Radio interview (Malaysia)
Interview on the rise of populism and polarisation in Europe. Listen to the INTERVIEW
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10, 2023
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10, 2023
The 2023 Slovak Parliamentary Elections: Fico’s Return to Power is Likely but the New Government May Not Last Long
By Marek Rybář (Masaryk University) Robert Fico, the leader of Smer-Slovak Social Democracy (Smer), has made a resurgence. Following the electoral setback in 2020, the popularity of his party plummeted to some 8 percent. His erstwhile protégé, Peter Pellegrini, who assumed the role of Prime Minister in the Smer-led coalition government in 2018 after Fico [...]
28
09, 2023
Batory Foundation/EPDE Report
Batory Foundation/EPDE Report on "The upcoming 2023 referendum and parliamentary elections in Poland: key concerns about the “double celebration” democracy day". Download PDF (in English) Download PDF (in Polish)
29
08, 2023
Newspaper interview
Interview for Oriental Daily (Malaysia). View LINK 1 View LINK 2 View LINK 3
26
08, 2023
Presentation in Malaysia
Presentation for the Agora Society Malaysia CSO on "Political Funding Regulation and Corruption: an Institutional Problem" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Watch full PRESENTATION
24
08, 2023
Talk in Malaysia
Presentation on "The Crisis of Representative Democracy: Causes, Consequences and Remedies" at the Agora Society Malaysia and Aliran & Penang Forum in Penang (Malaysia). View LINK
23
08, 2023
Presentation in Malaysia
Presentation on "Political Party Finance Reform" at the Bar Council (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
22
08, 2023
Radio interview (Malaysia)
Interview on political party finance reform in Malaysia Listen to the INTERVIEW
17
08, 2023
In polarised Spain, populists win even when they lose the elections
By José Javier Olivas Osuna (UNED) Thanks to the high degree of political polarisation, Spain finds itself in a paradoxical situation. Although the electoral results were bad for most populist parties, they have all increased their capacity to influence governance after the last General Elections on 23 July 2023. Far right Vox lost 19 seats [...]
14
08, 2023
KAS Summer School (Kuala Lumpur)
Co-director at the 3rd Asian Summer School on “Political Parties and Democracy” at the University of Nottingham-Malaysia. View LINK View PROGRAM