Brandt’s Kneefall 51 Years Later: A Cautionary Tale of the Power of Symbolic Politics?
Photo credits: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/warschauer-kniefall-1970/ “At the abyss of German history and under the weight of...
Green Light for the Traffic Light Coalition in Germany
Now it is official, an old period will come to an end, meanwhile a new period is about to start. After having served Germany for more...
Right-wing extremism in the Austrian mainstream
National identity as a means for the political success of the Austrian Freedom Party Anti-immigration, nationalist and anti-establishment...
Black Lives Matter in Europe: Making a Point of Missing the Point
By Valentin Luntumbue In June of this year, a series of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and demonstrations took place all around...
The EU, French nuclear deterrence and the definition of common vital interests
By Timothée Albessard As Brexit talks still seem to flounder, the European Union (EU) will be left with many questions that require...
A summer of revolutions
Probably, this vacation season was different than the ones before. Nowadays the bright side and the flipside of the global digital...
Under Cover of COVID-19: The Political Gambling in Poland
While the world’s attention is riveted to the pandemic of coronavirus, leaders all over the world consider these hard times as an...
Munich Security Conference: the opportunity to plead for a stronger Europe.
©Munich Security Conference Last February, at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), political leaders from all around the world met to...
AKK as ballast for Brussels: Why the CDU leader’s resignation is concerning
AKK, exit stage right. Photographer: Carsten Koall/Getty Images Europe The resignation of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKK) as the leader...
Polish Parliamentary Elections: Slight revisions among massive expectations
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, right, stands beside Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Source: (Radek Pietruszka/EPA-EFE) A lot of fuss about...
