Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.

The rules-based international order was never truly universal, was upheld selectively, and attacked cynically even in its strongest days in the 1990s. But at least it functioned as a rhetorical anchor and a moral ambition. Not anymore. 1/7

Bombing Venezuela while coordinating a genocide in Palestine while threatening to attack Iran (again) while destabillizing Somalia while carrying out a heist in the DRC... US imperialism is the greatest threat to peace and security in our world today and it's not even close.

This article seeks to differentiate between different types of radical right-wing voters in Europe, analysing their social characteristics and identifying different voting motives. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Underneath its populist facade, Reform UK treats working-class Britain as fodder for posh-boy performance art. Can its growing hegemony in post-industrial areas be challenged by a gutsier, more engaged political strategy from the left?

It's been a decade since the neo-reformist left in Europe reached its peak and started its decline. This article for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social summarises my reflections about the neo-reformist experiment of the 2010s and the lessons we can drawn from it today. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/the-...

Great critical article on the fashionable concept of 'polarisation', which - just like 'populism' and others - serves a very clear hegemonic function in defence of the status quo.

Many businesses have recently come out for the French far-right, from fossil and media billionaire Vincent Bolloré (left pic) to farmers' lobby Coordination rurale (right pic). If you want to know more on businesses and the French far-right, attend my talk next week in Sciences Po (and remote) 👇 👇

Based on our workshop on the Economic Project of the Far Right @vladimirbortun.bsky.social, @theobourgeron.bsky.social and myself are editing a special issue in Emancipations; we are seeking additional contributions; you can find the call for papers here: scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/emancipation...

NEW✨ What fuels far-right nationalism? @vladimirbortun.bsky.social @stjohnsox.bsky.social reviews Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization by #RichardSeymour @versobooks.bsky.social.

Speakers: @dorobohle.bsky.social, @theobourgeron.bsky.social, Lina Ehrich, @philiprathgeb.bsky.social, @palmapolyak.bsky.social, Photis Lysandrou, @dasilvapp.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @alentop.bsky.social, @vladimirbortun.bsky.social and myself

I've written for @nytimes.com about the Romanian presidential elections on Sunday. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...