Populist Foreign Policy

Philip Giurlando is Assistant Professor of International and Comparative Politics at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. His two principal areas of research are the formation and consequences of inter-state hierarchies and populist foreign policy. On the latter subject, his most recent publication on the subject is “Populist Foreign Policy: The Case of Italy” in the Canadian Journal of Foreign Policy. Daniel F. Wajner is a postdoctoral fellow at the Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script" (SCRIPTS), Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany, and since 2021-2022 an Assistant Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He has published academic articles in the journals International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, Diplomacy and Statecraft, Regional and Federal Studies, Latin American Research Review, and Journal of International Relations and Development. His main areas of research and teaching are international legitimacy, regional cooperation, and populist foreign policies, particularly focusing on their interplay in the realms of Middle East and Latin American politics.

1. Introduction to Populist Foreign Policy (PFP).- 2. Digging New Western European Trenches: Populism and the Foreign Policies of Germany and the Netherlands.- 3. Populist Foreign Policy in Southern Europe.- 4. Populist Foreign Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Hungary and the Shock of the Ukraine Crisis.- 5. The Trump Shock: Populism and Changing Narratives of US Foreign Policy.- 6. Tradition, Geopolitical Constraints, and Leadership Styles in Latin American Populist Foreign Policy.- 7. Populist Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa.- 8. Leadership, Context, and Populist Foreign Policy in East Africa: An Analysis of Uganda and Rwanda.- 9. Populist Foreign Policy in Asia.- 10. Aotearoa New Zealand and the Quasi-Populist Foreign Policy of New Zealand First.- 11. Conclusions: Populist Foreign Policy in a Comparative Perspective.