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The New Age of Populism: Reapproaching a Diffuse Concept Read chapter Read first chapter

2022 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

33. Populist Neo-Imperialism: A New Take on Populist Foreign Policy

Authors : Ole Frahm, Dirk Lehmkuhl

Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of Populism

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this article, we add to the theoretical understanding of populist foreign policy by proposing the model of populist neo-imperialism. Built on an in-depth study of contemporary Turkey, the model postulates that populist right-wing parties in countries with an imperial past pursue a foreign policy with specific shared features. In immigration, trade and regional integration, the policy of populist neo-imperialism defies empirical typologies derived from European right-wing populists. Three empirical case studies (Russia, United Kingdom, France) based on secondary material confirm the model’s transferability while highlighting necessary conditions for populist neo-imperialism to be chosen: economic strength, political dominance and prior elites’ neglect of the imperial past. Moreover, the cases show that populist neo-imperialists are willing to stomach losses to their popularity to establish and maintain their foreign policy, indicating the “thick” ideological motivations that drive them.

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Metadata
Title
Populist Neo-Imperialism: A New Take on Populist Foreign Policy
Authors
Ole Frahm
Dirk Lehmkuhl
Copyright Year
2022
Book
The Palgrave Handbook of Populism

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-80802-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-80803-7

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80803-7_33