Rise of the Extreme Right: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: The New Global Extremism and the Threat to Democracy

Lydia Khalil

ASIO says right-wing extremism now makes up half its case load, and that it anticipates a terrorist attack on Australian soil within the year. There is a 250% increase in right-wing terrorism globally since 2014. But what exactly is right-wing extremism? Why is it a global problem? How does it threaten ...