Theorizing Far-Right Foreign Policy: Insights From Germany.

What is the far-right's foreign policy outlook? Although International Relations scholarship has provided important insights into the foreign policy preferences of far-right actors, it has predominantly analysed these political actors under the label of populism and focused on the effects of populis...

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Publicado en:Political Studies Vol. 73; no. 3; pp. 1169 - 1194
Autor principal: Wojczewski, Thorsten
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Aug2025
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        Germany
        Right-wing populism
        International relations
        Right-wing extremism
        Hostility
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        far right
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        populism
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      ab: What is the far-right's foreign policy outlook? Although International Relations scholarship has provided important insights into the foreign policy preferences of far-right actors, it has predominantly analysed these political actors under the label of populism and focused on the effects of populism on foreign policy positions. Consequently, we lack a clear understanding of the impact of far-right ideology on foreign policy beliefs and preferences. This article provides a theorization of far-right foreign policy by deriving its key characteristics from far-right ideology. It tests this theoretical framework through a comparative analysis of the foreign policy preferences of the populist radical-right Alternative for Germany and the extreme-right, Neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany. The comparative analysis of primary textual data reveals a shared far-right foreign policy outlook characterized by (1) ultra-nationalism, (2) group-based enmity, (3) authoritarianism, (4) revisionism and reactionism and (5) producerist-nationalistic economic positions, but also some important variations in the pursuit of these positions.
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