When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge

When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge

Radical Ecologies of the Right and Left: A Conversation with Ashton Kingdon and Balša Lubarda

In this new episode of the “When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge” series, which shares fresh research from a workshop organised by the CEU DI Democracy in History Work Group, we discuss with Dr Ashton Kingdon and Dr Balša Lubarda how both the far right and the far left mobilise ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance.

7.11.2025

When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge

Flexible Illiberalism: How Democracy Survives Illiberally in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia shows how democracy’s openness can be weaponized. Flexible illiberalism—the art of using democratic institutions to pursue illiberal ends—reveals how democracy endures not by collapsing, but by changing hands.

4.11.2025

When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge

China’s Hybrid Ideological Convergence within BRICS

The power transition from the liberal Global North to the increasingly assertive Global South signals a shift from a unipolar to a multipolar international system, where emerging economies have the opportunity to contribute more significantly to shaping the global order. In this context, China plays a pivotal role. Being considered the architect of the BRICS group, Beijing successfully blends both far-left and far-right elements to design a hybrid ideological identity, aligned with its worldview.

3.10.2025

When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge

The Co-optation of Antonio Gramsci’s Ideas by the Contemporary (Far-)Right

This episode, part of the series When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge, features Francesco Trupia and Marina Simakova discussing the ideological co-optation of Antonio Gramsci’s ideas by the contemporary (far-)right. They examine when and how right-wing actors adopted his political language, and how political conjunctures in and beyond Europe have shaped this process.

29.09.2025