Political Communication and Performative Leadership

Corina Lacatus is Lecturer in Global Governance at Queen Mary University of London. She holds doctorates from London School of Economics and University of California. Her book “The Strength of Our Commitments” is  forthcoming with University of Chicago Press. She published widely on populist communication in the United States, Europe, and Africa. Gustav Meibauer is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He previously held a postdoctoral fellowship at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he also completed his doctorate in International Relations. He researches international relations theory, foreign policy decision-making and political communication. Georg Löfflmann is Lecturer in US Foreign Policy at Queen Mary University of London. His research examines the intersection of security narratives, national identity and foreign and security policy, with a particular focus on the United States of America. He has edited a special issue of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations on the ‘Study of Populism in IR’, and is the author of American Grand Strategy Under Obama: Competing Discourses (Edinburgh University Press, 2017).

• 1. Introduction: Populist Communication and Performative Leadership in International politics.- Part 1. Populist Communication and Foreign Policy in Global Context.- 2. The Populist Moralization of Foreign Policy Issues.- 3. Populist Communication and Foreign Policy in a Competitive Authoritarian Context.- 4. Populist Representational Practices and Foreign Policy: The Case of Poland.- 5. Self-Other, and the Oppositional Discursive Logic behind Populist Foreign Policy: The Case of the Lega Nord.- 6. Beliefs Systems of Latin American Populist Leaders towards the International.- 7. When Populist Friends Abroad hurt you at Home: How Populist Leaders in Italy and the Netherlands Coped with the Russo-Ukrainian War.- 8. Clash of Populisms: The Unravelling of Populist Politics in Turkey.- 9. The End of the World is Always Better in Theory: The Strained Relationship Between Populist Radical Right Parties andthe State-of-Crisis Narrative.- 10. Saying the Unspeakable: Populism, Performance, and the Politics of Covid-19.- Part 2: The Impact of Populist Communication on International Politics.- 11. Performing the Populist Repertoire on the Global Stage: A Critical Approach to IR and Populist Communication.- 12. Populist Bullshit and International Politics.- 13. Populism beyond Borders: Modi’s Discursive Strategy with the Indian Diaspora in the United States of America.- 14. International Constellations of the Populist Radical Right: An Analysis of Jair Bolsonaro’s International Speeches (2019 - 2020).- 15. Populist Foreign Policy Rhetoric: More Confrontational, Less Consensual?.- 16. Transatlantic Diplomacy in the Age of Populism: A Story of Resilience?.- 17. Populist Humiliation Narratives and the Mobilization of Resistance.