Global developments have illustrated that gender norms, discourses and policies can no longer be delegated to the sidelines of history and the backrooms of political analysis. At the same time, the rise and rhetoric of right-wing movements across regions as well as the polarization of societies have challenged our previously held ways of categorizing the world. In this talk, Prof. Nadje Al-Ali will explore how a comparative and transnational feminist perspective allows us to move beyond geographically bounded and epistemologically narrow approaches. She asks:  What are some of the similarities and differences when looking at anti-gender/anti-feminist discourses and policies across the Middle East, Europe and the U.S.? How do our respective positionalities impact on the ways we talk about and analyze right wing anti-feminist propaganda and mobilization? What academic and political strategies might help to shift the mainstreaming of anti-gender discourses and politics? Who are our allies? Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or do we need to nuance our position further?