A similar risk arises today. Those who adorn the concept of fascism with a litany of prefixes — neo-, techno-, post-, para-, eco-, and so on — do not truly grasp what they are dealing with. The current proliferation of variations on the term merely masks the disorientation in the face of a situation that may recall the dark hours of the twentieth century but is nevertheless radically new.

The resurgence of the far right has revived a familiar question: are we witnessing a return of fascism? According to historian and Stefanie Prezioso, the widespread use of the term ‘fascism’ as a temp...

A new book about the meaning of money argues for how to use finance to create a more equitable economy.

The interpenetration of private finance and the military

The College intends to appoint a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) from 1 October 2027 in each of the following subject areas: Archaeological Science and Development Studies. Junior Research Fellowships of...

Critical minerals security and US economic interventionism

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

Over the last two decades, the European Union (EU) has faced a series of intertwined crises, including the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 a...

America’s defeat in the Persian Gulf reveals the world to come

Geopolitics is back. A new era of great-power rivalry has begun – from the scramble for natural resources and technology to the battle of narratives and the return of war on the continent. To...

Coined by a German economist in 1926, Fordism came to describe the dominant political-economic order of the mid-twentieth century. Could "Muskism" play a similar role in the twenty-first?

European Consortium for Political Research

Join Adam Hanieh, Thea Riofrancos, and Ilias Alami for a discussion on how to think of climate politics in the context of changing energy networks, imperialism, and the remaking of the world order.

How is the European polycrisis inflected through the classed, raced, gendered and environmental conditions of global capitalism today?

Ours is the age of transition: from fossil capital to electricity capital. The future that emerges will be determined by the fierce struggles of the present.

A ship believed to be carrying Russian fuels is on its way to Cuba, putting US President Donald Trump’s sanctions to the test amid the island’s deepening energy crisis.

In a world of increased warfare and unstable accumulation regimes, German investments into large-scale weapons production and its support to the Gaza genocide have brought the question of imperiali...

The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come.