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Nationalism, populism, and political community: Alexei Navalny’s legacy amid the crisis of liberal globalism

Written by

Matthew Blackburn
Senior Research Fellow
Ekaterina V. Klimenko, Georgetown University, Washington

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Summary:

Weaving together theories of political community and social imaginaries with the idea that populism and nationalism anchor the democratic principles of political representation and popular sovereignty in the modern state, this essay reexamines Alexei Navalny’s political trajectory and its implications at a time when illiberal forces are gaining ground.
  • Published year: 2026
  • Full version: Read here
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • Language: English
  • Journal: Studies in East European Thought

Written by

Matthew Blackburn
Senior Research Fellow
Ekaterina V. Klimenko, Georgetown University, Washington