Rise of the Extreme Right: The New Global Extremism and the Threat to Democracy | Lydia Khalil
September 26, 2022
A discussion with Lydia Khalil (Lowy Institute) and Toda’s Kevin Clements and Olivia Stokes Dreier.
They discuss the salient features of right-wing extremism and the structural factors which have led to a huge increase in right-wing extremism since 2016: global Inequality, the New World Order, the spread of disinformation and conspiracy theories, environmental degradation and climate change, and global democratic decline.
Interview recorded 26 September 2022
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