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This paper will explore ELAM’s radical far-right ideological agenda in contemporary post-conflict settings. Using Cyprus’ case, a country in conflict with Turkey, I will examine the emergence of ELAM (National Popular Front). ELAM is the first and largest radical far-right party in Cyprus after the island’s war and division in 1974. Therefore, its emergence carries historical, political, and social weight in a community that has suffered the consequences of radical politics for the last 47 years. ELAM’s presence is an integral discursive mechanism of the conflict’s changing politics and Europeanization of Cypriot society and state. It is the counter-discourse to a European Union state with open borders. Understanding of Cyprus through ELAM will then shed light on the emergence of radical right organisations in post-conflict settings in the scope of the recent emergence of far-right radicalism in Europe and beyond.
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Efthymiou, S.A. (2023). Radical Politics in Post-Conflict Settings. In: Beck, D., Renner-Mugono, J. (eds) Radicalization and Variations of Violence. Contributions to International Relations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27011-6_10
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