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Sandra Destradi

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Prof of International Relations, @uni-freiburg.de + DAAD long-term visiting prof, Reichman University IR | foreign policy | populism | Global South | emerging powers | India

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Populism and the Politics of India’s Foreign Policy We tend to think of populist leaders around the world as disruptive. But a new book by scholars Sandra Destradi and Johannes Plagemann argues that the extent of change depends on key factors. Milan an...

It was a pleasure to speak with Milan Vaishnav @carnegieendowment.org about our new book "Populism and Foreign Policy" @academic.oup.com

carnegieendowment.org/podcasts/gra...

04.03.2026 08:11 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Many thanks to the @ideopop.bsky.social team for the feedback on this article, now published in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social:
"Populist Publics' Affinity for Nuclear Weapons? Explaining Opposition to the Nuclear Sharing Weapons in European Populist Publics" by Etienne et al. 👇

12.02.2026 12:48 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Populists at the United Nations | Institute of International Relations Prague - Expertise to impact The policy paper explores how governments led by anti-elite or people-centred political movements approach multilateral cooperation within the United Nations, with particular attention to the links be...

We're excited to share that we launched the #IDEoPOP policy paper series in collaboration with the @iirprague.bsky.social! The first policy paper by our PI @sdestradi.bsky.social explores #populist engagement with the #UnitedNations.

Read the contribution here: www.iir.cz/en/populists...

06.02.2026 10:38 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We conclude the #IDEoPOP doctoral training with a lecture by @profannikawerner.bsky.social on radical right populist parties in the EU. The seminar provided interesting insights into the main drivers for populists alliance building in the European Parliament. Thank you for the lecture!

26.01.2026 15:17 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We start the new year with an #IDEoPOP workshop on #populism and security by our PI, @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social. We received very interesting insights into Fabrizio's research results, particularly on the case of Italy. Thank you for the lecture!

#MSCA #foreignpolicy

15.01.2026 10:53 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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So nice to see that our early piece (with Johannes Plagemann @giga-hamburg.de) on #populism and #foreignpolicy remains among the 5 most read and 5 most cited articles in Foreign Policy Analysis! @fpajrnl.bsky.social @ideopop.bsky.social @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

31.12.2025 09:29 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Last week, I attended a super inspiring workshop on right-wing #Populism in middle powers @carnegieeurope.bsky.social in Brussels. Thanks for the invitation @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social & @milanv.bsky.social !!
@ideopop.bsky.social

20.12.2025 08:52 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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It was a pleasure to take part in the lecture series of The International Dimensions and Effects of Populism!

Thanks to @sdestradi.bsky.social and the IDEoPOP team for having me!

If you are interested in the lecture, you can find it here: ideopop.populism-internationalrelations.com/lecture-ii-4...

11.12.2025 12:38 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

Thank you so much for contributing to the training of our doctoral candidates, dear Daniel!

11.12.2025 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Today we had an inspiring lecture by our #IDEoPOP PIs Fredrik Söderbaum and @kilianspandler.bsky.social on #populism and #InternationalOrganizations. Thank you both for presenting and @pbilgin.bsky.social for chairing the session.

#multilateralism #regionalism #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope

28.11.2025 10:53 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Thank you so much, dear Daniel!! :-)

07.12.2025 11:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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As part of our lecture series on populism and foreign policy we had a workshop on the populist politicization of foreign policy today. Thank you @davidcadier.bsky.social for the interesting lecture and insightful Q&A session 😊

#Politicisation #ForeignPolicy #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope

04.12.2025 13:59 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

@ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social @davidcadier.bsky.social @achryssogelos.bsky.social @lesliewehner.bsky.social @dwajner.bsky.social @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @erinjenne.bsky.social

18.11.2025 19:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We are grateful to @dfg.de for funding the project "Populism and Foreign Policy", which made this research possible, to our fantastic team, and to all the colleagues who gave us feedback and supported us over the past years! @hakkitas.bsky.social @vihangjumle.bsky.social

18.11.2025 19:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Populism and Foreign Policy Abstract. How and why does the formation of populist governments lead to changes in foreign policy? This book theorizes and empirically analyses how populi

Very happy to share that my new book "Populism and Foreign Policy", co-authored with Johannes Plagemann, is now out as an e-book with Oxford University Press! We examine how populist governments reshape #foreignpolicy across the globe. More here: academic.oup.com/book/61646

18.11.2025 19:49 👍 29 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 3
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We had an excellent lecture by @hakkitas.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de yesterday in our #MSCA Doctoral Network IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social. Thanks a lot, dear Hakki, for presenting your super inspiring and innovative research agenda on #populism and #territoriality!
@pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

12.11.2025 09:13 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you so much, dear @erinjenne.bsky.social, for giving a lecture on #sovereigntism and the international dimensions of #populism to our doctoral candidates in the @ideopop.bsky.social doctoral network!
#MSCA #DoctoralNetworks

04.11.2025 13:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Scary 👻 🎃

31.10.2025 07:50 👍 108 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 6
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Back from Rapallo, where I had very inspiring three days with fantastic colleagues to discuss our emerging research agenda on #politicization of #foreignpolicy. Thank you @europeanisa.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity! #RapalloSymposia

30.10.2025 20:09 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Wie war’s bei … der Podiumsdiskussion über die Macht der Populisten Populistische Parteien werden immer beliebter. In vielen Ländern, wie den USA, sind Populisten bereits an der Macht. In dieser Podiumsdiskussion befassten sich die Forscher mit den Folgen.

The local newspaper reported about our public roundtable (in German only): www.badische-zeitung.de/wie-war-s-be...

26.09.2025 14:03 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Some impressions from our IDEoPOP Kick-off Conference on the international dimensions and effects of #populism held @uni-freiburg.de on 17-19 September. The entire network met in person for the first time for an inspiring mix of poster sessions by our doctoral candidates, panels, and roundtables.

22.09.2025 17:35 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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The Long‐Term Effects of Populism on Foreign Policy: Berlusconi's Legacy and Its Impact on Italy's Approach to the EU and International Politics What are the long-term effects of populism on foreign policy? This aspect has not been addressed yet by the burgeoning literature on the international consequences of populism. In this contribution, ...

New publication (with Emidio Diodato) in @jcms-eu.bsky.social
The Long‐Term Effects of #Populism on #ForeignPolicy: Berlusconi's Legacy and Its Impact on Italy's Approach to the #EU and International Politics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@ideopop.bsky.social @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

22.09.2025 06:21 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much for coming to our @ideopop.bsky.social kick-off conference and for presenting your super interesting research, dear @dwajner.bsky.social !

21.09.2025 06:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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We had two very inspiring panels on the international consequences of #populism at #SISP2025 today 😊 @ideopop.bsky.social

04.09.2025 19:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2
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Good morning Napoli! Looking forward to #SISP2025 with two panels on #populism and #IR co-organized with @khayyamrza.bsky.social of the @ideopop.bsky.social doctoral network

04.09.2025 06:28 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Wadephul in Indien - Komplizierte neue Partnerschaft mit dem Subkontinent

My contribution this morning in Deutschlandfunk (in German) on Germany's foreign minister's trip to #India

www.deutschlandfunk.de/wirtschaft-u...

01.09.2025 05:43 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks, dear Nico!

03.07.2025 14:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Today, I could finally collect my copies of our Routledge #Handbook of #Populism and #ForeignPolicy. I am so grateful to all our authors and to the best co-editors in the world: @achryssogelos.bsky.social and @davidcadier.bsky.social!

03.07.2025 12:42 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Interested in different theories and conceptualization of #populism? Here are lectures by some of the leading scholars in the field, given in the context of our MSCA doctoral network @ideopop.bsky.social

10.06.2025 10:28 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Lecture series - IDEoPOP Concepts, Causes, and Consequences of Populism Session 1Introduction to populismCristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser (Catholic University of Chile)Provides an overview of developments in how populism has manif...

The first six #lectures of our series on #Populism are now available online! Super interesting contributions on the different theorizations of populism and on how to measure it. Follow this space for more video lectures in the coming weeks!
ideopop.populism-internationalrelations.com/doctoral-tra...

10.06.2025 10:26 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1