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authlibeu.bsky.social
🔖AUTHLIB Publication

📊 Using #ESS data, Radosław Markowski @uniwersytetswps.bsky.social & Michał Kotnarowski examine how illiberal & authoritarian attitudes shape legitimacy in Central & Eastern Europe.

👓 Read open access in our special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Alternatives to Liberal Democracies and Their Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe | Article | Politics and Governance
Radoslaw Markowski, Michał Kotnarowski
www.cogitatiopress.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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revdem2020.bsky.social
🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance.

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November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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revdem2020.bsky.social
✍️ Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Entrenched informality hollows out authority and turns governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules, @eljorobado.bsky.social argues in his op-ed. 🇵🇪🇵🇪

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November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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polstudies.bsky.social
IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS)

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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authlibeu.bsky.social
How do illiberal politics shape Europe?

Our Politics & Governance special issue, edited by
@zsolt.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @schaferd.bsky.social & Bálint Mikola, explores illiberalism's impact across Europe.

Read open access⤵️
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Illiberal Politics in Europe
Thematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025)
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November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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lisazanottiphd.bsky.social
Tomorrow in Salamanca!
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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revdem2020.bsky.social
🎙️ In our new podcast, @fholt.bsky.social discusses the evolution of the Democratic Socialists of America and to what extent it is bound to large cities or can address a broader electorate.

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November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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lisazanottiphd.bsky.social
Sobre la ultraderecha y la elección de la próxima semana en #Chile www.ciperchile.cl/2025/11/10/e...
El auge de la ultraderecha y la encrucijada de la derecha convencional en Chile ad portas de las elecciones de 2025 - CIPER Chile
Medio de investigación periodística independiente en Chile, enfocado en reportajes de actualidad y brindar información de calidad a la ciudadanía.
www.ciperchile.cl
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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lgamboa.bsky.social
People think the closest example to what is happening in the US is Hungary. I think is Guatemala (2017-2023) where the Corrupt Pact co-opted state institutions and undermined state capacity to enhance impunity and corruption
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Elections in democracies determine who administers the government; they do not alter whom the government is for. Under any administration, Republican or Democratic, the United States government exists to serve the people of the United States, regardless of their partisan affiliation. Besides, Americans are not as easily divided as Trump might think. Millions of Republican voters live in New York, just as millions of Democrats live in Texas. He cannot tell whom he is punishing by glancing at an electoral map. But even if he could, Trump’s acts of extortion have no place in a democracy. They belong in a protection racket: If you support Trump, you are protected; if you do not, you are vulnerable. If you donate enough cash to Trump, you may receive favorable treatment, including immunity from the law. If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted. This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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carnegiedcg.bsky.social
Why is it so hard to build a movement to defend democracy?

In a new talk for @scholars.org, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social suggests some comparative answers. She then identifies problems specific to the U.S., and suggests some solutions. Watch here🔽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZw...
Why is it So Hard to Build a Movement to Defend Democracy?
YouTube video by Scholars Strategy Network
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November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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revdem2020.bsky.social
✍️ Southeast Asia shows how democracy’s openness can be weaponized. Flexible illiberalism, the art of using democratic institutions to pursue illiberal ends, reveals how democracy endures not by collapsing, but by changing hands, Aqida Salma argues in her op-ed.

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November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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lisazanottiphd.bsky.social
With @marianotorcal.bsky.social and Carolina Segovia on polarization, democracy and the far right in Latin America. Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZl...
Polarización, Populismo y Partidos de Extrema Derecha en América Latina - Webinar WAPOR LATAM
YouTube video by Wapor Latinoamérica
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November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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littvay.bsky.social
New blog post on whether you need a #ChatGPT or other #AI or #LLM paid subscription, and if you do, how to get it on the #cheap. levente.littvay.hu/ai-on-the-ch...
AI on the Cheap
Repeatedly, I get asked whether ChatGPT is worth paying for, what other products I would recommend, and, if not ChatGPT, which product one should subscribe to. Here’s the answer. Yes.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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illsp.bsky.social
New interview! Didi Kuo discusses the functions of political parties, party-building, revitalizing local politics, Trumpism, and illiberalism. Check it out! www.illiberalism.org/didi-kuo-on-...

@didikuo1.bsky.social @fsi.stanford.edu
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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ferenclaczo.bsky.social
Check out the prog of this amazing annual conference of Eurozine to be held in Nova Gorica www.eurozine.com/translating-...
Translating cultures – Cultures of translation
The 33rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will take place from 7–9 November 2025 in the Slovenian–Italian cities of Nova Gorica/Gorizia, a ‘borderless’ European Capital of Culture in 2025. The co...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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ceudeminst.bsky.social
Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion!

🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz

🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15

Details:
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Registration:
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October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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ceudeminst.bsky.social
Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥

🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social

🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15

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Registration:
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October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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authlibeu.bsky.social
Online discussion | Democracy Under Pressure: How Illiberal Politics Reshape Europe

🗓️ Oct 31 | 🕒 15:00 CET

Illiberal politics transform European democracies. But how deeply?

🗣️ Petra Guasti, Marlene Laruelle, Bálint Mikola, Zsuzsanna Végh

Register: www.authlib.eu/democracy-un...
Democracy Under Pressure: How Illiberal Politics Reshape Europe - Authlib
Where is Czechia headed after the 2025 parliamentary election? Join our discussion on October 6 (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. CET.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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dafnoukos.bsky.social
I look forward to discussing how to correctly diagnose the success of fa-right parties during this @etui.bsky.social lunchtime session on November 14th. Join us in Brussels (registration and info below)
etui.bsky.social ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 16d
At a time of rising support for the #FarRight, it is crucial to correctly diagnose what leads to the success of these parties 🔍

🔗 etui.org/ZV9

Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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revdem2020.bsky.social
Can moral emotions help address polarization, or do they make it worse? 🤔

🎙️ In our latest podcast, Zsolt Boda discusses @mores-project.bsky.social exploring moralized political identities and democratic trust.

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#MORESresearch
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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mikealbertus.bsky.social
My interview with @umich.edu professor Dan Slater on the current landscape of democracy and authoritarianism in the US & abroad. "Short-term extremely pessimistic and long-term at least somewhat optimistic"; watch out for weak authoritarians; fire up the non-cooperation & more
@dnsltr.bsky.social
Amid a Global Democratic Recession, There Are Reasons for Hope
My interview with University of Michigan Professor Dan Slater on the current landscape of democracy and authoritarianism
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October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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jansun.bsky.social
New peiece: "The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power"

I compare the PKK and FARC—the first of its kind.
Part of PoLAR's special issue, edited by @adnancelik.bsky.social and @denizyonucu.bsky.social, patiently. 🙏 thank you!. 1/

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The Stateless and the State-like: PKK, FARC, and the Projection of Power
Emergent Conversation 24 This essay is part of the series Kurdistan(s): Repression, Resistance, and the Fight for Survival, PoLAR Online Emergent Conversation 24 By Jan Yasin Sunca This essay is de…
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October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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revdem2020.bsky.social
✍️ In her op-ed, Laura-Stella Enonchong explains why Cameroonian voters face an electoral system designed to undermine the democratic will of the people. 🇨🇲🇨🇲🗳️

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October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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profkochenov.bsky.social
A brilliant take by the brilliant Prof Schedler of 🇭🇺 @ceudeminst.bsky.social in @timeshighered.bsky.social on the demented absurdity of eurocentric and politicised @horizoneu.bsky.social funding.

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/hori... @weareceu.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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profpech.bsky.social
Join us on Thursday, 30 October, from 12:00 to 13:30 CET at the @epc-official.bsky.social for a hybrid policy dialogue and launch of the 2nd edition of the EU's Rule of Law Shadow Report by the @ceudeminst.bsky.social Rule of Law Clinic

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Assessing the Union's Rule of Law: Lessons from the 2025 shadow report Lessons from the 2025 shadow report
The rule of law is a cornerstone of democracy and European Union legitimacy. Yet, deteriorating standards in several member states fuel corruption risks, undermine fair elections and erode mutual trust across the Union. While EU institutions are tasked with safeguarding the rule of law, the European Commission’s Annual Rule of Law Reports still do not assess the EU’s own performance in this area.
www.epc.eu
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM