Theorizing Far-Right Foreign Policy: Insights From Germany

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)(In-Press)
Number of pages25
JournalPolitical Studies
Volume(In-Press)
Early online date11 Oct 2024
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 11 Oct 2024

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Keywords

  • Far right
  • Populism
  • Ideology
  • Foreign Policy
  • Germany

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences(all)

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