Antonio Costa Pinto
@acostapinto.bsky.social
Research Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Lisbon, and media commentator. Comparative Authoritarianism and fascism, political elites, democratization. Latest book The Fascist Zenith, Cambridge University Press, 2025.
By Javier Corrales, professor of political science at Amherst College and the author of "Autocracy Rising".
Trump’s Goals in Venezuela Don’t Add Up
Javier Corrales breaks down the four objectives of Trump's strike on Venezuela and explains why they conflict.
time.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
By Javier Corrales, professor of political science at Amherst College and the author of "Autocracy Rising".
An excellent collective study of the Portuguese populist radical right.
Chega: The New Portuguese Far Right
In the late 2010s, the Portuguese immunity to the far right came to a sudden end at the 2019 general elections, after the election of Chega’s leader – André Ventura – to the Assembly of the Republic. ...
www.routledge.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 AM
An excellent collective study of the Portuguese populist radical right.
Excellent points by my colleague Andrés Malamud (in Spanish).
Venezuela, de dictadura a colonia
Venezuela, de dictadura a colonia
www.lanacion.com.ar
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Excellent points by my colleague Andrés Malamud (in Spanish).
Monroe, old Monroe... Trump’s recently released National Security Strategy claimed the right to dominate Latin America: “After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere.”
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Monroe, old Monroe... Trump’s recently released National Security Strategy claimed the right to dominate Latin America: “After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere.”
And more to follow in 2026....
Donald Trump’s Golden Age of Awful
A damage assessment of the President’s first year back in the White House.
www.newyorker.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:04 PM
And more to follow in 2026....
Presidential elections in Portugal with a (strong) radical right candidate. Be careful with semi-presidentialism and with Presidents with electoral legitimacy but do not govern. The presidency is an excellent place to change the nature of the political system. Goodbye Marcelo, we will miss you.
2026 marca o fim da “Era Marcelo” em Portugal
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa deixa legado de apelo popular e intervenção frequente no debate público. Leia no Poder360.
www.poder360.com.br
January 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Presidential elections in Portugal with a (strong) radical right candidate. Be careful with semi-presidentialism and with Presidents with electoral legitimacy but do not govern. The presidency is an excellent place to change the nature of the political system. Goodbye Marcelo, we will miss you.
Debating a new Survey on the legacies of Portuguese Colonial Empire in Contemporary Democracy at the Portuguese National Library with my colleagues, Jorge Vala, Alice Ramos, Nuno Domingos, chaired by Diogo Ramada Curto.
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Debating a new Survey on the legacies of Portuguese Colonial Empire in Contemporary Democracy at the Portuguese National Library with my colleagues, Jorge Vala, Alice Ramos, Nuno Domingos, chaired by Diogo Ramada Curto.
Reposted by Antonio Costa Pinto
Apply to the @asn-org.bsky.social conference in Belgrade next year organized by ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/12/asn-...
ASN European Conference: Reconfiguring National Identities amid Multiple Crises, 18–20 September 2026
As an interdisciplinary event, the conference welcomes contributions from anthropology, cultural studies, economics, geography, history, law, literature, political science, gender studies, psychology,...
ifdt.bg.ac.rs
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Apply to the @asn-org.bsky.social conference in Belgrade next year organized by ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/12/asn-...
Reposted by Antonio Costa Pinto
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
In "Who Gets to Speak?", Edalina Rodrigues Sanches & Ana Espírito-Santo investigate gender bias in speechmaking in South Africa 🇿🇦
gendersky polisky
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In "Who Gets to Speak?", Edalina Rodrigues Sanches & Ana Espírito-Santo investigate gender bias in speechmaking in South Africa 🇿🇦
gendersky polisky
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December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
In "Who Gets to Speak?", Edalina Rodrigues Sanches & Ana Espírito-Santo investigate gender bias in speechmaking in South Africa 🇿🇦
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/33fAqJt
In "Who Gets to Speak?", Edalina Rodrigues Sanches & Ana Espírito-Santo investigate gender bias in speechmaking in South Africa 🇿🇦
gendersky polisky
buff.ly/33fAqJt
Debating a new survey on the Legacies of Colonialism in Portuguese Democracy
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Debating a new survey on the Legacies of Colonialism in Portuguese Democracy
Participating at the Conference "Construcción y expansión de las Nuevas Ultraderechas nacionales y transnacionales en las Américas y Europa", FLACSO-Equador, Quito.
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Participating at the Conference "Construcción y expansión de las Nuevas Ultraderechas nacionales y transnacionales en las Américas y Europa", FLACSO-Equador, Quito.
2026-27 Renato Morelli Doctoral Scholarship at Corpus Christi College and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford.
Prof. Giovanni Capoccia - Home
users.ox.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
2026-27 Renato Morelli Doctoral Scholarship at Corpus Christi College and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford.
Costa Pinto warns: “if Portugal one day has a president who is also the leader of an electorally dominant party, he will have ample capacity to change the nature” of the Portuguese system. “(...) Portugal is far from having experienced all the dimensions of the semi-presidential system.”
Next president ‘has to take job to new level’ - analysts
Next president ‘has to take job to new level’ - analysts: Needs to be able to unite public, go beyond current support
www.portugalresident.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Costa Pinto warns: “if Portugal one day has a president who is also the leader of an electorally dominant party, he will have ample capacity to change the nature” of the Portuguese system. “(...) Portugal is far from having experienced all the dimensions of the semi-presidential system.”
Participating in this Debate, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Participating in this Debate, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.
In Quito for this conference at FLACSO- Ecuador, where I will present one of the Conferencias Magistrales on " Las genealogías político-culturales de la Derecha Radical contemporánea. Comparando olas de autocratización".
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
In Quito for this conference at FLACSO- Ecuador, where I will present one of the Conferencias Magistrales on " Las genealogías político-culturales de la Derecha Radical contemporánea. Comparando olas de autocratización".
The official celebrations of April 25, 1974, the day the Portuguese dictatorship fell, are now accompanied on an equal basis by November 25, 1975. The radical right has returned to its usual themes: the imperial past and the veterans of the colonial wars versus the present democratic "corruption".
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The official celebrations of April 25, 1974, the day the Portuguese dictatorship fell, are now accompanied on an equal basis by November 25, 1975. The radical right has returned to its usual themes: the imperial past and the veterans of the colonial wars versus the present democratic "corruption".
I am pleased to announce that my book The Fascist Zenith. War and Dictatorship under Axis Rule has been published today by Cambridge University Press. The e-book version is available for free download until December 10th 2025.
The Fascist Zenith
Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - The Fascist Zenith
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am pleased to announce that my book The Fascist Zenith. War and Dictatorship under Axis Rule has been published today by Cambridge University Press. The e-book version is available for free download until December 10th 2025.
Is Russia’s Hybrid War on Europe Becoming Conventional?
Is Russia’s Hybrid War on Europe Becoming Conventional?
Sławomir Sierakowski explains what the Kremlin is hoping to achieve with its increasingly frequent and dangerous acts of sabotage.
prosyn.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Is Russia’s Hybrid War on Europe Becoming Conventional?
Reposted by Antonio Costa Pinto
Torn between Putin and Trump, Germany's #AfD chooses: both, because it's not really a contradiction
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Torn between Putin and Trump, Germany's #AfD chooses: both, because it's not really a contradiction
