Image: From Cynthia Miller-Idriss’ “How a relatively small private pro-state battalion in Ukraine triggered a global surge in neo-Nazi recruitment.”

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2024

AP News: Far-right groups that block aid to Gaza receive tax-deductible donations from US and Israel.

Carole Cadwalladr: Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America.

CNN: Expert explains ‘the danger’ in Trump’s meeting with far-right leader.

Hannah Gais: To Russia, with Love: The American right’s romance with Russia.

David Gilbert: Russian Memes Celebrate ‘Tucker Carlson Day’ After Putin Interview.

Global Project Against Hate & Extremism: Evidence of widespread interactions between Heritage Foundation officials and Viktor Orbán’s regime show a deep relationship that would bring Hungary’s “illiberal democracy” to the U.S.

The Guardian: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss.

Caolán Magee: Conor McGregor: How MMA star became a figurehead for the far-right in Ireland.

Ben Makuch: Neo-Nazis in the US no longer see backing Ukraine as a worthy cause.

Tim Marchman & Dhruv Mehrotra: What Right-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media Videos: A WIRED analysis shows that right-wing stars like Tim Pool and Benny Johnson focused on topics like Elon Musk and supposed racism toward white people in hundreds of videos allegedly paid for by Russia.

Tess Megginson: Canada’s Right Is Moving Further Right—And Closer to the U.S.

Casey Michel: How Viktor Orbán Conquered the Heritage Foundation: Once the redoubt of Reaganism, the think tank has taken to promoting Trump’s favorite strongman.

Steven Lee Myers: Once a sheriff’s deputy in Florida, now a source of disinformation from Russia.

María Luisa Paúl & Adela Suliman: Tucker Carlson faces new backlash over Putin interview after Navalny death.

Tom Phillips: Bolsonaro supporters hit streets of Rio and hail new hero Elon Musk: Owner of X has used social media platform to bash judge in charge of investigations into former president.

Brandy Zadrozny: The Pipeline:How Russian propaganda reaches and influences the U.S.

2023

Agence France-Presse: US white supremacist arrested in Romania.

Bruce Hoffman & Jacob Ware: American Hatred Goes Global: How the United States Became a Leading Exporter of White Supremacist Terrorism.

The Washington Post: Trump, U.S. conservatives embrace Argentina’s controversial new leader.

SPLC: Violent White Nationalist Rob Rundo Arrested in Romania.

2022

Flora Garamvolgyi: Viktor Orbán tells CPAC the path to power is to ‘have your own media.’ Hungarian leader also tells Republicans at Budapest conference that shows like Tucker Carlson’s should be broadcast ‘24/7’.

David Gilbert: Irish Proud Boys Try to Hide It, But They’re Just as Racist as Their US Counterparts.

Christopher Mathias: The ‘Perfect Anti-Semitism’ Of Tucker Carlson’s Latest Trip To Hungary: The Fox Nation host goes all-in on the white supremacist conspiracy theory that George Soros is waging “demographic war — on the West.”

Cynthia Miller-Idriss:

• Fighting Russia in Ukraine sadly appeals to racist, far-right extremists: Counterterrorism officials are paying attention to the increased risks posed by volunteers from around the globe who are making their way to Ukraine.
• Russia’s misguided ‘denazification’ of Ukraine is a self-fulfilling prophecy: How a relatively small private pro-state battalion in Ukraine triggered a global surge in neo-Nazi recruitment.

Bethany Moreton: The U.S. Christians Who Pray for Putin: The mystical connection between white Southern nostalgia, the global family values movement, and Russia.

NPR:

• Why Did Tucker Carlson Echo Russian Bioweapons Propaganda On His Top-Rated Show?
• Extremism experts say Germany’s far-right actors are familiar.

Tess Owen: ‘Very Inspirational’: MAGA Crowd Swoons For Strongman Against ‘Mixed-Race’ Society. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban kicked off CPAC to thunderous applause, just days after a senior advisor quit over a “pure Nazi speech.”

Odette Yousef:

• Global culture wars: Some far right groups in the U.S. are taking a pro-Russia stance.
• A growing number of white nationalists identify with Vladimir Putin.

2020

Daniel Geary, Camilla Schofield, & Jennifer Sutton: Toward a Global History of White Supremacy: The simultaneous success of Trump and Brexit was no coincidence: white supremacist politics are international in scope and often share entwined histories.

Christopher Miller: Ukraine Deported Two American Members Of A Neo-Nazi Group Who Tried To Join A Far-Right Military Unit For “Combat Experience”: The two men were members of the US-based Atomwaffen Division who tried to join Ukraine’s far-right Azov Regiment, Ukrainian security officials said.

2019

Edin Hajdarpasic: How a Serbian war criminal became an icon of white nationalism: The global nature of racist nationalism.

Tim Hume:

• This German City Has Declared a ‘Nazi Emergency’ 
• The UK Now Considers Far-Right Terror As Dangerous As Islamic Extremism
• A Black Metal Festival in Ukraine This Weekend Is the Neo-Nazi Networking Event of the Year.

2017

Theodore R. Johnson: How American racism aids our adversaries: Racial violence and inequality are powerful weapons against American interests abroad.

R. Joseph Parrott: How white supremacy went global: The century-long effort to unite whites worldwide.