Right-wing extremism has embedded itself in popular culture: in music, fashion, and increasingly, combat sports clubs and religion. The international network of right-wing extremist combat sports clubs and other non-traditional spaces serve as fertile recruitment spaces for white supremacists and well-documented conduits for volunteer soldiers to both sides of the Russian-Ukraine War. Please join CEMS and the Jordan Center for a presentation by Alexander Ritzmann of the Counter-Extremism Project and Talia Lavin, journalist and author of Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, as they discuss the mainstreaming of right-wing extremism through combat sport networks and Christian Nationalism, and the dark web, and the threat they pose to international security.
This event is co-hosted by the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia
Discussants:
Dr. Joshua Tucker, Director, Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, NYU
Dr. Emma Rosenberg, CEMS, NYU
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