European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS)

📢 ECPS Commentary

♻️ Plastic Colonialism and the Politics of Waste: Toward a Theory of Waste Sovereignty in the Global South

✍️ By Dr. Oludele Solaja

🌍 Plastic waste has become one of the defining environmental crises of the twenty-first century.

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📢 ECPS Video 🎥

📌 Virtual Workshop Series / Session 13: Constructing and Deconstructing the People in Theory and Praxis

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🌍 ECPS Virtual Workshop Series

🤖 Session 14 | From Bots to Ballots: AI, Populism, and the Future of Democratic Participation

📅 Thursday, March 19, 2026 🕒 15:00–17:00 (CET) 💻 Online Event

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📢 ECPS Commentary

🌍🚀 War Beyond the Battlefield: Environmental and Human Security in Iran

✍️ By Dr. Oludele Solaja

💣 What happens after the bombs stop falling? In this commentary, Dr. Solaja urges us to rethink war through an ecological lens.

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📘 ECPS Report

🧩 Virtual Workshop Series / Session 13: Constructing & Deconstructing the People in Theory & Praxis

🧠 The session offered rich interdisciplinary exchange on populism, participation & political inclusion across local, national & int'l levels. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/ecps-virtual...

📢 ECPS - Voice of Youth (VoY)

🎗️ March 8th: For Every Victory That Was Not Considered Important

✍️ By Emmanouela Papapavlou

⚖️ On Int'l Women’s Day, this VoY piece reflects on the subtle ways gender inequality persists—even in moments that appear celebratory.🔗 www.populismstudies.org/march-8th-fo...

📢 ECPS Interview | Video 🎥

🇮🇷 Dr. Amir Ahmadi Arian: Neither Foreign Powers nor Clerical Elites Represent the Iranian People

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

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📢 ECPS Interview

🇮🇷 Dr. Amir Ahmadi Arian: Neither Foreign Powers nor Clerical Elites Represent the Iranian People

⚡️ At a moment of war, repression & deep political uncertainty, Dr. Arian offers a powerful and unsparing analysis of contemporary Iran.

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📢 ECPS Interview / VIDEO🎥

🇧🇩 Associate Professor Kazi A. S. M. Nurul Huda: Bangladesh’s Democratic Future Depends on How Political Parties Exercise Power

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

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📢 ECPS Interview

🇧🇩 Assoc. Prof. Huda: Bangladesh’s Democratic Future Depends on How Political Parties Exercise Power

✍️ By Selcuk Gultasli

📌 Dr. Kazi ASM Nurul Huda argues electoral victory alone cannot resolve the country’s democratic deficit.

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📢 ECPS Interview | Video 🎥

🇧🇩 Samzir Ahmed: Institutionalization Is an Acid Test for Populist Politics in Bangladesh

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

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📢 ECPS Commentary

🌍 Energy Geopolitics from Hormuz to Lagos: Commodity Shocks and African Vulnerability

✍️ By Dr. Oludele Solaja

📌 How do conflicts in distant energy corridors reshape political and economic realities across Africa?

📕 Read the commentary: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/energy-geopo...

📢 ECPS Interview

🇧🇩 Dr. Samzir Ahmed: Institutionalization Is an Acid Test for Populist Politics in Bangladesh

✍️ By Selcuk Gultasli

📌 Dr. Ahmed offers a nuanced interpretation of Bangladesh’s turbulent political transition following the general election.

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📢 ECPS Commentary

🔎 “Googling” Patterns During the 2026 State of the Union Address

📌 Dr. Kamil Joński introduces high-frequency “real-time” Google Trends data as a tool for analyzing public engagement with political communication.

📕 Read the article: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/googling-pat...

📢 ECPS Interview | VIDEO 🎥

🧑‍🎓 Prof. Jeffrey Kopstein: Trumpism, Better Understood in Patrimonial Terms, Treats the State as a Family Business

✍️ By Selcuk Gultasli

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🎥 ECPS Interview | VIDEO

🌍 Dr. Soheila Shahriari: Without Western Recognition, Rojava Lacks Leverage to Secure a Lasting Power-Sharing Deal with Damascus

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

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📢 ECPS Interview

🌏 Professor Jeffrey Kopstein: Trumpism, Better Understood in Patrimonial Terms, Treats the State as a Family Business

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

📕 Read the interview: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/prof-kopstei...

📢 ECPS Commentary

🌍 Climate Security from Below: Community Environmental Action and Democratic Gaps in Coastal Nigeria

✍️ By Dr. Oludele Solaja

📕 Read the commentary: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/climate-secu...

📢 ECPS Interview

🌍 Dr. Soheila Shahriari: Without Western Recognition, Rojava Lacks Leverage to Secure a Lasting Power-Sharing Deal with Damascus

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

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📢 ECPS Interview / VIDEO 🎥

🌍 Prof. Oona A. Hathaway: A Moment of Peril—and Possibility—to Reimagine the International Legal Order

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

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📢 ECPS Interview

🌍 Professor. Oona Hathaway: A Moment of Peril—and Possibility—to Reimagine the International Legal Order

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli
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🌍 ECPS Academy Summer School 2026 🎓

📌 Europe Between Oceans: The Future of EU Trade Between the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific

📅 July 6–10, 2026 | 💻 Online | 🎓 5 ECTS

📩 Apply by June 16, 2026 | ecps@populismstudies.org

📕 For more details: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/ecps-academy...

📢 ECPS Interview — VIDEO 🎥

🎥 Prof. Bjarnegård: Gender Will Become a Central Fault Line Between Liberal Democracy and Authoritarian Populism

✍️ Interview by Selçuk Gültaşlı

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📢 ECPS Interview

📌 Prof. Bjarnegård: Gender Will Become a Central Fault Line Between Liberal Democracy & Authoritarian Populism

👤Prof. Elin Bjarnegård argues that gender politics has moved from the margins to the center of global political conflict.

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🌍 ECPS Virtual Workshop Series

🎓 Session 13 | Constructing and Deconstructing the People in Theory and Praxis

📅 Thursday, March 5, 2026 🕒 15:00–17:00 (CET) 💻 Online Event

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📺 ECPS Video

🧩 Virtual Workshop Series / Session 12 — Decolonizing Democracy: Governance, Identity, and Resistance in the Global South

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📘 ECPS Report

🧩 Workshop Series / Session 12 — Decolonizing Democracy: Governance, Identity & Resistance in the G. South

📌 What does it mean to “decolonize democracy” in contexts shaped by extractive economies, colonial legacies & identity-based struggles? 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/virtual-work...

📺🎙️ ECPS Interview — VIDEO

📌 Assoc. Prof. Andrés Mejía Acosta: State Erosion Is Faster Than State Building — and Harder to Reverse

✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

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📢 ECPS Interview

🗾🇯🇵 Dr. Taro Tsuda: Takaichi’s Ascent to Power Represents Continuity Rather Than a Populist Rupture

📌 Dr. Tsuda: PM Takaichi’s supermajority mandate reflects the adaptive resilience of Japan’s dominant-party system.

📕 Read the Interview: 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/dr-tsuda-tak...

📢 ECPS Interview

📌 Assoc. Prof. Andrés Mejía Acosta: State Erosion Is Faster Than State Building—and Harder to Reverse

🎓Acosta presents an analytical framework explaining how populist governance dismantles state capacity to consolidate executive power.

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