Tag: populism

  • New Article on “Left Populism and Foreign Policy” Accepted

    I am happy to announce that my co-authored article (with Emmy Eklundh and Thorsten Wojczewski) “Left populism and foreign policy: Bernie Sanders and Podemos” has been accepted for publication by International Affairs. The article is part of a special section on “The Effects of Global Populism” (ed. Daniel F. Wajner, Sandra Destradi and Michael Zürn)…

  • New Chapter on Trumpism and Anxiety Coming Out in 2024

    I’m happy to announce that my co-authored chapter (with Dirk Nabers) on “Discourse, Fantasy and Anxiety in Trump’s America” has been accepted to be published as part of the volume Anxiety Culture: The New Global State of Human Affairs, edited by John P. Allegrante, Ulrich Hoinkes, Michael Schapira, and Karen Struve. The book will be…

  • New Medium Post on the January 6th Indictment of Donald Trump

    I’ve recently taken up writing longer posts on Medium and Substack, mainly to think through some issues that are not ready or not suitable for an academic paper and to provide easy to understand explainers mostly of current events in US and German politics and foreign policy. I will post in German or English. My…

  • Article on Trump/Trumpism and the Future of Democracy Published Open Access

    My new article “If You’re Not Scared, You Haven’t Been Paying Attention: Trump, the Radicalization of the GOP, and the Future of US Democracy after the Midterms 2022” (in German) has just been published in the Austrian Journal of Political Science. The article discusses the future of US democracy after the 2022 midterm elections. Donald…

  • “Forget Populism!” Published in Global Discourse

    Happy to say that my article “Forget Populism!” has been published in Global Discourse. In it I challenge the highly misleading argument, widespread among the media, policymakers and (some) academics, that populism as such is a danger to democracy, Europe, the West, the liberal international order, or all of the above. Even a superficial reading…

  • Edited volume on “Populism and World Politics” published

    I am happy to say that my co-edited volume (with Dirk Nabers and David B. MacDonald) on “Populism and World Politics: Exploring Inter- and Transnational Dimensions” has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan. This volume is the first to analyze populism’s international dimension: its impact on, and interaction with, foreign policy and international politics. The…