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Klevis Kolasi

@kkolasi.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Ankara University. Researching IR theory, historical sociology, critical realism, far-right politics & memory in post-communist Europe.

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Klevis Kolasi @kkolasi.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
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The Great Reckoning - The Ideas Letter
The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about…
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Klevis Kolasi @kkolasi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
New in @eepolitics.bsky.social! In Albania, anti-communism fuels far-right normalization—even under continuous Socialist Party rule—by reframing WWII, delegitimizing the anti-fascist tradition, and rehabilitating collaborators. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KNMWG...
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Klevis Kolasi @kkolasi.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
New in East European Politics: How anti-communism in Albania normalizes far-right narratives—without a strong far-right party and under continuous Socialist Party rule. Anti-communist memory politics & neoliberalism converge to reshape the mainstream. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KNMWG...
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Relativising anti-fascism, naturalising reaction: anti-communism and far-right normalisation in Albanian memory politics
Although anti-communism has long been central to far-right ideology, its role in normalising far-right discourse within post-communist societies remains underexplored. This article examines how ant...
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Klevis Kolasi @kkolasi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A case of far-right mainstreaming beyond electoral performance: far-right memory politics in Albania: Journal of Contemporary European Studies: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A case of far-right mainstreaming beyond electoral performance: far-right memory politics in Albania
How do far-right narratives become mainstream without electorally viable far-right parties? Moving beyond electoral-centered approaches, this article examines how far-right mainstreaming in Albania...
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