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New Blog - World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order
When Donald Trump moves back into the White House in January 2025, he will have many more international friends than when he first became President. The last couple of years have been good for the radical Right: In Austria, the hard-right Freedom Party won the most recent general election. A few weeks earlier, Alternative for Germany celebrated its historic successes in the East.

Read the blog by Rita Abrahamsen, Jean-François Drolet, Michael C. Williams, Srdjan Vucetic, Karin Narita & Alexandra Gheciu here
NATO’s Eastern Flank: Challenges and Implications in the Context of the Ukraine War
The conference, which will bring together leading academics and practitioners, will focus on some of the most pressing challenges facing Canada and its NATO allies as the Alliance seeks to respond to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and, more broadly, to adapt to what is widely perceived as a new era of instability.

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New Blog - Sleepwalking to War
It is very likely that the European Union’s response to the “America First” policy of President-elect Donald J. Trump will be its own variant of “Europe First.” Neither policies should be viewed as bringing dramatic change to the already existing transatlantic trends of closing down and fortifying borders, focusing on defence/warfare, abandoning social inclusion policies, and embracing nationalism.

Read the blog by Aida A. Hozic here
New Blog - Trump’s Win, Harris’ Loss, Could Offer Clues About How to Galvanize Support for Climate Action
He was a felon with multiple criminal convictions, and they voted for him anyway. He prompted an angry mob to attack the Capitol and was described by his former Chief of Staff as having “fascist tendencies”, but they voted for him anyway. He consistently made xenophobic, misogynistic, hateful and fabricated remarks, and yet they voted for him anyway. Experts warned his proposed platform would harm the economy, damage the environment, and erode public health, but they voted for him anyway … Why?

Read the blog by Ryan Katz-Rosene here

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- December 3, 2024
It is very likely that the European Union’s response to the “America First” policy of President-elect Donald J. Trump will be its own variant of “Europe First.” Neither policies should be viewed as bringing dramatic change to the already existing …
By Aida A. Hozic
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