far right
Definition
Far right refers to political ideologies and movements at the extreme end of the right-wing spectrum, typically defined by ethnic or nationalist exclusion, hostility toward minorities and immigrants, and authoritarian preferences. In its extremist forms it includes white supremacist and neo-Nazi beliefs that legitimize violence against perceived out-groups.
In research published in Advances in Psychology, far right ideology is examined as one component of 'salad bar' or composite violent extremism among radicalized youth in Southeast Asia. Using a framework of narratives, networks, and needs, the analysis compares Singapore's first three cases, all male youths aged 14 to 19, with Western cases, where salad bar ideologies are usually rooted in far-right narratives. In the Singapore cases, Islamist narratives and ISIS networks formed the base, and far-right material such as anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi content, Atomwaffen Division accelerationism, and admiration for the Christchurch attacker was layered on top without doctrinal commitment. Authorities judged one youth's grasp of far-right concepts to be shallow and contradictory. The authors treat these fragments as justifications for violence the youths already desired after bullying or romantic rejection, a pattern they place within nihilistic violent extremism.
Sources: Ramakrishna & Yeo (2026)
Related Terms
- networks (1 shared article)
- salad bar extremism (1 shared article)
- nihilistic violent extremism (1 shared article)
- far left (1 shared article)
- narratives (1 shared article)
- needs (1 shared article)
- accelerationist (1 shared article)
- composite violent extremism (1 shared article)
- Islamist (1 shared article)
- true crime community (1 shared article)
Applications
Far Right and Salad Bar Extremism
Western salad bar extremism, in which individuals assemble violent worldviews from disjointed ideological fragments, is described as usually anchored in far-right narratives. In Singapore's three youth cases, far-right symbols and language were borrowed alongside Islamist, far-left, incel, and True Crime Community content, but far-right extremism did not serve as the ideological base.
Sources: Ramakrishna & Yeo (2026)
Far Right and Great Replacement Theory
Since late 2020, regional analysts have observed self-radicalized Southeast Asian youth drawing on the Great Replacement Theory. The trope has been localized: TikTok-based Austronesian supremacists use it to demonize Rohingya refugees, and an 18-year-old Singaporean who called himself an East Asian supremacist believed violence was needed to stop the Chinese majority from being displaced by the Malay population.
Sources: Ramakrishna & Yeo (2026)
Far Right and Islamist Extremism
The Singapore cases combined far-right and Islamist content, with Islamist narratives forming the core. One 14-year-old who supported ISIS killings of non-Muslims also came to endorse Hitler's killing of Jews through neo-Nazi material and framed this support in terms of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Sources: Ramakrishna & Yeo (2026)
