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Jakub Wondreys

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Research Fellow @hait-tud.bsky.social | 🇨🇿🇮🇹🇺🇸 | (Radical/Extreme) Political Parties & Elections | 🐶 @universityofga.bsky.social PhD | 📚⚽️🎸

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Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · Feb 20

Happy to see that my article “Putin’s puppets in the West? The far right’s reaction to the 2022 Russian (re)invasion of Ukraine” is now published in Volume 31, Issue 2 of Party Politics! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Putin’s puppets in the West? The far right’s reaction to the 2022 Russian (re)invasion of Ukraine - Jakub Wondreys, 2025

While an argument that the far right supports Putin is popular, comparative analysis of far-right parties’ stances on Russia is generally lacking. In the wake o...

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Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 2h

Our first take on just concluded 🇨🇿 elections (campaign, results, implications) with @havlikv.bsky.social

whogoverns.eu/the-return-o...

The return of populism: The 2025 general election in Czechia | Who Governs Europe

By Vlastimil Havlík (Masaryk University and National Institute SYRI) and Jakub Wondreys (Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies at the TU Dresden and CEVRO University) The Czech general e...

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 3d

They’ve said that since they’re below 10%, which is a huge disappointment, they’re not aspiring to have spots in the cabinet but ready to support ANO’s minority government. To note is that this is not Okamura’s but his second man declaration.

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 4d

This is by far the most positive thing about this election. Konecna run a hateful campaign and don’t be mistaken, there is a very little difference between any extreme right party and her so-called radical left coalition.

Seán Hanley @drseanhanley.bsky.social · 4d

Czech Communist leader Kateřina Konečná has conceded that the Communist-led Enough! bloc won’t make it into parliament and speedily denounced Babiš as offering “a right-wing government with a human face”

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 4d

Close to 90% counted, no one (ANO+AUTO vs. SPOLU+MAYOR+PIR) has majority without SPD

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 4d

🇨🇿 With over 60% counted, ANO and AUTO are clearly over performing, SPD and STACILO/Communist underperforming, the latter might not (fingers crossed) make the threshold, the government doing maybe even worse than expected, turnout again very high for Czech standards

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 4d

Don’t forget STACILO/KSCM below the threshold with almost 60% counted. At least something positive! ANO-AUTO government likely if this is the result

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 4d

I have a first bold prediction for the Czech elections that just concluded (we will know the results tonight): No center-left party will make the threshold. I’ll go even further, no center-left party will get over 0.5% of vote shares. Mark my words!

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East European Politics @eepolitics.bsky.social · 4d

🇨🇿🗳️ Excited about the upcoming #CzechElection ? Find some excellent studies in the thread below 👇👇 @adamfagan.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @lenkabustikova.bsky.social

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 5d

Preordered it like 3 months ago 😍

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Manès Weisskircher @manesweisskircher.bsky.social · 5d

🇩🇪 German Reunification Day!

In 2020, I wrote about how Germany's east–west divide links to #AfD success. Today, the article remains relevant — but the AfD’s rise across Germany shows that this is not only an east-west story.

➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @politicalquarterly.bsky.social

The Strength of Far‐Right AfD in Eastern Germany: The East‐West Divide and the Multiple Causes behind ‘Populism’

This article sheds light on one of the key developments in recent German politics and relates it to the broader debate on the electoral success of the far right. The rise of the Alternative für Deuts...

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Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 5d

The time has finally come! 🩸🎃

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 5d

Had a chance to hear about a lot of great and inspiring research these past couple days, as well as to see some old friends and colleagues and meet some new ones! Kudos to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social and the @rexklima.bsky.social team for organizing and bringing this fantastic lineup to Dresden!

Manès Weisskircher @manesweisskircher.bsky.social · 6d

I’m glad that the 2nd #REXKLIMA workshop in Dresden brought together so many insightful presentations and lively discussions - with a great mix of quantitative and qualitative manuscripts. Looking forward to seeing these papers published! 💫📑

hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 6d

Cat on a Ferrari :)

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 7d

Top comment on the #farright riots in the Netherlands by 2 top people

What Mainstream Parties and Media Should Learn from the Dutch Extreme-Right Riots illiberalism.org |

Stijn van Kessel and Andrej Zaslove on the far-right riots in The Hague, the reaction from political leaders, and lessons for preserving liberal democracy and liberal democratic principles.

www.illiberalism.org

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Cyrill Otteni @cyrillotteni.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 New article out! 🚨
How societal-level women’s empowerment 📣✊ shapes the gender gap in protest, boycott & petition signing 🗳️
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From empowerment to participation: How women’s political empowerment shapes non-institutionalized political participation and reduces gender disparities - Cyrill Otteni, 2025

This study examines how women’s political empowerment influences the gender gap in non-institutionalized political participation (protest, boycott and petition ...

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Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 8d

“One battle after another”
is really all you need to see these days.

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 13d

Fancy a drink?

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 14d

It’s always so nice to be lucky enough to have a reviewer whose feedback and suggestions clearly lead to an improvement of one’s paper. Especially, considering that, more often than not, one can easily get all 3 reviewers, who clearly do not even read, or don’t know how to read, one’s paper

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks!

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 14d

I have both on my list! The first one was even translated to Czech, which is optimal. The latter I also need to get for the HAIT’s library and finally read it myself too.

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 14d

Looks interesting! Thanks, Gabriela!

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 15d

I will be teaching a few nee classes this semester and was wondering what are the best new(er) books on democratic erosion and normalization of the radical right? Will be glad to hear any recommendations (of course feel free to promote your own work!).

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Seán Hanley @drseanhanley.bsky.social · 19d

Former Czech president Miloš Zeman has endorsed the national-populist left, communist-led Enough! bloc.

No real surprise there - the nationalistically inclined rump of the Social Democrats are there too.

The bloc is hovering just over the 5% threshold so the endorsement may matter.

iROZHLAS.cz @irozhlas.cz · 19d

Exprezident Miloš Zeman bude ve sněmovních volbách volit Stačilo!. Oznámil to v rozhovoru s Rádiem Prostor. Oceňuje prý, že hnutí na kandidátkách soustředilo levicové síly.

Předsedkyně KSČM Kateřina Konečná uvedla, že ji Zemanova podpora příjemně překvapila. irozhl.as/xnL

ONLINE: Zeman podpořil hnutí Stačilo! Konečná mu poděkovala

Bývalý prezident Miloš Zeman bude v říjnových volbách do Sněmovny volit Stačilo!, řekl v pátek v rozhovoru s Rádiem Prostor. Oceňuje, že hnutí na kandidátkách soustředilo levicové síly.

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations!

Jakub Wondreys @jakubw.bsky.social · 23d

In Prague a cardinal and ex-archbishop will hold a mess for Kirk, for which members of the city council from the government coalition (Christian Democrats) are sharing invites. They will then put a straw wreath at the Old Town sq, where “anyone can pin a mourning ribbon with a message for Charlie”