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The image of the inward-looking populist who rejects international cooperation is inaccurate. On the contrary, populists engage quite actively in...

 E-Mail The image of the inward-looking populist who rejects international cooperation is inaccurate. On the contrary, populists engage quite actively in regional and international organizations, and the leadership of these organizations and their member states do not yet know how to respond to the populist challenge. In a new book, researchers at the University of Gothenburg describe an emerging common "script" that recasts international cooperation in a way that makes it compatible with ideas of popular sovereignty. Kilian Spandler, researcher in international relations, and Fredrik Söder...

New Council of Europe report warns of democratic backsliding across continent Danger that Europe’s democratic culture will not fully recover, warns CoE secretary general. Public domain 12 May 2021 A new report says there has been a “clear and worrying degree of democratic backsliding” on the state of democracy, human rights and the rule of law across Europe. The report was compiled by the 47-nation Council of Europe, the body that seeks to champion human rights around the world. Its secretary general Marija Pejcinovic Buric said, “In many cases, the problems we are seeing predate the ...

Hungary’s Crackdown on Artists and Academics The Hungarian-Jewish filmmaker Janos Szasz is best known in the United States for his 2013 film “The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier),” released here in the summer of 2014. It’s based on the international bestseller of the same name, written in French by the Hungarian-born novelist Ágota Kristóf. “The Notebook” is an almost fairy-tale parable of Holocaust resistance and resilience, focusing on two twins who live out the war with their witch-like grandmother in rural Hungary, learning not to feel in order to survive. No...

Photo courtesy of the Centre for International Policy Studies Note: This text was originally published at the Centre for International Policy Studies on December 14, 2020. We reproduce it here with the author’s permission.   In the wake of Mr. Biden's election victory, the foreign policy commentariat is brimming with optimism. With a committed internationalist in the White House and a woman as Vice-President, the world stage seems set for a return to happier times. In Canada the hope is not only for a normalized relationship with our neighbour south of the border, but also for a more favou...