Talk: The Far Right After the Russian Re-Invasion

Project No.:

22-085

Speaker:

Prof. Cas Mudde, PhD, University of Georgia, Athens

Language:

English

Date:

Thursday, June 23, 2022, 6.00pm

Venue:

Gutenberg Hub, Taunusstraße 59-61, 55118 Mainz (Karte)

Partner:

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz
Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Rheinland-Pfalz

Program:

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Over the past decades, the media have portrayed the European far right as “Putin’s puppets”. While this image is stereotypical, it is true that most far-right parties have been supportive, or at least not critical, of Putin and Russia over the last years.

The 2022 (re-)invasion of Ukraine has put all relations with Russia under a microscope, as sanctions are hitting Russia, and potentially its enablers, hard. How has the European far right responded to the Russian re-invasion? What do these responses say about the “Putin’s puppets” thesis? And how will they effect far-right collaboration and mainstreaming in the future?

Prof. Cas Mudde, one of the best-known and most distinguished experts on populism and the far right, will speak about these current developments and what the impact of the Russian re-invasion will be on the European far right.

His recent books include “The Far Right Today” (Polity, 2019) and, with Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, “Populism: A Very Short Introduction” (Oxford University Press, 2017), which were both published in German by J.W. Dietz Verlag. Cas Mudde is a columnist for the Guardian US, a regular contributor to VoxEuropa, and host of the podcast RADIKAAL, which focuses on the radical aspects of music, politics, and sports.

More about Cas Mudde can be found here.