German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Vihang Jumle / Johannes Plagemann / Sandra Destradi / Elena Dressler / Alyssa Santiago / Roland Schleehauf

Populism and the Centralisation of Foreign Policy Decision-Making: Paths and Patterns

Chapter in Edited Volume | 2025

Edition

1st Edition

Published in

Routledge Handbook of Populism and Foreign Policy

Editor(s)

David Cadier

Angelos Chryssogelos

Sandra Destradi

Publisher

Routledge

Pages

233-250

ISBN

978-1-032-54018-4

978-1-003-41479-7

978-1-040-38070-3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003414797-16

Location

London

Vihang Jumle

University of Bern

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Acting Director of the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies / Editor GIGA Focus Global

T. +49 (40) 428874-23 [email protected]

Prof. Dr. Sandra Destradi

Former Associate

Elena Dressler

Arbeitsbereich Internationale Beziehungen, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Roland Schleehauf

Seminar für Wissenschaftliche Politik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Monograph | Oxford University Press | 2025

In this book, Prof. Sandra Destradi and GIGA-researcher Johannes Plagemann develop a novel theory of populism and foreign policy. The use of foreign policy for domestic mobilization and the personalization of decision making are key to explain different intensities of foreign policy change.

Prof. Dr. Sandra Destradi

Former Associate

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Acting Director of the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies / Editor GIGA Focus Global

GIGA Focus Latin America | 4/2025

Ballots over Streets: Bolivia’s Fragile Democratic Gamble

Bolivia’s presidential elections mark a watershed moment: After two decades of single-party dominance, two liberal opposition contenders in the 19 October runoff. Whoever wins must balance urgent economic adjustments with social protection to avoid renewed conflict.