Rise of the Right

Across the globe, right-wing populist movements are on the rise. The likes of Trump in the US, Duterte in the Philippines, Orbán in Hungary, Erdoğan in Turkey – leaders with anti-democratic agendas and dangerous rhetoric - are ascending to power. What are the implications? For geopolitics? Minority rights? Carolin Emcke (Against Hate), Nancy MacLean (Democracy in Chains) and Jeff Sparrow (Trigger Warnings) bring perspectives from Europe, America and the Asia-Pacific.

Chair: Dominic Knight

Carolin Emcke is supported by Goethe Institut Australia

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Carolin Emcke is a German war correspondent, public intellectual and author. How We Desire is her first book to be translated into English.

Nancy MacLean is an award-winning author and the William Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. Her most recent book is Democracy in Chains.

Jeff Sparrow is a writer, editor, broadcaster and a columnist for The Guardian. His most recent book is Trigger Warnings: Political Correctness and the Rise of the Right

Dominic Knight is a writer, broadcaster and co-founder of The Chaser.

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