Research & writing. Out-of-the-box thinker, blogger, positive-sum gamer, commonsensical, PhD @Yale. All you wanted to know about populism.
Jul 24, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
#Erdogan's post-2016 #Turkey has been commonly characterised as "populist" (a term usually accompanied by some adjective. See thread below).
What a terminological waste!
Especially when the words "autocrat/autocracy" are sufficient to explain Turkey's case.
Turkey as "antidemocratic populism" e.g., tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Apr 29, 2019 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
What one needs to know for understanding Vox and the Spanish elections result.
A longish thread. #Spain, #spainelections, #vox_es
From Franco's death until 1982, Spanish conservatism was represented by the Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD), an offshoot of modern Francoism, which managed to steer Spain firmly in a democratic direction.
Jun 18, 2018 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
Where Greek politics stands today.
My 7 conclusions after the 10-day Greece-(North) Macedonia saga over name deal:
1. PM Tsipras increasingly employs personal (almost private-style) politics at the expense of his party, his coalition government and Greek parliament.
May 28, 2018 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Italy's problem is NOT populism. (With some forecasting as an added bonus:-)
1. Italy’s chief political problem is its failure since 1994 to solidify a working party system.
