Despite successes in Paris and Marseille, the local elections are hardly a reliable indicator of future trends. The key ...

Dr Stephan Klingebiel heads the ‘Inter- and Transnational Cooperation’ research programme at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn. From 2019 to June 2021, he headed ...

Senior Fellow in the Africa and Middle East Research Group at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Her research focuses on political transformations, changes in ...

Jonas Albersmann holds a Master of Science in Political Science from Leiden University. His work focuses on political communication and political discourse. Most recently, Jonas was involved in the ...

Eda Emre is a political scientist and holds a Master's degree in European Studies from the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). For the past year, she has been working at the EU Office of ...

Dr Evren Balta is a political scientist who obtained her PhD from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Her research focuses on security, internal conflicts, Turkish foreign ...

For decades, Germany operated within clear and well-defined societal parameters. Extremist ideology was branded as marginal ...

Once hailed as stable, Iraq now faces renewed turmoil. Regional war is exposing deep fractures the state cannot contain ...

As Israeli attacks intensify in Lebanon and the death toll rises, this hardline approach could ironically end up ...

As the Iran war reshapes the region, Ankara is trying to balance economic strain and security risks without being drawn into ...

The recent UN Security Council resolution condemning Iran offers a unified stance. But it also blurs the broader reality of ...

A greater danger comes from democracies that do not break the law, but bend it. Thirdly, the war against Iran, in the way it ...