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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  Read more
May 24, 2023

Terrorist attacks rarely increase trust in political leaders

Christof Nägel Research suggests that institutional trust increases in times of political crises. Christof Nägel, Amy Nivette and Christian Czymara test this notion for jihadist terror attacks in Europe. Their results imply that political leaders should not take these dynamics for granted Read more

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