Multifaceted nationalism and illiberal momentum at Europe’s eastern margins: an introduction to the special issue

Abstract

This introductory essay frames the set of politically challenging issues that the advent of populist movements raised for specific nation states and the whole Europe. Based on critical engagements with the extant literature in such disciplines as comparative politics, political philosophy, international relations, regional studies and critical geopolitics, this short article offers the interpretation of the contemporary populism as illiberal nationalism, and underscores its deeply political challenge to the post-political core of the EU project.