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The Radical Right

Radical right political parties have swept across Europe in recent years, advancing in local and national elections and changing the nature of public debates on immigration, social cohesion and national identity. Though parliamentary manifestations of the radical right are non-violent and operate within the rules of democracy, there remains confusion over the nature of radical right parties and how they relate to phenomena like the extreme right violence that has become apparent across Europe in recent years. The tragic attacks in Norway on 22 July, 2011 drew Europe’s gaze to the dangers of the growing presence of the radical right across Europe and the increasing legitimisation of anti-immigration and anti-Islamic discourses within mainstream European politics. The blurred relationship between violence from the extreme right and broader trends of Islamophobia and anti-immigration sentiment poses several challenges for policy makers seeking to address the increasing risk of violent right-wing extremism.

In 2012, ISD is launching a new programme of work to enhance understanding of the threat from the radical right, and help policy makers to develop effective responses to these violent and non-violent movements. 


Recent Events

Policy Session: Oslo and Utøya, Six Months On
Prospects for Countering Violent Right-Wing Extremism in Europe
23 January 2012
London

 

All The Radical Right events


Research and Policy Papers

The New Radical Right: Violent and Non-Violent Movements in Europe

Dr Matthew Goodwin and Vidhya Ramalingam, February 2012

This paper was commissioned to accompany the ISD event 'Oslo and Utoya, Six Months On'.

Historian Saul Friedlander, Inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Historiography at the University of Oxford, May 2012
Vanessa Redgrave, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Drama 2012, speaking at the University of Oxford, February 2012.
Leading activists from pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, speaking at a Weidenfeld Debate, February 2012
Lord Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, co-founders of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme, April 2010
CEDAR Chair Ahmed Larouz, addressing the Social Innovation and Social Action Conference, Lambeth Palace, November 2011
Journalist and blogger Sunny Hundal, delivering a presentation at ISD's Social Media and Intolerance workshop, April 2012
Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff to Tony Blair, addresses the inaugural Turkey Workshop, London, September 2011
Peter Kellner, President of YouGov and Dr David Muir, Faith in Britain, at the launch conference of the Phoenix Initiative, October 2010
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011