... Is the growing nationalist trend an indication that conservatism is being replaced gradually on the political stage? Or has nationalism always been an inherent feature of
conservatism
?
Ivan Timofeev:
“Twilight of the West?” The New Totalitarianism,... ... commented: “We are the ‘black sheep’ of the community – the EPP would like to be part of the power structure of the European Union by any means. And if the price of that is to give up certain values to make a compromise with the left, they do ...
Reflections on a Far Right win, European dream team, and a two-speed Europe
The next elections for the European Parliament will take place on 23-26 May 2019 and the EU’s various political families are already mobilising. They will be crucial elections in a crucial year. 2019 promises tough times for Europe with Brexit, elections, and certainly more financial turbulences, which are already under way. Here we propose three short- and medium-term possible scenarios, none of which looks reassuring...
... talking with increasing frequency about “American exceptionalism”. This is a dangerous claim, fraught, like both nationalism and chauvinism, with a policy that will eventually lead to the disintegration of societies. And
a fragmented world ... ... the seemingly impossible is, in fact, possible if only you put your mind to it. Relations between the United States and the European Union on the one hand and Russia on the other are perhaps at their lowest ebb since the collapse of the Soviet Union....
The Extreme Right: The Road to Success
In the 1990s and 2000s, European rightwing radicals became markedly more mainstream: with their operational range stretching from extremist crime to participation in governmental and parliamentary coalitions. Since the underlying factors in this Old World far-right remain intact, it seems an apposite moment to assess the potential limits on the expansion of this ideology. This article is an attempt to forecast the evolution dynamics of this rightwing phenomenon...