Right-wing terrorism

Recent events suggest a resurgence of the political far right both in Europe and the United States. Several populist parties have made significant gains in 2014 European Parliament elections, which some observers fear could be a harbinger of future turmoil on the continent (e.g. Krastev, 2014; Poulos, 2015). The crisis of the welfare state, economic stagnation, and the problems associated with assimilating Muslim immigrants have occasioned a right-wing backlash in Europe. In the United States, the Tea Party has challenged the Republican Party establishment, but to date has not taken on an explicitly racialist orientation (Michael, 2013). But ominously, recent studies suggest an increase in right-wing terrorism in America. ¹