Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz: An Alliance of the Illiberal Right with Tech?

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is traveling the world as a businessman. And he is making sure to maintain his close ties ...

The Public Uprising: Bernhard Poerksen's Critique of DER SPIEGEL's Debate Culture

For the past year and more, media studies professor Bernhard Poerksen has been observing and critiquing DER SPIEGEL. In this ...
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America's Teetering Democracy: Trump's Thought Police Hit Their Stride

The murder of Charlie Kirk has fanned the flames of the Trump administration's lust for thought control. The hunt for his enemies and dissenters, long since begun, has entered a new and dangerous ...
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Project 2025 Author: "We Won't Let Anyone Stop US from Using Our Oil and Gas"

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Germany Has a Russia Problem

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to shift the balance of power in Europe and is even threatening war. So far, the German government hasn’t provided a clear answer to that threat. The ...
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Austria: The Rising Power of Right-Wing Fraternities

For a brief moment, the Austrian National Council president seems slightly troubled by the sight of demonstrators in front of the monument. It is November 8, 2024, in Vienna and Walter Rosenkranz has ...
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Iran - Foreign Minister Zarif: "It’s a Disaster for Europe To Be So Subservient to the U.S"

Interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif "It’s a Disaster for Europe To Be So Subservient to the U.S" In an interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns of the threat of ...
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Were Vladimir Putin's Years in Germany Less Thrilling than the Stories?

For a number of years, a story has been circulating about the Russian president. It goes like this: During the 1980s, Vladimir Putin was on a top-secret mission in East Germany as a young officer in ...
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Billions for the Military: Germany's Economy Pins Its Hopes on the Defense Industry

Visiting the works of Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH is like taking a trip back in time. Way back in the 16th century, copper used to be produced at this site in the northern Harz Mountains, not far from ...
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A Year with Angela Merkel: "You're Done with Power Politics"

Her new office looks a lot like her old one, just smaller. It feels a bit like a doll house built especially for Angela Merkel so that she – after 16 years in the Chancellery – doesn’t feel so alien ...
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China's Mongolian Minority Facing Increased Pressure to Assimilate

His job has become more difficult under Chinese ruler Xi Jinping, says the Buddhist abbot. Laobuseng Jinpa is around 50 years old, an ethnic Mongol with a shaved head and dressed in deep red robes. He ...