Populism and Foreign Policy

It depends on the personalization of foreign policy and its use for mobilizing domestic support, argue Sandra Destradi and Johannes Plagemann, in their article that explores the case-studies of Bolivia (under Evo Morales), India (under Narendra Modi) and the Philippines (under Rodrigo Duterte).

Populist leaders claim to embody the popular will and greatly personalize their countries’ policy processes. The chapter outlines patterns of centralization in foreign policy making with reference to populist governments in Bolivia, India, Italy, and the Philippines.

The goal of this article is to explore the role of mobilization in the foreign policies of populists in power.

Populist parties have been on the rise worldwide in recent years and formed governments. Much discussed in the media but little systematically researched so far are the effects of populism on foreign policy. The authors of this introduction present a research agenda.

To what extent and how do populist leaders politicise foreign policy? Sandra Destradi, Johannes Plagemann, and Hakkı Taş find interesting differences between the public discourses of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

It depends on the personalization of foreign policy and its use for mobilizing domestic support, argue Sandra Destradi and Johannes Plagemann, in their article that explores the case-studies of Bolivia (under Evo Morales), India (under Narendra Modi) and the Philippines (under Rodrigo Duterte).

Populist leaders claim to embody the popular will and greatly personalize their countries’ policy processes. The chapter outlines patterns of centralization in foreign policy making with reference to populist governments in Bolivia, India, Italy, and the Philippines.

The goal of this article is to explore the role of mobilization in the foreign policies of populists in power.