Author profile: Nicholas Morieson

Nicholas Morieson is a Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of numerous journal articles and three books, most recently Weaponizing Civilizationalism for Authoritarianism: How Turkey, India, Russia, and China Challenge Liberal Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025).

Opinion – Trump’s Cairo Roast and the Performance of Populism

Nicholas Morieson • Nov 20 2025 • Articles

To understand why Trump is such an effective populist we must comprehend how his transgressive performances link power to emotion.

Opinion – AI Nationalism and the Multipolar Future

Nicholas Morieson • Oct 7 2025 • Articles

The race for AI supremacy is about legitimacy, identity, and the authority to decide which values will be embedded in infrastructures that increasingly govern human life.

Civilizational Nationalism: Concept, Cases, and Global Implications

Nicholas Morieson • Jul 28 2025 • Articles

For authoritarian regimes, civilization-state status has become a justification for pursuing an alternative, civilizationally-defined path to modernity.

Populism and Religious Nationalism in France and Indonesia

Nicholas Morieson • May 23 2017 • Articles

Religion appears to re-emerge in both French and Indonesian elections as a source of national identity to exclude those who do not share the heritage of the majority.

Religion and Identity at the 2017 Dutch Elections

Nicholas Morieson • Mar 26 2017 • Articles

The results of the 2017 Dutch election show that issues of identity brought about by Muslim immigration to Europe continue to profoundly affect European politics.

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