Climate Alliances as Counter-Hegemony: The Populist Radical Right’s Environmental Paradox

Building on Sharma’s (2024) work on environmental issues in IR and Wojczewski’s (2024) analysis of populist radical right (PRR) international cooperation, this idea explores an unexpected crossover: PRR parties forming climate-focused alliances. Traditionally, PRR groups reject multilateralism, yet climate disasters (e.g., floods in Europe) may force pragmatic cooperation. Using discourse analysis (à la Wojczewski), I’d examine whether PRR actors frame climate alliances as "national survival" rather than global solidarity—potentially creating a unique counter-hegemonic bloc distinct from liberal environmentalism. This diverges from existing literature by treating climate not just as a cooperative issue (Sharma) but as a battleground for competing ideological visions of sovereignty.

References:

1. Role of International Relations to Solve Environmental Issues: An Emerging Discourse. Lila Prasad Sharma (2024). Journal of Environmental Science.
2. The international cooperation of the populist radical right: building counter-hegemony in international relations. Thorsten Wojczewski (2024). International Relations.