Combatting populism in Europe: could the UK be the exception that proves the rule

Professor Tim Bale, Queen Mary University

We are kidding ourselves if we think that Europe’s ‘mainstream’ political parties can get together to tackle their populist and extremist challengers.  The reason is simple: the implications of populist radical right success are not the same for the centre-right as they are for the centre-left. 

Greek's Radical Left: The Dangers of the Disaffected and the Unemployed

By Scott Stewart

Vice President of Analysis

In last week's Geopolitical Weekly, George Friedman discussed how the global financial crisis has caused a global unemployment crisis and how Europe has become the epicenter of that crisis. He also noted that rampant unemployment will give way to a political crisis as austerity measures galvanize radical political parties opposed to the status quo.