INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN FOREIGN POLICY AND DOMESTIC POLICY IN FAR-RIGHT GOVERNMENTS

Abstract

This article examines the interplay between foreign policy and domestic politics in contemporary far-right governments, focusing on cases such as the United States, Brazil, Hungary, and Argentina. It argues that, unlike the liberal diplomatic tradition, these administrations transform foreign policy into an extension of internal culture wars, using it as a mechanism for internal legitimization, mobilization of supporters, confrontation with symbolic enemies, and the disruption of the international liberal order. Based on theoretical review and documentary analysis of scholars such as Levitsky and Ziblatt, Lynch, Sanahuja, Graham, and Brown, findings indicate that these governments develop a militant and ideological foreign agenda driven by ultranationalist values, conspiracy narratives, and a discourse of national exceptionalism. The study concludes that, by projecting domestic agendas into the international arena, contemporary far-right regimes contribute to the weakening of multilateral institutions, reduction of global cooperation, and expansion of democratic backsliding at a transnational level.