This article systematically reviews recent empirical research on the role of emotions in populist politics. Following PRISMA guidelines, we review 51 peer-reviewed studies published between 2017 an...

This article systematically reviews recent empirical research on the role of emotions in populist politics. Following PRISMA guidelines, we review 51 peer-reviewed studies published between 2017 an...

Aggressive strategy and loss in the trial highlight a problem for tech firms: a widespread distrust of social media companies

TRT's revenge fantasy and the audience that didn't show up

Suomen ja Viron välillä kulkevassa Elisan tietoliikennekaapelissa havaittiin kello 4.53 häiriö. Alkoi viranomaisten suuroperaatio. HS oli paikalla, kun alus lipui noin kello 17 satamaan Kirkkonummella...

This chapter introduces the concepts of conspiratorial publics and conspiratorial canon within the context of Strategic Digital Information Operations (SDIOs)

That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms.

There’s a risk of a slide towards digital authoritarianism as Australia responds to these growing threats.

Keir Starmer will fly home early from Europe to chair a Cobra meeting, while Greater Manchester mayor tells people to avoid the area

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

Iran has confirmed that approximately 120 of its citizens will be deported from the United States and returned home this week.

The president, in five days, has claimed Tylenol causes autism, he was sabotaged at the UN and pronounced his rivals ‘guilty as hell’

After the Kirk murder, Trump is pulverising the country’s founding principles with astonishing ease

The announcements came on the eve of the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly.

Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.

This is no time for complacent exceptionalism. The UK is part of the fourth phase of the far right in the postwar era, and its politicians must respond, says political scientist Cas Mudde

As international norms crumble, Turkey’s revisionist policies appear less provocative in comparison.

[FREE TO READ] A campaign threatens to give President Erdoğan control of Turkey’s largest opposition force, started by the nation’s founder

Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

Media coverage of the anti-immigration marches was a 'propaganda triumph' for Australian neo-Nazis, who use media-baiting tactics to spread their message.

A government can’t half care about human rights. And Australia’s ‘disagree where we must’ approach with China enables abuse and undermines our national interest * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A photo of former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews alongside the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, during a military parade in Beijing raised troubling questions. Earlier, former New South Wales premier Bob Carr sought to pre-emptively justify his possible attendance at the event (although he didn’t in the end) in an opinion piece. While it is difficult for the Australian government to control the actions of former officials, the photo still raises the question how the two former premiers found themselves in a situation where they were either in a photo or contemplated attending an event with all these known grave violators of human rights. Perhaps it is because the Australian government sends mixed messages about responding to human rights abuses when committed by some governments. Continue reading...

This article examines mechanisms for the diffusion of digital authoritarian practices, focusing on China and two of its regional partners in South and West Asia: Iran and Pakistan. We investigate t...

Good morning. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Vladimir Putin today after he reset relations with China. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sees the war in Ukraine dragging on with no clear end in sight. And the UK wins a £10 billion deal from Norway’s navy. Listen to the day’s top stories.

Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.

Authoritarian nations are using new tactics, from emotional manipulation to digital surveillance, to sway diaspora attitudes in their favour.

Authoritarian nations are using new tactics, from emotional manipulation to digital surveillance, to sway diaspora attitudes in their favour.

Several prominent media outlets are coming off the fence over Israel’s actions, but a conspiracy of helplessness still prevails

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Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

PARIS/LONDON/OTTAWA – The governments of France, the UK and Canada have said they will do what’s morally right and recognize Palestine’s right to exist as a nation as early as September, providing som...