Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Viktor Orbán, Narenda Modi or Jair Bolsonaro are some of the names of the so-called third authoritarian wave: there is virtually no democracy left in the world where any National Populist party or political leader is not challenging the existing democratic regime. All of them, despite their anti-liberal rhetoric, gain power by participating in competitive elections and use common patterns by attacking or dismantling institutions that limit their power to implement their political agenda. What are the consequences of this National Populism global rise? How do the media contribute to this pattern? In this virtual round table, jointly organized by the Centre for Contemporary Studies and the Office of Civil and Political Rights, several experts will discuss the cases of Turkey, the United States and Hungary.

The event is part of the IDEES magazine special issue ‘Defending democracy: civil and political rights at risk in the 21st century‘ and will be held online on January, 28 at 6.00 PM (CEST). The round table can be followed live on the Youtube channel of the Ministry for Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency.

The following speakers will take part in the debates, which will be in English:

• Ece Temelkuran, journalist, columnist and writer. Author of the book How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship (2019).
  
  
• Jordi Vaquer, director for Global Foresight and Analysis at the Open Society Foundation and Co-Director of the Open Society Initiative for Europe.
  
  
• Reece Peck, researcher and associated professor at the College of Staten Island at the City University of New York. Author of the book Fox Populism: Branding Conservatism as Working Class (2019).

Adam Majó, director of the Office of Civil and Political Rights, will moderate the debate.