Some global issues have prompted partnerships between seemingly strange bedfellows at opposite ends of the political spectrum. The ‘horseshoe theory’ tries to make sense of this, but what’s it about?
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The rise of misogynist attitudes among Australian boys occurs alongside an existing crisis — endemic levels of gender-based violence and murder perpetrated against women.
When a COVID-19-era policy was set to expire in May 2023, Republican officials predicted that the US-Mexico border would be overrun with migrants. That didn’t happen.
Extremists benefit when we use euphemisms that confer on them an air of legitimacy.
Five years on from the attacks, a detailed investigation of the shooter’s online radicalisation shows he was openly posting about his plans. Why was it missed and what can we learn?
In an uncertain world our natural instinct is to seek out answers that reassure, even when they don’t make sense.
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama had used a long-standing Senate practice to block military promotions.
Extremists are not ‘capturing’ our systems – they are part of them.
In the 1850s, a fight over the speakership took nearly two months and 133 rounds of voting. But for nearly a century, the majority party in the House has unanimously supported its leader. No longer.
An expert on Congress helps untangle the mess that is Kevin McCarthy’s life as speaker of the House right now.
Judicial activism can be a double-edged sword. While it swiftly penalized Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro for election misinformation that stoked violence, it’s resulted in anti-choice laws in the U.S.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Padova (Italy) has asked a local court to remove any same-sex non-biological parent on birth certificates, denying same-sex families the right to State recognition.
This year, there are more than 400 active anti-trans bills across the U.S. What do things look like in Canada? Are we a safe haven or are we following those same trends?
It will take a lot of strategic ingenuity to fight the rise of populism. And it will get harder to do so as politicians rig the game with rules designed to reduce voting.
The First Amendment, along with a lack of clarity on what counts as an educational mission for charities, can lead authorities to approve applications from extremist groups.
Who are the Proud Boys, what do they want and is there a path back into society for these extremists?
An expert in American history explains the white power movement, its impact on veterans and women and how the Vietnam War was the impetus for extremist groups to gain new members.
German philosopher Martin Heidegger was one of the 20th century’s most feted thinkers. A new book examining his Nazism in light of the now-available evidence, is a troubling, timely read.
There is a long history of tossing food at politicians and other controversial figures as a deliciously defiant symbol of objection to their politics and presence in public spaces.
In this extract from the new book Histories of Hate: The Radical Right in Aotearoa New Zealand, the authors examine the ideological origins of the Christchurch massacres nearly four years ago.
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Lecturer in Old English, University College Cork
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Research Lead, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
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Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Iowa State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Director of Research, Academic Development, and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Hampshire
