Articles by Ugo Gaudino

January 27, 2026

🔮 How left-wing populism replaces security threats: Jean Luc Mélenchon on Muslims 

Ugo Gaudino
Left-wing populists tend to be inclusionary and egalitarian towards ethnic minorities. But Ugo Gaudino points out that their defence of Muslim communities’ religious grievances often clashes with their secular agenda. While they may de-securitise Islam, they frame other issues and groups as urgent security threats, in line with the populist friend-versus-enemy conception of politics 
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Ugo Gaudino
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sussex

Ugo holds a PhD in international relations from the University of Kent.

His research interests include critical security and terrorism studies, political parties, and Islam in Europe.

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