Yet on Tuesday, #Vance seemed to contradict #US efforts to push its allies to break with #Russia #energy, excoriating other #EU countries for moving to cease their imports of Russian #FossilFuels in response to the #war.
“It is funny to watch prime ministers & leaders in some of the Western […]
#Trump has repeatedly endorsed #Orbán’s candidacy for reelection, & many in the #MAGA movement approve of the Hungarian leader’s opposition to #immigration, curtailing of #LGBTQ+ rights, & capture of the #media & #academia.
But with most independent polls showing a double-digit deficit for […]
Despite his clear endorsement of #Orbán, #Vance lashed out at the #EU for what he said was “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference that I’ve ever seen or ever even read about.”
Long accused by critics of taking over Hungary’s institutions, clamping down on #press #freedom & […]
Seriously.
#JDVance says he's 'here to help' #Orbán #election campaign during #Hungary visit
Vance’s 2-day visit to Budapest is a bid to turn the tide in Orbán’s election campaign where the long-serving leader, a close #Trump ally, is trailing in the polls.
#geopolitics #authoritarianism […]
The European project is vanishing beneath illiberal tumours reared as its own – a cancer only combatable by sketching the cultural system of identity and exclusion sustaining illiberalism, argues Tinatin Inauri.
#Europe #EU #Liberalism #Illiberalism #Politics #Geopolitics
> Von der Mainstream-Plattform zum #rechtsextremen Netzwerk? Neue Studie [von @Weizenbaum_Institut @WZB_Berlin und University of #Manchester] analysiert radikalen Wandel von #Twitter #zu X (…) Der Mechanismus des „Platform #Illiberalism“¹
➡️ Am 4. Mai präsentieren mehr als 20 […]
“So it’s clear that the major source of affinity between #MAGA, #Fidesz and #Putinism is something more raw and atavistic: a shared commitment to #racism, #ethnonationalism, and social #illiberalism.”
Social democracy often seen as archetypal victim of illiberal populism and radicalising mainstream right—but in CEE story always more complicated.
Strands of soc dem left developed their own anti-liberal projects. 🇨🇿 🇸🇰
Open access.
#SocialDemocracy #CEE #Illiberalism
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
I hope the book provides valuable local context to the broader debate on external influence, as well as practical policy recommendations for addressing the international dimensions of #illiberalism and #authoritarianism.
While German elites and the center right are surrendering to #Trump's lawless and violent #illiberalism, #Norway and #Spain are articulating a foreign policy grounded in international law and genuine multilateralism. 2/6
Happy to share my latest research!
In my new article, "From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018," published in @soc-forum.bsky.social, I explore the global shift away from judicial autonomy. #Worldsociety #Illiberalism #JudicialIndependence
Elisabeth Holzleithner @weareceu.bsky.social
launching #handbook against #illiberalism Here the two authors of the chapters on gender/family & memory politics are smiling in the #Parlament in #Vienna. @ceudeminst.bsky.social
The book is out in German/English/Czech. ⤵️
gruene.at/themen/
In the Austrian Parlament launched the book #Handbook against #illiberalism with # JavorBenedek. I wrote about how illiberalism is exported to Austria via culture. The book is in German/English/ Czech ⤵️
www.gbw.at/schwerpunkte...
🌊 #IlliberalWave No.45
🧨 Contemporary #illiberalism rarely arrives through dramatic democratic rupture.
📉 Examining #Greece’s regulation of civil society, Vera Tika shows how democratic erosion can occur incrementally — through law, procedure, and bureaucratic control.
👉 bit.ly/4kTEL11
Episode 5 of Ideology Unbound is now live. @lkatfield.bsky.social sits down with Marlene Laruelle to talk about #Russia and #illiberalism.
This one is also available as a video on YouTube.
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
Shameful
#US Secretary of #State #MarcoRubio on Monday enthusiastically endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister #ViktorOrbán ‘s bid to serve a fifth straight term after upcoming elections in April, emphasizing during a visit to Budapest the strong personal relationship between the #nationalist leader […]
An interview with me about why liberal #democracies keep producing their own gravediggers is now out on @mediapart.fr, France's leading independent investigative outlet. #Illiberalism is a political reaction to the crisis of liberal #globalism. Details in French: blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/chro...
striking resemblances to historical fascist phenomena. Moreover, in parallel increasingly intersecting with this development is a broader political context of fascist ideologies and strategies, #populism, #authoritarianism, (other forms of) #illiberalism in the West. Drawing from the classic […]
After Zoe’s gargantuan work the book can be ordered. With @alinadr.bsky.social our chapter covers #gender #illiberalism @ceudeminst.bsky.social @proac.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social
Link www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...
“Why You Should Feel Good About Liberalism” [2024], Persuasion (www.persuasion.community/p/why-you-sh...).
#Liberalism #Illiberalism #Politics #Philosophy #Tolerance
The next language on which my work on #illiberalism is published is #Greek. Thanks to the editor! @ceudeminst.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social @proac.bsky.social @opencostaction.eu @antigenderpolitics.bsky.social
🌐 The #TrumpAdministration is advancing an #illiberal #Atlanticism that reimagines the West in manners uncannily similar to how #Putin imagines Eurasia.
🌎 @sunsibei.bsky.social considers what this means for future transatlantic relations.
#illiberalism #Eurasianism
⤵️ bit.ly/4b8eqtl
Reposting
#ab #alberta #yyc #yvr #ucp #sociology #polisci #cdnpoli #illiberalism
“The problem is that the #influencer #ecosystem rewards those who promise access to suppressed, esoteric truths, making viewers feel as if they’re part of real-life melodramas. The #algorithms are optimized for #illiberalism.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...
Joint AMC & MUSTS colloquium on 21 January, 15:30–18:00
Research in the Age of #Trumpism examines how global #illiberalism is reshaping academic research. With @ccmmody.bsky.social, Eliza Steinbock, @mariellew.bsky.social, @matthewarcher.bsky.social, Arjun Sharma and @blenormand.bsky.social.
Last day to apply if you are interested! The deadline was extended to midnight (UK time) today. So, if anyone wants to come to Innsbruck and talk about #transnational #illiberalism or competing/contrasting #illiberalisms, do think about submitting an abstract!
« Les vidéos de Sainte-Soline donnent à voir le résultat de la criminalisation des écologistes, telle qu’elle est portée au plus haut niveau de l’Etat »
seenthis.net/messages/114... #violencespolicières #illiberalism
New interview! @selimkoru.bsky.social discusses Erdoğan's New Turkey, the far-right influences and goals of him and his party in the domestic and foreign policy domains, and #illiberalism.
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
We talked about why both small and large D #democrats keep losing ground in the fight against #illiberalism, how socioeconomic dislocation opens the door for #autocratization, how the built-in elitism of American institutions makes democracy weaker, and how autocrats hijack institutions. 2/4
Work on #transnational #illiberalism? Consider submitting a paper for my workshop at ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions! Seeking papers on #illiberal #parties, #socialmovements, #transnationalism and trans-regionalism. Deadline 3 December! Event details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
