Emily Schultheis

Emily Schultheis was based in Berlin, focusing on the rise of right-wing populism. Her research focused primarily on Germany, but also explored parallels with populist parties in neighboring countries including Austria, Hungary and Poland. Prior to receiving an ICWA fellowship, Emily worked as a freelance journalist in Berlin covering German politics and the rise of populist parties in more than a dozen countries. Her reporting has appeared in The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Politico Europe, CBS News, The Los Angeles Times, NBC News, World Politics Review, BBC Online, Spiegel Online International, Deutsche Welle and Der Tagesspiegel, among other outlets. Emily is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and received her B.A. in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania.

Posts and Dispatches from Emily Schultheis:

• German far right looks to recoup pandemic-era losses
  The party is trying to appeal to the center but its new platform is more radical than ever....

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• When German efficiency is a myth
  The country’s bureaucracy has always been cumbersome, but now it’s also hindering the fight against the pandemic....

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• The Budapest-Warsaw express
  From LGBT rights to media suppression, illiberal governments across Central Europe are still learning from each other....

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• As the pandemic rages, Germany battles disinformation
  At a crucial turning point, the spread of conspiracy thinking threatens the country’s Covid-19 response....

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• Germany debates its global role
  Trump was a wakeup call for a country reluctant to act internationally....

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• Europe’s far right struggles over Biden’s election
  Four years after billing Trump’s ascendance as a major boon, populist leaders are seeing their fortunes decline—for now....

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• Even in Germany, Trump is inescapable
  With granular coverage of US politics everywhere, there’s little distance from what’s happening back home....

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• Austria’s far right collapses
  Reeling from scandal and struggling during the pandemic, the FPÖ suffers catastrophic losses in Vienna elections....

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• Forced from Budapest, Central European
  University opens in Vienna to a pandemic
  Classes are back in session after a major showdown with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, but Covid-19 is posing another challenge to the institution’s ideals....

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• In western Germany, a struggling city
  seeks to move beyond stereotypes
  An icon of former coal country suffers high unemployment, low incomes and a bad image. It’s also misunderstood....

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