polls were held under massive Russian interference. Cantir argues this experience offers key lessons for democracies under populist & hybrid threats.🔗 www.populismstudies.org/assoc-prof-c...
🎥 ECPS Interview / VIDEO
🇳🇵 “Nepal’s Uprising Has Shaken Institutions, Not Transformed Them” — Dr. Mom Bishwakarma
✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
🔎 📌 In this video interview, Dr. Bishwakarma reflects on Nepal’s Sept. 2025 Gen Z uprising.
📺 Watch the interview here ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=egHs...
📢 ECPS Interview / VIDEO
📰 Dr. DB Subedi: Transitional Nepal May Face Real Dangers from Rising Religious Populism
🎙️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
📌 Dr.Subedi warns that Nepal’s fragile secularism makes it highly vulnerable to religious populism.
▶️ Watch the interview: youtube.com/watch?v=lo8U...
📢 ECPS Commentary
🇺🇸From the Tea Party to MAGA – How White Christian Nationalism Is Taking Control of the US
🖊️By João Ferreira Dias
✝️ What looks like grassroots populism is really a strategic project turning fringe radicalism into a national force.
👉 Read: www.populismstudies.org/from-the-tea...
📢 ECPS Interview
🇳🇵 “Nepal’s Uprising Has Shaken Institutions, Not Transformed Them” — Dr. Mom Bishwakarma
✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
📌Dr. Bishwakarma analyzes Nepal’s Sept.2025 Gen Z uprising, framed by many as a revolution.
👉 Read the full interview: www.populismstudies.org/dr-bishwakar...
📢ECPS - Voice of Youth (VoY)
🇬🇧 How Should Mainstream Parties Respond to Populism? The Internal Debates of Britain’s Labour Party under Starmer
✍️ By Luke Malhi
Malhi explores the inner debates of Britain’s Labour Party under Keir Starmer.
🔍 Read more 👉 www.populismstudies.org/how-should-m...
📢 ECPS Interview
📰 Dr. DB Subedi Warns: Transitional Nepal May Face Real Dangers from Rising Religious Populism
🎙️Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
📌"Nepal’s fragile secularism makes it vulnerable to the instrumentalization of religion by populists."
👉Read now: www.populismstudies.org/dr-db-subedi...
📖✨ ECPS Commentary
🌍Queerness, Genocide, and International Law – A Look at Palestine 🏳️🌈⚖️✊🏽🕊️
🖊️By Izat El Amoor
📌How does queerness reshape our understanding of genocide, law, and Palestinian liberation?
👉🔗 Read the commentary: www.populismstudies.org/queerness-ge...
📢 ECPS Interview / VIDEO
💬 Professor Kenneth Roth: “Israel Exploits Antisemitism Allegations to Silence Criticism of Genocide in Gaza”
🖊️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
📺 Watch the full interview now 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=3pZ5...
📖 Read the full transcript 👉 populismstudies.org/professor-ro...
🚨 Don’t Miss Out! 🚨
Register now and join us tomorrow for a timely and thought-provoking panel discussion:
“From Populism to Fascism?
Intellectual Responsibilities in Times of Democratic Backsliding”
👉 Secure your spot here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢 ECPS – Publication Alert‼️
📰 Journal of Populism Studies (JPS)
🇮🇱 Authoritarianism Curbed? Populism, Democracy and War in Israel
🖊️By Guy Ben-Porat & Dani Filc
📌 Read the article: jps.populismstudies.org/articles/aut...
📢 ECPS Interview / VIDEO
🇳🇵 Prof. Dinesh Paudel: “The Youth Uprising in Nepal Is the Result of Long-Brewing Frustrations”
🖊️Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
📌 Professor Paudel explains why the Sept. 2025 protests in Nepal were not a sudden “Gen Z revolution."
🎥 Watch : www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmEG...
📢 ECPS Interview
💬 Prof. Kenneth Roth: Israel Exploits Antisemitism Allegations to Silence Criticism of Genocide in Gaza
🖊️Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
🎙️ “Netanyahu is sacrificing Jews—cheapening very concept of antisemitism just when it is most needed.”
📖 www.populismstudies.org/professor-ro...
📢 ECPS Interview
🇳🇵 Prof. Paudel: The Youth Uprising in Nepal Is the Result of Long-Brewing Frustrations
🖊️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
📌Professor Dinesh Paudel explains why the September 2025 protests in Nepal were not a sudden “Gen Z revolution."
👉 Read: www.populismstudies.org/professor-pa...
📢 ECPS Interview / VIDEO
🇧🇷 Dr. Borges: Brazil Is Becoming More Like American Politics, Where Polarization Normalizes Rule-Breaking
🖊️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
⚖️ Borges warns: “Affective polarization drives citizens to see opponents as existential threats.”
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJw...
📢 ECPS Interview
🇧🇷 Dr. André Borges: Brazil Is Becoming More Like American Politics, Where Polarization Normalizes Rule-Breaking
🖊️Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
⚖️ In this in-depth conversation, Dr. Borges reflects on
Bolsonaro’s conviction & its impact.
‼️Read: www.populismstudies.org/dr-borges-br...
📢 ECPS Panel
‼️ Join us: From Populism to Fascism? Intellectual Responsibilities in Times of Democratic Backsliding
🗓 Sep 25, 2025 | 15:00–17:00 CET
‼️ Leading scholars discuss authoritarian populism, democracy’s fragility & intellectual responsibility.
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢 ECPS Interview
🇧🇷 Dr. Mara Nogueira: Brazil Did with Bolsonaro What the US Failed to Do with Trump 🇺🇸
🎙️Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
📌Dr. Nogueira argues the verdict has strengthened democratic accountability by convicting Bolsonaro.
👉 Read the interview: www.populismstudies.org/dr-nogueira-...
