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New piece! Jesse Russell reviews Grace Blakeley's (Grace Blakeley) Vulture Capitali$m: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom. Check it out! Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/too-much-of-a-…

New #ConceptCorner! This one was recorded with @tasomga and focuses on the impact #Hungary has had on #EU enlargement.

New #ConceptCorner! This one was recorded with Julian Waller 📖 and focuses on the notion of Central Europe (specifically #Hungary and #Poland) as models for the United States Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

New piece! Samuel Rogers on the importance of international and transnational capital in the vitality of #populism. Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/how-does-natio…

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New piece! Grant Silverman on the foundation of the American Conservative Union, its early international projects, and the evolution of #CPAC Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/building-the-i…

Our director Marlene Laruelle is in Le Monde today surveying the fallout of Vice President JD Vance's lambasting speech to Europeans in Munich. Check it out! Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

New piece! Marlène Laruelle on the unique and influential roles that JD Vance, Elon Musk, and Steve Bannon play in the shaping of Trumpism. Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/vance-musk-ban…

New article! Cécile Laconte on the recent German elections, the fracturing of the country's postwar model, and the normalization of the far right. Check it out! Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/the-end-of-the…

New piece! Matt McManus reviews Quinn Slobodian's Hayek's Bastards and discusses neoliberalism's relationship to capitalism, liberalism, and democracy. Check it out! Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/capitalism-by-…

New piece! Erik Piccoli (Erik Piccoli) and Joseph Cerrone (Joe Cerrone) on the Italian far right's online discourse regarding foreign policy. Check it out! Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/navigating-the…

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There aren’t a lot of truly interesting USSR era photo books but I’ve been scanning this 1977 collection of nighttime cityscapes in the Nevski district of St Petersburg and it’s seriously so breathtaking and dreamy.

New piece! Alison Z. Pang on the supposed influence that Chinese scholars of Carl Schmitt wield in Beijing and over China's geopolitical outlook. Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies illiberalism.org/are-chinese-sc…

How we "guessed" the Pope using network science: inside the cardinal network. A study by me, Beppe Soda and Alessandro Iorio. Article: unibocconi.it/en/news/networ… Università Bocconi

A new issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies #JIS is out now! This lengthy issue is focused on Christian nationalism and the 2024 election and features contributions from speakers at our conference on the same topic organized with SMPA at GW Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and Georgetown University Center on Faith + Justice